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Science Analytics – look to use Project “Gemini”
21 August 09 09:34 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   
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...
Instant Search - The Real Live Search Bing API experiment
21 August 09 08:41 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   
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...
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SciScope app and code available for download
15 July 09 04:47 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
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...
Project Tuva: Richard Feynman is now available to all.
15 July 09 11:15 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   
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...
Project Trident: A Scientific Workflow Workbench available for download
14 July 09 04:58 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   
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...
Preview the upcoming Eclipse of the Sun in WWT
06 July 09 03:20 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
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...
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Out of this World - NASA - International Space Station Photosynth collections
07 May 09 09:19 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   
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...
Wow - DeepZoomPix Technology Demo – Azure, Silverlight and Deep Zoom
15 April 09 10:46 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
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 Cross Posted from Dan Fay's Blog (http://blogs.msdn.com/dan_fay) Read More...
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WorldWide Telescope – Busy couple of weeks – NASA and SilverLight
25 March 09 01:53 PM | eScience | 1 Comments   
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...
Using Flickr for Astronomy – and viewing in WWT
20 February 09 02:55 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
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...
eclipse4SL: Eclipse Tools for Microsoft Silverlight
09 February 09 12:47 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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...
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