How to “read” the photo(s) above – the bottom-layer consist of photos take by the Hubble Telescope and as you move to the top you can see the result of the technique used by the researchers to decipher the formation-stage of a galaxy as explained below. One of the challenges face by astronomers is to…
Category: Astronomy
Moon shots – 2nd Try
This is my second attempt of taking close-up moon shots. Photos were taken with both DSLR and astro-cam (webcam for astronomy). Weather was good however Sydney skies had plenty of atmospheric pollution. Most photos are in their original glory (I have only touched-up few photos). March 4 2018. Blogpost: girishnair.com
Machine Learning helps in Clinical trials
Machine Learning (ML) can help highlight avenues which human experience and intuition usually steer clears from. Complex systems which are primarily non-linear in form and structure, like human body, can benefit from the prowess of ML. Researchers at UCL highlight how ML has helped in Clinical Trials of brain in the below article. Full Story…
Click Beetles Inspired Robots
Nature is well equipped to solve a lot of new age technological problems (and others) we face now. We are at time competing with nature to come up with a solution which is as efficient as nature, but many a time we fail. Solar energy, which we have tried to tap in various ways, is…
Living Computers
The interdisciplinary nexus of biology and engineering, known as synthetic biology, is growing at a rapid pace, opening new vistas that could scarcely be imagined a short time ago. Research, first proposed in 1994, shows how computer-like circuits can be built using ribonuclied acid or RNA. As computer logic boards do, these bio-circuits receive…
My first foray into astronomy
I am a budding/amateur astronomer. These shots of the moon were taken from my Celesteon casegrain 11′ refractor telescope with iPhone as the eyepiece. More to come as I improve. Girish
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