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Trust me—you really don’t know what you’re missing.
In an old, but still relevant column in the October 2001 issue of Scientific American, Michael Shermer" has much to say about the phrase “I Was Wrong”—stating that “Those three words often separate the scientific pros from the posers”.
The ProScope is a more compact, less-expensive, portable USB microscope (without a stage) that can be packed in your computer bag and used anywhere you have a laptop. Prices start at $230.
An article in the June, 2001 issue of The Atlantic Monthly does a great job—a far better one than almost any other article or broadcast piece I’ve seen—of describing why mineclearing is so difficult. Forget the Artificial Sniffer points out that the traditional detection methods have a 99% false-positive rate, explains why the U.S. Army unit responsible for developing mine clearing technology has no great incentive for putting such technology into actual production, and should be a must-read for anyone wishing to comment on the topic.
Olympus, best known for its cameras, is shipping a sophisticated USB microscope, the MIC-D. At a thousand dollars, it may be out of the reach of most schools, but its capabilities would be a great adjunct to any classroom.
Going through my piles of saved literature, I came across a paper written by Jeremy R. Cooperstock of the Sony Computer Science Laboratory From the Flashing 12:00 to a Usable Machine. So why haven’t we seen any VCR this easy to use?
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