May 2011
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May 25th
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May 22nd
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Shipwrecks & sonar scans
(Picture: Salvage and Marine Operations, Ministry of Defence, in: Wired.co.uk) Since watching the BBC documentary Britain’s Secret Seas a couple of days ago I’ve been fascinated by 3D underwater sonar scans. There are a couple of uses of the technology, but the documentary concentrated on the issue of preserving historic shipwrecks. Basically sonar scan is used to create...
May 19th
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Ode to Joy
With many thankings to @lesleyfarrow and her kind collection of carefully selected Eurovision entries through the ages, as well as to @woollytoe and @rita_c_sampaio for making it such a brilliant weekend (If you want to know more about the best and most inspirational 1979 German entry, I recommend having a look at this audiovisual jewel on youtube)
May 18th