Articles and Reviews from Voodish
Welcome to our Articles section, we try and update this section at least twice weekly, so check back regularly for the most up to date info. Our sections include Future of Computing, Internet Tools, Tea Break and Web Development.Apr 28 2007 Apr 28 2007
Outstanding Badminton Rally
Our 1st Tea-break video for you to enjoy.
Having recently helped to win the Gibson Plate for Abergele Badminton club (North Wales, U.K). Badminton has been on my mind a lot recently, so here’s a truly outstanding Badminton video, which shows a seemingly endless Mixed rally. How these guys develop so much power, yet are agile enough to reach impossible shots, is truly amazing… all to do with foot work they say
Mouse brain simulated on Super Computer
US researchers have simulated half a virtual mouse brain on a supercomputer.
The scientists ran a “cortical simulator” that was as big and as complex as half of a mouse brain on the BlueGene L supercomputer. In other smaller simulations the researchers say they have seen characteristics of thought patterns observed in real mouse brains.
Game console could help cure Alzheimer’s
We’ve all heard that regular gaming can help keep the mind active, especially Role Playing and Memory intensive games, but Sony have now taken a heads on approach to helping solve diseases such as Alzheimers.
More than 250,000 PS3 owners have enrolled their console in the Folding at Home (F@H) project which uses it to study the shapes proteins assume. So many have signed up that the project has carried out a year’s worth of research in a month. Proteins that do not fold correctly have been implicated in diseases such as Alzheimers and BSE.
Internet helping to close Nations Divided
E-readiness is not just about speed of connection |
The net is helping to close the digital divide between industrialised nations, suggests a report. The annual e-readiness rankings by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) shows Asian and African nations catching up with big net users such as Denmark.
The report says this is partly due to broadband which is now cheap and affordable in almost every nation.
But it warns that much hard work remains to be done to get the best out of the net for citizens and companies.
The most complex scientific instrument ever built to be switched on (now with Video)
The most complex scientific instrument ever built was to be switched on in November 2007, but due to complications the experiment has now been set back to Summer / Autumn 2008; Cern particle lab schedule slips.
The Large Hadron Collider promises to recreate the conditions right after the Big Bang.
By revisiting the beginning of time, scientists hope to unravel some of the deepest secrets of our Universe. In the epic quest to find the meaning of ‘everything’, the understanding of the Universe in infinite detail - the God particle.
Operating System Showdown - Ubuntu Vs. Vista
By Brian Briggs
For years many have predicted the death of Windows at the hands of Linux.
The latest challenge to Windows comes from Ubuntu. Since everyone has long made up their minds in which operating system to use, we compare these two operating systems on the features that don’t matter. Read on to find out if your favorite wins…











