Is the World Ready for Physics Acceleration?

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Bad film physics to teach good real
physics

Bad film physics to teach good real
physics 04/29/2004 09:20 AM
Insultingly Stupid Movie Physics is a very good physics primer in the guise of a very funny critique of the ways that Hollywood bends the laws of physics when it makes movies.

Saying that shards of broken glass are razor sharp is an understatement. A shattered window contains thousands of incredibly sharp edges and dagger-like points. It takes almost no force for one of these points or edges to cause a laceration. However, people in movies routinely jump through plate glass windows without receiving a single scratch.

Broken glass has at least two mechanisms for slashing a person diving through a window: its weight and its inertia. First, large heavy shards of glass can fall like guillotines, slicing off body parts. Second, when a person jumps or, even worse, drives a motorcycle through a window, the shards of glass tend to stay in place due to their inertia. The only way to move them is to apply a force. If the person's body provides this force by pushing on the edge of a piece of glass, it can slice right through clothing, skin, and flesh. In the real world, jumping or driving through a plate glass window would be suicidal.

There are individuals who have accidentally fallen through windows without sustaining serious injuries. There are also people who have survived the Ebola virus. However, in both cases the odds are not particularly good.

Link (Thanks, Peter!)

DoCoMo ready to take on the world again?

DoCoMo ready to take on the world again? 07/13/2004 08:53 PM
Engadget Jul 13 2004 11:44PM GMT

Widenius: MySQL Ready to Take on the
World

Widenius: MySQL Ready to Take on the
World 04/16/2004 04:58 PM
MySQL co-founder and CTO Michael "Monty" Widenius says the open-source database company is on the move. It recently added 10 new developers, took on enterprise-class capabilities in its new MySQL Cluster technology and is keeping a sharp eye on an evolving database market.

Is the world ready for the self-aware
robot?

Is the world ready for the self-aware
robot? 04/13/2005 01:43 AM
ZDNet Apr 13 2005 5:32AM GMT

Is the world ready for Portable Media
Center?

Is the world ready for Portable Media
Center? 09/10/2004 08:46 AM
Sympatico Sep 10 2004 1:13PM GMT

Microsoft Ready to Show New Xbox (PC
World)

Microsoft Ready to Show New Xbox (PC
World) 04/12/2005 07:34 AM
PC World - Next-generation gaming console will make its debut on MTV next month.

PHP Acceleration

PHP Acceleration 07/03/2002 01:14 PM
The easiest way to increase the speed of your PHP software is to install a code accelerator. This article presents choices available today and briefly discusses their strengths and weaknesses.

Hello World is Launching on January 1,
2005 - Move Over Boring Text Only Search
Engines - Get Ready for the Next Level
in Online Communications and Portals
with HelloWorld

Hello World is Launching on January 1,
2005 - Move Over Boring Text Only Search
Engines - Get Ready for the Next Level
in Online Communications and Portals
with HelloWorld 09/26/2004 02:52 AM
VMdirect will soon launch HelloWorld! This is the first complete system on the market that has actually integrated video with a complete groupware e-mail system. In other words, the HelloWorld portal is a one-stop solution for everything from integrated email and video email to calendars, sports, news and more. [PRWEB Sep 26, 2004]

New Intel Enterprise Server Acceleration

New Intel Enterprise Server Acceleration 06/14/2004 11:01 PM
Scoop Jun 15 2004 2:46AM GMT

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA)
Server 2000

Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA)
Server 2000 05/20/2004 01:15 PM

Sensory Networks will provide hw
acceleration for ClamAV

Sensory Networks will provide hw
acceleration for ClamAV 04/01/2005 07:41 PM
Sensory Networks, the leading provider of hardware acceleration for network security applications, started a partnership with us to provide hardware acceleration support for the Clam AntiVirus suite. "We are very excited about providing commercial support to the fast growing Clam AntiVirus project in the form of high performance acceleration for the suite" said Matt Barrie, Chief Executive Officer of Sensory Networks, "We are strong supporters of open source software, as it has a very strong role to play in the information security industry". Support for Sensory Networks' NodalCore acceleration in Clam AntiVirus will be available in version 0.90 of the software suite in Q3 2005. For more information please visit http://www.sensorynetworks.com For more information on Clam AntiVirus, go here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/clamav/ To download Clam AntiVirus, go here: https://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=86638&package_i d=90197

