Chien Shiung Wu a great Chinese-American Physicist

November 12, 2009 | China, Physics, Science, United States | Comments (0) | by Pam Van Londen |

Chien Shiung Wu was a Chinese-born American physicist with an expertise in radioactivity. Her nicknames included the ‘First Lady of Physics,’ ‘Chinese Marie Curie,’ and ‘Madame Wu.’ She died after her second stroke on February 16, 1997.
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Digital artist Camille Utterback

October 22, 2009 | United States | Comments (0) | by Pam Van Londen |

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Digital artist Camille Utterback makes installations that combine cameras, projectors and custom software to create interactive, playful paintings. Utterback was named a MacArthur Fellow.

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OSU’s Margaret Burnett studies software and gender at Microsoft

June 29, 2009 | Business, Software, Technology, United States | Comments (0) | by Pam Van Londen |

Meet Dr. Margaret Burnett, a Professor of Computer Science at the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at Oregon State University. She is exploring hypotheses correlating and differentiating (or unifying) both the design and usage patterns of software by gender. Dr. Burnett has spent the last three months as a visiting researcher at Microsoft [...]

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Fashionable Technology

June 8, 2010 | Arts/Media, Computer Science, Technology, United States | Comments (0) | by Pam Van Londen |

Cool Hunting Video Presents. At the crossroads of clothing and technology, you’ll find things like a massage-based video game controller, panties with wings and an inflatable dress by © Cool Hunting Video in Culture on 27 June 2008.

Pattie Maes and SixthSense

May 24, 2010 | Computer Science, Engineering, Physics, Science, Technology | Comments (0) | by Pam Van Londen |

TED Presentation of SixthSense by Pattie Maes. Creative Commons license. P. Mistry, P. Maes. SixthSense – A Wearable Gestural Interface. SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, Sketch. Yokohama, Japan. 2009

Dr. Virginia Apgar invents the Apgar Score

May 12, 2010 | Genetics, Health, Science, United States | Comments (0) | by Pam Van Londen |

MarchofDimes — May 13, 2009 — Virginia Apgar, MD (1909-1974) was an obstetric anesthesiologist best known for the Apgar Score, a clinical system for evaluating the physical condition of newborns at birth. She joined the March of Dimes in 1959 and became Senior Vice President for Medical Affairs. The Apgar Score, developed in 1952, measures an infants pulse, skin color, reflex, muscle tone, and respiration, quickly indicating whether a newborn needs special medical attention to stay alive. In her March of Dimes career, Dr. Apgar campaigned vigorously for birth defects registries, immunization against rubella (German measles), and the prevention of Rh disease; and she led the way to the foundations increasing involvement in the field of perinatal health in the 1960s.

Lillian Schwartz points the way in CG field

February 19, 2010 | Arts/Media, United States | Comments (0) | by Pam Van Londen |

This 1976 documentary about Lillian Schwartz, Computer Graphics (CG) artist, features excerpts from several of her films.

Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei of NCSU invents stronger metal foam

February 1, 2010 | Construction, Engineering, Iran, Science, Technology, United States | Comments (0) | by Pam Van Londen |

New research by Dr. Afsaneh Rabiei of North Carolina State University, has revealed the strongest metal foam ever. It can compress up to 80% of its original size under loading and still retain its original shape. Read more about Rabiei’s program here. View the video.