In honor of this political season we proudly present the following for your pleasure …

When: Tuesday, July 8, 2008 at 3:30
Where: Killian Hall
Title: Scientific visualization in analogy with the interpretation of music
Abstract: An analogy between interpreting melodies and motifs in music and bringing out physics-related motifs in visualization is pursued. A technique for visualizing groups of harmonics and other patterns in spectra will be described. Replacing […]

I had heard of David Hanson and his robot creations—the Einstein head and especially the robot of Phillip K. Dick that responded to questions from the public—but I had never seen one. At an event called Nextfest in New York, I saw a prototype of Jules, a fairly lifelike-looking head of an ordinary young man, […]