Apple Patents iPod Acceleration Detector

Apple Patents iPod Acceleration Detector 12/25/2004 05:18 PM

According to this article posted yesterday on CNET, Apple has applied for a patent on technology which would allow an iPod (or other device) to detect when it is falling and shut down the hard drive, minimizing the potential damage to drive and data due to impact. How soon this technology will find its way into the iPod, assuming it ever does, is unknown. Considering that IBM has deployed similar technology in its ThinkPads, I wouldn't be surprised if it appears within the next generation or two.

Apple aims to patent fall-detecting iPod [CNET via MacMerc]

T-Online France signs with Proxyconn
Acceleration Technology

T-Online France signs with Proxyconn
Acceleration Technology 02/05/2005 09:49 PM
Proxyconn Accelerator Continues to Win Over ISP Partners By Offering a Superior Product,Unequalled Customer Service, and the Fastest Internet Acceleration on the Market. [PRWEB Feb 5, 2005]

HANDBOOK of Dynamic Force, Pressure, and
Acceleration Measurement

HANDBOOK of Dynamic Force, Pressure, and
Acceleration Measurement 07/23/2004 06:25 AM
HANDBOOK of Dynamic Force, Pressure, and Acceleration Measurement
http://link.abpi.net/l.ph p?20040720A1

Professional Dynamic Measurement Handbook Now Available for Download from Endevco. The popular 200+ page "HANDBOOK of Dynamic Force, Pressure, and Acceleration Measurement" can now be downloaded from Endevco's Web site. Information contained in the handbook provides a competitive edge for companies that design or are dependent on measurement systems for test or control applications.

Packeteer Buys Network Acceleration
Company for $16.5 Million

Packeteer Buys Network Acceleration
Company for $16.5 Million 12/24/2004 12:54 PM
The WAN optimization provider has acquired Mentat, which makes networking gear for satellite and high-latency networks.

Internet Security and Acceleration
Server 2004 Beta 2

Internet Security and Acceleration
Server 2004 Beta 2 01/27/2004 12:41 PM

10.3: IntelliPoint driver removes Apple
mouse acceleration

10.3: IntelliPoint driver removes Apple
mouse acceleration 12/10/2003 11:28 AM
It seems that Microsoft's IntelliPoint driver removes that annoying mouse acceleration all together. This works on my Microsoft five-button USB mouse. I don't know if it will it work for all mice? [robg adds: I would have to...

Application Acceleration Market Nears
$1 Billion (TechWeb)

Application Acceleration Market Nears
$1 Billion (TechWeb) 04/12/2005 03:23 AM
TechWeb - The market for application-acceleration equipment grew at a strong clip last year, as more organizations centralized servers and deployed web-enabled intranet applications.

Toshiba Introduces the latest Tablet PC
with Built-in Acceleration Sensor

Toshiba Introduces the latest Tablet PC
with Built-in Acceleration Sensor 12/12/2003 11:35 AM
Japan Corp Dec 12 2003 10:28AM ET

Microsoft Internet Security and
Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 Service
Pack 2

Microsoft Internet Security and
Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 Service
Pack 2 05/23/2004 09:16 PM
Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2000 Service Pack 2 (SP2) provides the latest updates to ISA Server 2000 and provides an even higher level of security, reliability and stability to customers. Microsoft strongly encourages customers to install SP2 on all computers running ISA Server.

ADAMSites Tool for Internet Security and
Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004
Enterprise Edition

ADAMSites Tool for Internet Security and
Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004
Enterprise Edition 04/03/2005 03:28 PM

Microsoft Announces Broad Availability
Of Internet Security and Acceleration
Server 2004 Beta 2

Microsoft Announces Broad Availability
Of Internet Security and Acceleration
Server 2004 Beta 2 01/27/2004 10:21 AM
Microsoft Corp. today announced that the public beta version of Microsoft® Internet Security and Acceleration (ISA) Server 2004 is available for download. ISA Server 2004 offers advanced application layer firewall, VPN and Web caching features that enable customers to maximize existing IT investments by improving network security and performance. Customers can download the beta version or order CD kits from http://www.microsoft.com/is aserver/

The Physics of Baseball

The Physics of Baseball 05/20/2004 10:15 AM

Physics?s Puzzle

Physics?s Puzzle 05/03/2004 01:53 PM
Something?s been puzzling me about physics: why is it so easy? Everything can be expressed in a handful of relatively?

