Tom Elwood -best of the internet.: May 2016

Friday, May 27, 2016

Computer learning illustrated

Here is a beautifully illustrated explanation of how computers are taught to examine data. I think you'll like it.

Follow the link to the interactive display at

http://www.popsci.com/how-machine-learning-works-interactive

Here's a TED talk illustrating how computers learn to make a simple statement about an image. Years of work, billions of images.

https://youtu.be/40riCqvRoMs

Computers using "deep learning" algorithms can search for new drugs, understand and translate language, and diagnose pathology specimens.

https://youtu.be/t4kyRyKyOpo

I love his example of teaching a computer to recognize parts of a car, starting at 13:00

Thursday, May 26, 2016

thermosolar hive healthy bees

Solar hive heats beehive to eliminate mite parasites
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/thermosolar-hive-healthy-bees-healthy-honey--5#/

http://youtu.be/qZI6lGSq1gU

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Recumbent Australia Rotovelo Carbon | Trisled

http://trisled.com.au/hpv/rotovelo-carbon/

https://youtu.be/N6f8CizHmYM

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x2z36u6

Why helicopters don't fall out of the sky - autorotation explained.

A song made with just bass strings.

Imaginative - lots of different sounds.

Friday, May 13, 2016

Dramatic Sinkhole formation Caught On Camera

It is rather funny that, in human nature, people walk right to the edge of the hole to see what's inside, in almost every instance. Which is the most dangerous place you could ever be.

Coldplay time-lapse

Perhaps inspired by this video,

https://youtu.be/fyMhvkC3A84
This guy spent 5 years making this time-lapse stop-motion video:

https://youtu.be/1__kh0iQ3io

Pretty interesting to watch.

Save the bees

An intriguing solution to the bee population under attack - warm them up. With solar energy.

Learning how to edit a film

A revealing look at the art of movie editing.

This same guy talks about what makes Jackie chan so good, in great detail. Very interesting.

https://youtu.be/Z1PCtIaM_GQ

Monday, May 9, 2016

Lovepop | Pop Up Greeting Cards

Beautiful, intricate, precision-cut cards.
http://www.lovepopcards.com/

Travelling by container ship: Costs and Questions

"Travel by freighter usually runs between $65-$125 U.S. per day. The average of a voyage is just about $100.00 US per day, for a single person traveling in a single cabin. It is always more expensive for a single to book a double cabin and always cheaper per person for double occupancy of a double cabin."

http://www.gonomad.com/1560-freighter-travel-faqs

Fort McMurray: Escaping the Fire

What amazes me is how orderly this evacuation is. A testament to how polite Canadians are.
Look at this motorcyclist, patiently waiting in line as flames lick 40 feet tall beside him; averting his face from the searing heat several times before finally driving down the road the wrong direction at 1:38. Why didn't he do that ten minutes earlier?

https://youtu.be/PCc1FvZ3g0Q

And in this time-lapse sequence, it amazes me that everyone patiently waits about 40 minutes in traffic moving less than walking speed, and very few people panic or cross to the wrong side of the road or drive across lawns and backstreets to escape.

https://youtu.be/gy-_GEg7JIw

This could be that they were in shock, or underestimating the magnitude of the fire, or they are used to danger living in Fort Mcmurray, or they are just polite and know that an orderly evacuation is fastest for all.