Canon hit a home run with their Papervision3D site. Make sure you have an extra pair of socks on hand when you view this site. You might need them. Congrats MediaCatalyst.

Here is the original posting about this site at Papervision3D.org.

If Flash physics is your thing then try this out. I spent about 10 minutes just playing around by stacking some shapes to the top of the screen. Good solid geek fun. Here’s the original post on the subject.

David Deutsch, in his presentation at TED (Technology, Entertainment, Design), brings up a very powerful concept. It’s that the laws of physics that produce, for instance, quasars also produce, billions of light-years away, complex organic structures such as our brains. These brains can in turn build instruments to detect quasars and then create mathematical models, based on the laws of physics, that, in essence, re-create the quasars. It’s truly amazing that the universe is not only capable of these extremes of both quasars and complex organics but also this mirroring capability.

It’s similar to placing two mirrors facing each other so that you see an infinity of reflections when you stand between them. The Universe has built a mirror to look at itself and also to look at itself looking at itself. That is remarkable.

In a similar line of thought I have wondered how the conservation of energy applies to knowledge. Take for instance when Einstein first had the idea of E= mc. That idea required a minuscule amount of energy but it allowed for the creation of atomic bombs. How do we measure the power of ideas?

From TED:
Legendary physicist David Deutsch is author of The Fabric of Reality and the leading proponent of the multiverse intrepretation of quantum theory ??? the astounding idea that our universe is constantly spawning countless numbers of parallel worlds. In this rare (and delightfully engaging) public appearance, he weaves a complex and captivating argument placing the study of physics at the center of our species’ survival. (Recorded July 2005 in Oxford, UK. Duration: 19:45)

Label me impressed. Microsoft LiveLabs has produced some pretty cool stuff. Photosynth takes images from a general location and creates a 3D space of that environment.

There are lots of behind the scenes videos to watch at the webiset. I found this one to be the best.

What a wicked stunt.

I used to be a model - nude - for the NAU art department. I know what it’s like to remain motionless for long periods of time and it is not easy.