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"Perfect" Mirrors Cast For LSST

Sep 3rd, 2008 · The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (which was partially funded by Gates & Co.) announced a world record casting for its single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blanks, cast at the University of Arizona. From the announcement: 'The Mirror Lab team …
see also: world · Gates · diameter · tertiary · University of Arizona · furnace · scaleRead

"Perfect" Mirrors Cast For LSST

Sep 2nd, 2008 · The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope (which was partially funded by Gates & Co.) announced a world record casting for its single-piece primary and tertiary mirror blanks, cast at the University of Arizona. From the announcement: 'The Mirror Lab team …
see also: world · Gates · diameter · tertiary · University of Arizona · furnace · scaleRead

Adaptive Thirty Meter Telescope Sees Progress

Dec 8th, 2007 · Caltech and the University of California have are making progress toward the development and construction of the Thirty-Meter Telescope (TMT) with the recent $200 million commitment from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. The core of the TMT Observatory …
see also: integrated · resolution · imaging · Hubble Space Telescope · construction · era · structure

Divine Proportions

Aug 18th, 2006 · David Halprin writes with a review of a new (and mighty odd sounding) mathematics book: "In my humble opinion, we have an unjustified polemic in the world of mathematics, yet again. My background is tertiary level mathematics and concomitant research …
see also: world · research · friends · publication · background · mathematics · odd

Do Kids Still Program?

Apr 29th, 2006 · I keep finding myself in conversations with tertiary educators in the hard sciences (Physics, Astronomy, Chemistry, etc.) who note that even the geeks—those who voluntarily choose to major in hard sciences—enter university never having programmed …
see also: computer · Science · University · education · schools · astronomy · chemistry

Myth TV + Multiple Video Arcade = Anime for All

Nov 28th, 2005 · Ian C. Blenke writes "The primary goal of the video keg was to build a reliable video box that was easy to transport with enough space to store 3 days worth of Anime fan-subs. The secondary goal of the video keg was to make a home PVR system for video …
see also: Hardware · video · TV · software · service · blog · myth