I enjoyed reading the following quotes which were written on KLM’s in-flight meal boxes.
“A smiling face is half the meal – Old proverb”
“Hungry thought Haiku
The food was so rich
That I wanted to save it
Till I had nothing”
Artifical life, in a test tube!
The guardian reports that scientists have now been able to achieve artificial synthesis of protiens. Mind blowing, indeed.
The article is at:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/sep/06/2
Well, Synthetic biology?
I’ve never even heard of it despite being an engineer for over a decade.
I don’t know how many doors this would open though.
Educational objectives
There are said to be six major areas in the cognitive development process that includes: knowledge, comprehension, application, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.
1. Knowledge is remembering previously learned material, from specific facts to complete theories.
2. Comprehension is the ability to grasp the meaning of material.
3. Application is the ability to use learned material in and concrete situations. This may include the application of such things as rules, methods, and concepts.
4. Analysis is defined as the ability to break down a problem into component parts so that its organization is understood.
5. Synthesis is defined as the ability to put parts together to form a new whole view or aspect
6. Evaluation is defined as the ability to judge the value of materials for a given purpose
I love Wikipedia
I love Wikipedia for many reasons
– It is a dynamic encyclopedia
– It is free
– I can contribute to it
– It unleashes the full power of hypertext and enables the knowledge seeker to reach new limits effortlessly
Now there is one more reason to love it.
– It runs offline on my Palm.
I discovered the possibility just 5 hours ago. Thanks to the download speeds and possibilities in the U.S., Wikipedia is now running off-line on my Palm
Memoirs, or the lack of them
It occurred to me in an instant that I should write about it. At that instant, every thing about that faint idea was clear to me. I could see how it could make a difference.
Then time passed by. One, two, three … millions of seconds passing over it, reducing the idea that was already a voiceless speck of dust into something much more insignificant.
The idea is lost. My mind is blank. I know that the same thought will perhaps never cross me again. But my fingers seem to be typing this out to the utter amazement of my blanked out mind.
I’m sure you know what I’m talking about… perhaps, not.