Yes, it is possible and you can do it. Actually you don’t have to be a total expert in programming or Maths. Yes yes, you have to know some good stuff, but being a nerd or a genius is not the point. Gabriel Taubin, an Argentinian Mathematician researching in Brown University is in charge of [...]
Archive for the ‘Ciencia’ Category
Build your own 3D Scanner!
Posted: 15 May, 2012 by Mayitzin in Ciencia, Entertainment, Entretenimiento, Internet, Science, TecnologíaTags: 3D Computer Vision, 3D Scanner, Computation, Computer Vision, Computing, DIY, Do it yourself, gaming, science, technology, Vision, webcam
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Language Immersion
Posted: 10 May, 2012 by Mayitzin in Ciencia, Entertainment, Entretenimiento, Internet, Science, TecnologíaTags: experimental extension, idiom, Language learning, languages, technology, transcription, translate, translation, translation tool
In my daily struggling trying to learn the German language I use to try new tools and techniques to improve my skills and be more understandable, but of course many times it doesn’t work just because “Deutsch ist eine verkackte Sprache” as my flatmate says. But well, I love the goddamn language and I will [...]
The infinite monkey cage
Posted: 2 May, 2012 by Mayitzin in Ciencia, Comedy, Entertainment, Entretenimiento, Humor, Internet, Science, TecnologíaTags: BBC, comedy, Debate Panel, entertainment, infinite monkey, itunes, Physics, Podcast, research, science, technology, Universe
Science and Comedy have been always connected everywhere because for radical and revolutionary ideas, it is needed a bit of humor and consideration. Both are groundbreaking and quite entertaining if you are in the proper mood. However only few have had the balls to mix them, play around with them and success with it. One [...]
My first day in Computer Vision
Posted: 24 April, 2012 by Mayitzin in Ciencia, Entertainment, Entretenimiento, Internet, Science, TecnologíaTags: Computer Vision, computer vision applications, Image processing, Machine Learning, München, research, science, Technische Universität München, technology, TU München, TUM, Visión por computadora
A new semester in the Uni has begun and in this second week I am already feeling the first pressured tasks. No probs, this time planning and hard work will be a constant besides a good health caring and exercise. Perhaps less Internet Facebook is what I need. This semester I will struggle a bit with two [...]
Sweet Home Alabama (Electric Version)
Posted: 4 April, 2012 by Mayitzin in Ciencia, Entertainment, Entretenimiento, Music, Science, TecnologíaTags: Electric Music, h bridge, Lynyrd Skynyrd, power semiconductors, Southern Rock, Sweet Home Alabama, Tesla Coils, voltage generator
All of us know this song, all of us like it, all of us recognize it when we hear it (always played in Oktoberfest), but never in my life I would think to play it as in the following video. The creators Eric Goodchild and Steven Caton built two gigantic tesla coils to generate different sounds with [...]
dotSUB
Posted: 15 October, 2011 by Mayitzin in Ciencia, Entretenimiento, TecnologíaTags: dotSUB, idiomas, subtítulos, subtítulos en línea, transcripción, videos, videos subtitulados
En un rato de relax de la clase de Inteligencia Artificial de Stanford, me puse a curiosear cómo es que llevan a cabo la transmisión de la clase por internet y me di cuenta que andan en busca de traductores para poner el contenido de la clase en varios idiomas y así poder compartir más [...]
Los 5 científicos mexicanos más influyentes de la historia
Posted: 23 January, 2011 by Mayitzin in Ciencia, General, Opinión, TecnologíaTags: ciencia, ciencia en México, científicos de México, científicos mexicanos, mario molina, premios nobel mexicanos
Encontrar en México una comunidad científica respetable ha sido, prácticamente, un objetivo inalcanzable. Sin embargo, eso no quiere decir que los científicos de México no tengan el nivel adecuado para desarrollarse en el mundo de la competencia tecnológica. Al contrario, han sabido sobresalir con recursos mucho menores y un carente apoyo, llegando a muy altos [...]
