2009.05.27
Revisiting the Antikythera Mechanism Emulator
Over the past few weeks I updated the
Antikythera mechanism emulator
I built in 2007.
I was preparing for an invited talk on the subject, which I'll give at the
2009 USENIX Annual Technical Conference,
and for this I wanted to include in the emulator the new findings
recently published in Nature.
Continue reading "Revisiting the Antikythera Mechanism Emulator"Last modified: Wednesday, May 27, 2009 12:10 am
2009.02.18
The Information Train
The Information Train is a scientific
experiment that I presented at the
Wizards of Science 2009 contest over the past weekend.
The entry demonstrates how computers communicate with each other by
setting up a network in which a model train transfers a picture's pixels
from one computer to the other.
You can find
a video of the experiment
on YouTube, and, if you're interested, you can also download
the corresponding software and schematics from
this web page.
Continue reading "The Information Train"Last modified: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 4:21 pm
2007.03.25
One Traffic Light Per Child
The XO machine of the
One Laptop Per Child initiative
has a display with two remarkable properties:
in reflective mode it can be read under sunlight,
and it can also work in both laptop and tablet mode.
Add a dozen-line
EToys
program and you have a real traffic light.
Continue reading "One Traffic Light Per Child"Last modified: Sunday, March 25, 2007 0:16 am
