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Dread Moores

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Geek stuff that has fascinated me lately
« on: November 02, 2012, 06:40:33 AM »
Ever wanted to see relativity as a visual concept? In real-time? Now you can.

http://gamelab.mit.edu/games/a-slower-speed-of-light/

12 year old uses D&D to help scientific study

The kid even gets first author credit on the published paper.
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Re: Geek stuff that has fascinated me lately
« Reply #1 on: November 03, 2012, 06:53:57 AM »
So cool
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Re: Geek stuff that has fascinated me lately
« Reply #2 on: November 03, 2012, 04:21:07 PM »
"Graphene."

I became interested when reading a reader's comment to a story to a Yahoo news article.  Incredibly, it seems most of his claims are true.
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Re: Geek stuff that has fascinated me lately
« Reply #3 on: November 03, 2012, 05:59:52 PM »
Pretty awesome. That kid's academic career is set if he has even half decent grades.
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