Category Archives: Science and Tech

Inspiration is for Amateurs or The Olympic Sculpture Park

When was the last time you launched?  Naomi found this sand bag game board at the Olympic Sculpture Park.  I tried it too.  They had spring and getting air is as good now as when I was ten. Inside the … Continue reading

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Which moments do you remember?

My neighbors and good friends, the Strains, were written up in the Seattle Times today. Jeff believes that living downtown proffers more family moments..those revelations, discoveries and “good times” that you stumble upon together during a neighborhood romp.  He says, these … Continue reading

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Bringing Science to Science Fiction

Larry Dalton In 2000, Larry Dalton came over to the tower apartment to share his idea of creating a Research Center for “Materials Science and Devices” that would bring together material scientists from across the country to solve the hardest … Continue reading

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A half century of kids playing with Circuitry

A toy, similar to “Snap Circuits“ was covered in the September 1967 issue of Electronics Illustrated. Then and now, what you get is a box of domino like magnetic pieces that allow kids to snap together cool electronics such as … Continue reading

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Are you stuffy? or The cost of Consumerism

Annie Leonard blogs about what went on inside Martin Luther King’s head as he weighed the case at 5AM as to whether or not he would get involved, and if he does step in, then how much, hmm, what to … Continue reading

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Kevin is making it safe to Gulp it down

My friend Kevin Flick is heading up a team at PATH focused on creating a household water purification system for the third world. Prior to this Kevin worked at Microsoft designing game related devices and before that he designed prosthetics. … Continue reading

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Massive art involving tens of thousands of individuals and best seen, in many cases, from outer space.

Bill McKibben’s recent article in Grist, talks about the massive art coming out of the 350 initiative. The name, 350 Earth, points to the number of parts per million that most scientists agree is an acceptable upper level of carbon … Continue reading

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Ending nuclear proliferation

Was reading an email from Mark Anderson this morning. It was about his upcoming Future In Review conference. He was opening the floor for speaker nominations. The first that came to my mind was John Gilleland with Terra Power. It … Continue reading

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Making body parts and firing madly!

The sign read “The Lieutenant of Inshmore contains strong language, adult themes, fog, gunshots, violence, torture, mayhem, and a lot of laughs.” I can handle a little fog but torture? Is the audience in danger? Can you tell what is … Continue reading

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Simone’s laptop

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Venture Capital Panel at Bell Harbor or "Due Diligence Live"

This morning was a fun Venture Capital Panel at Bell Harbor Conference Center for ZINO. Six of us reviewed twenty companies competing for two $50,000 checks and about $400,000 more in follow-on investments. The twenty presenting companies ranged from sports … Continue reading

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Claudette & Susan do Seattle

Claudette and Susan arrived in Seattle with a purpose.They wanted to visit the Sea Otters. Simone and Claudette watching the Skates and Sturgeons in the underwater dome. One of the fun things you can do at EMP is create a … Continue reading

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rock n roll camp

Naomi and I logged serious hours at Seattle Center this week as Simone was in rock n roll camp at the Pacific Science Center and Experience Music Project. Naomi laid on the lobby floor and looked up at the ceiling … Continue reading

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On Thursday We Were A Circus

Today our itinerary at the Pacific Science Museum begins at the circus exhibit and then moves on to “BiPed Game Show” about our human ancestor, Lucy and what her remains can teach us about BiPedalism. There is a tightrope in … Continue reading

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Merging collective experiences – AR from Blaise

Earlier I oohed and aahed over Blaise’s 2007 TED talk about photosynth. Would you believe there is more? Now we can merge our collective experiences live! Hold onto your seat.

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The manufacturing of controversy about Evolution!

I like this article by Valerie Tarico about the manufacturing of controversy about evolution! The article points out that we have seen this insane manufacturing of controversy (manufactroversy) in the past. “The fact is, there is no scientific controversy about … Continue reading

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The Gorgeous Power of Seadragon

Wait till you see Blaise Aguera y Arcas talk at TED (below) about the gorgeous power of Seadragon and Photosync. Blaise’s talk gave me a sweeping tummy-flipping sensation.  Similar to the first time I  sailed on the open sea or … Continue reading

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