Physics Goes To Hollywood

Physics Goes To Hollywood 04/24/2004 06:08 AM

Physics-Unit-0.03

Physics-Unit-0.03 03/20/2003 05:29 PM

Using Physics Engine in UI

Using Physics Engine in UI 04/14/2004 06:27 AM

While Longhorn will be breaking some new grounds in GUI when it is released (eyeroll), I am afraid the Longhorn GUI team is too focused on the 'look' and not enough on the 'feel'.  Onscreen objects should not only look great, but also feel right.  If an object looks heavy, it should feel heavy when I am pressing on it or moving it around.  If the surface of an object looks rubbery or plastic-like, objects behave accordingly when objects are dropped on it.  GUI designers have forgotten about physics, something game programmers have not.

Unfortunately, there aren't any physics engines for GUI available today and it would take more than a patch to retrofit existing game physics engine for GUI.  I hope someone writes one so onscreen objects can exhibit real world properties like momentum, collision effects, elasity, etc.  There is also the sound to consider but, until affordable sound projection technologies becomes readily available, noise will be too much to bear in typical office environments.

So You Think Physics is Funny?

So You Think Physics is Funny? 12/05/2003 04:12 PM
mzs writes "I just found this article in PhysicsWorld by Robert P. Crease detailing some of the 'better' physics jokes that readers sent him in response to an ...

3D Physics Engine

3D Physics Engine 06/29/2004 05:28 PM
First Post

Extreme Physics

Extreme Physics 02/19/2004 02:40 AM

Betting on the big questions of physics

Betting on the big questions of physics 08/27/2004 01:46 PM
David Pescovitz: British bookmaker Ladbrokes is now accepting wagers on the future of physics. They've opened a book on:

* Understanding the origin of cosmic rays by 2010 (4/1 odds)
* The ATLAS experiment at CERN finding the Higgs Boson by 2010 (6/1 odds)
* The Laser Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatory (LIGO) detecting gravitational waves by 2010 (10/1 odds)
* Building a fusion power station by 2010 (100/1 odds)

Anyone can place bets on these breakthroughs during the next two weeks. Apparently, New Scientist magazine is also involved in the gamble, dedicating ten pages to it in the print edition.

“I’d be tempted to take a bet on the Higgs at 6-1,” says Brian Foster who heads the particle physics group at the University of Oxford in the UK. “I’ve been quite instrumental in betting the taxpayers’ money on us finding it, so I’d better put my money where my mouth is.”

Link to New Scientist article. Link to Ladbrokes.

Social Physics Takeaways

Social Physics Takeaways 06/24/2005 09:08 PM
John Clippinger of SocialPhysics.org provided some Provocative Take Aways at the end of his Supernova speech: Trust is biologically encoded and supported by emotions Can have principled strategies for acheiving high levels of trusted exchange Identity is multiple. distributed....

Comic Book Physics

Comic Book Physics 02/16/2004 12:59 AM

£1,000 to tempt physics students

£1,000 to tempt physics students 01/22/2004 11:36 AM
The Institute of Physics is offering poorer students bursaries to study the subject.

The Physics of the Hydrogen Economy

The Physics of the Hydrogen Economy 01/04/2005 05:56 PM

Cartoon Laws of Physics

Cartoon Laws of Physics 01/18/2004 08:08 AM
Piirrettyjen filmien fysiikan lait .. The Cartoon Laws of Physics .. Physics .. More

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The Shaggy Steed of Physics

The Shaggy Steed of Physics 09/14/2004 06:12 PM

Top 100 Papers in Physics Ranked

Top 100 Papers in Physics Ranked 08/02/2004 01:52 PM

Physics goes in search of 'cool'

Physics goes in search of 'cool' 01/05/2005 01:58 PM
Einstein Year is launched in the UK and Ireland to inspire the next generation of physicists.
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