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Science Analytics – look to use Project “Gemini”
When I first saw and heard details about Project “Gemini” , I was blown away by the technology and innovation created by SQL and Excel teams and that held up when I was able to test it out on my own.  It will be especially useful for scientists that Read More...
Posted 21 August 09 09:34 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Instant Search - The Real Live Search Bing API experiment
If you’d like to see instant results while you’re typing in your search query try out “ The Real Live Search ” from Long Zheng from istartedsomething – it uses the fast Bing AJAX APIs and the JSON results to give you information as you type.  It’s Read More...
Posted 21 August 09 08:41 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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SciScope app and code available for download
Earlier today the code behind the SciScope site was made available at SciScope.CodePlex.com.  This enables others to make their datasets/repositories available and allow others to discover, download and utilize their data in a simple to use website.     Read More...
Posted 15 July 09 04:47 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Project Tuva: Richard Feynman is now available to all.
Project Tuva , an enhanced video player showcasing Richard Feynman’s “Messenger” lectures is available for all to try out.  It’s the way I’d like to view talks and related information – check it out.  Not only does it allow for web links, images, Read More...
Posted 15 July 09 11:15 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Project Trident: A Scientific Workflow Workbench available for download
Project Trident CTP is now available for download .  Project Trident is a scientific workflow workbench MSR External Research has been working on for the past few years, which allows scientists to analyze large, diverse datasets.  It’s built Read More...
Posted 14 July 09 04:58 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Preview the upcoming Eclipse of the Sun in WWT
On July 22nd there will be a total eclipse of the Sun that will last for over 6 mins that is visible from within a narrow corridor that traverses half of Earth.  One of the best regions to see it will be China and the organizers have published a Read More...
Posted 06 July 09 03:20 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Out of this World - NASA - International Space Station Photosynth collections
NASA released some out of the world Photosynth collections today – highlighting the International Space Station (inside and out) and the next Mars Rover .  The photos by NASA astronaut Sandra Magnus really show off all the details of such a complex Read More...
Posted 07 May 09 09:19 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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Wow - DeepZoomPix Technology Demo – Azure, Silverlight and Deep Zoom
Just tried out the DeepZoomPix Technology Demo – it’s pretty amazing – brings together Azure, Silverlight and Deep Zoom. I tested it out with some Astronomy photos… dfd Read More...
Posted 15 April 09 10:46 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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WorldWide Telescope – Busy couple of weeks – NASA and SilverLight
Yesterday the joint press release went out on the collaboration and Space Act Agreement we’re been working on with NASA for sometime.  We’re really excited about working with NASA to process many datasets like the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) Read More...
Posted 25 March 09 01:53 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Using Flickr for Astronomy – and viewing in WWT
The use of online services such as Flickr to help scientists is in its infancy and applications utilizing commodity based solutions will continue to pick up momentum.  I especially like the integration and the ease of use – science should be about Read More...
Posted 20 February 09 02:55 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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eclipse4SL: Eclipse Tools for Microsoft Silverlight
Just saw a posting that eclipse4SL - the Eclipse tools for Silverlight project is available. It is an eclipse plug-in that enables Eclipse developers to use the Eclipse IDE to create applications that run on the Microsoft Silverlight runtime platform. Read More...
Posted 09 February 09 12:47 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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The Earth, Stars, and Planets in 3D
One of the coolest new features of the WWT Solstice Borealis Beta (released at the beginning of Jan) is the ability to see the Earth, Stars, and Planets in a stereoscopic 3D effect .  I’ve been using the Anaglyph mode (View |  {arrow} | Stereo Read More...
Posted 27 January 09 11:20 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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Science Images in Photosynth
Here are a few really good synths of scientific images in Photosynth.  You can find others using Microscopes or Biology .  And there is even a Dissected Cat if you have a strong stomach. Obelia, polyps, golangia by ppberk Micrographs of powder Read More...
Posted 20 January 09 12:44 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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NodeXL for viewing and analyzing network graphs is available again (formally .NetMap)
NodeXL – the app formally know as .NetMap is available again on CodePlex.  NodeXL is a Excel template and addin for viewing and analyzing network graphs.  There are a whole slew of updates and bug fixes.  Check it out…. Read More...
Posted 15 January 09 09:00 by Dan Fay | 0 Comments   
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So you don’t think you can Sing?
Now you can have your own musical accompaniment to match your voice without having to worry about artistic differences.  I’ll have to play with Songsmith and see if can help even my voice sound decent :-)  But you won’t see me posting the songs Read More...
Posted 08 January 09 10:43 by Dan Fay | 1 Comments   
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