January 2009 - Posts

The Earth, Stars, and Planets in 3D
27 January 09 11:20 AM | eScience | 1 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Cool Software, Viz, WWT, Virtual Earth

WorldWide Telescope Academic Development Kit Release -Microsoft Research
21 January 09 02:21 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

With this ADK , users can convert their own astronomical images/data to the format that can be read by WWT and share with other WWT users.  Can’t wait to see more images/datasets made available. WorldWide Telescope Academic Development Kit, January Read More...

Filed under: Software, eScience, Science, WWT

Science Images in Photosynth
20 January 09 12:44 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   

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...

Filed under: eScience, Cool Software, Viz, Science

Swearing-in Ceremony on the Web
19 January 09 09:45 AM | eScience | 1 Comments   

It will be great to be able to watch the swearing-in ceremony from any computer on the internet.  That combine with CNN/Photosynth capturing The Moment of the oath should be pretty amazing – can’t wait to see that synth… How it Will Work We’ll take Read More...

Filed under: Silverlight

NodeXL for viewing and analyzing network graphs is available again (formally .NetMap)
15 January 09 09:00 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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…. Cross Posted from Read More...

Filed under: Cool Software, Viz, Science

So you don’t think you can Sing?
08 January 09 10:43 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

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...

Filed under: Software, Cool Software, Research