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Amazon Web Services support Sloan Digital Sky Survey DR6 Subset
29 September 09 02:11 PM | eScience | 0 Comments   

Now that AWS is supporting SDSS, there is probably useful integration between the Worldwide Telescope and the SDSS datasets that can be leveraged, beyond what is currently supported - such as seeing the all the known galaxies in a 3D view – seeing the 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...

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WWT at TechFest on NYTimes.com
02 March 09 08:49 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

The NYTimes.com article by Ashlee Vance , included a great picture by Stuart Isett for The New York Times showing the dome that was put together for TechFest to demonstrate the planetarium projection mode of WWT as well as the gesture interaction from Read More...

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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...

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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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InfoMesa Project – Whiteboard for your data
09 December 08 06:57 AM | eScience | 0 Comments   

One of neatest apps I’ve see lately is InfoMesa – a project by Sam Batterman – the example is InfoMesa allows any kind of data or visualization to be added to the Whiteboard.  The folks at RENCI are using it in their Social Computing Room (SCR) w/ Read More...

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