Category Archives: General Interest

Harvard University has launched a project to digitize almost half a million items from its 17th and 18th century archives – the largest digitizing effort the university has ever undertaken. The letters, journals, documents and drawings tell the story not … Continue reading →

http://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/05/share-public-domain-collections

“We are awash in a sea of information, but how do historians sift through the mountain of data? In the future, computer programs will be unreadable, and therefore worthless, to historians.” Listen to the NPR story.  

A work in progress but an effort worth tracking.

Pretty impressive development: http://www.kurzweilai.net/golden-window-wavelength-range-for-optimal-deep-brain-near-infrared-imaging-determined?utm_source=KurzweilAI+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=23bc84c6eb-UA-946742-1&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_6de721fb33-23bc84c6eb-282199609 Title of the article seems a bit off, but the range of applications of this tech, the scalability, and low cost mentioned all make this interesting and something to watch for!

Just wanted to post links to the CNA website and Gazette article in case people missed it. Colonial North American Project website: http://colonialnorthamerican.library.harvard.edu/ Gazette article: http://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2015/11/a-digital-portrait-of-colonial-life/

May dramatically improve performance of cameras and other light-capturing devices October 30, 2015 University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) electrical engineers have created the fastest, most responsive flexible silicon phototransistor ever made, inspired by mammals’ eyes. http://www.kurzweilai.net/flexible-phototransistor-is-worlds-fastest-most-sensitive  

The Bosch Research and Conservation Project “website was created with multiple goals in mind. First and foremost, the innovative synchronized image viewers developed by Robert Erdmann for the BRCP will serve as practical tools during the conservation interventions for the … Continue reading →

I’m proud to have been a part of this show – Worcester Architecture: Lost & Found that opened last night at the Krikorian Gallery in the Craft Center on Sagamore Street in Worcester. – Tom