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Shiny Things - February 16th, 2008

Feb. 16th, 2008

07:14 am - Photosynth demo at TED

Behind this link there's an amazing demonstration of digital photo imaging technology, especially the synthetic image of Notre Dame generated from thousands of individual photos on Flickr. Wonderful stuff.

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10:42 am - Alkali Metals in Water

Behind this link there's a video of people demonstrating the reactivity of various alkali metals with water, starting with lithium, sodium, and potassium, but including rubidium and cesium. Boom!

EDIT: Unfortunately, it's faked. Sad. Here's one that's not.

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