I’m a big fan of information wanting to be free, and so naturally open-access publishing (i.e., the practice of not charging for access to publications) strikes a resonant cord with me. That’s all fine, but what I would really like to know is, why do most open-access publishers need to charge such absurdly high […]
Does the large-scale structure of the universe resemble a big neural net? Yes, I know it sounds somewhat ridiculous, but I couldn’t help making the association when I saw these pictures of the large-scale structure of the universe. What would be the implications of a universe-wide intelligence made explicit in the large-scale structure […]
Virtual microscopy is a method of posting microscope images on, and transmitting them over, computer networks. This allows independent viewing of images by large numbers of people in diverse locations.
Prior to recent advances in virtual microscopy, slides were commonly digitized by various forms of film scanner and image resolutions rarely exceeded 5000 dpi. Nowadays, […]