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Java Powers of Ten

Posted by chrisd on from the the-eames'-would-be-proud dept.

WeeMan writes "Remember that cool video/film you might have seen in your high school science class "Powers of Ten"? Well Florida State University (FSU) has their own well done Java version of Powers of Ten. For those who have not seen it, basically it's a continuous zooming in of images by powers of ten, starting with galactic superclusters/walls and ending at the quantum scale. The FSU site also has some cool close up images of many chip designs here, Java virtual microscopy there, and plenty of other cool applets and microscopy images (like microscopic images of beer from around the world : )"

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  1. Flamebait. by DarkHelmet · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    Mark me as flamebait, but if this were done in flash, would it really be any different? It's just a series of still images...

    I don't care, my karma is fine. I'm waving the bird at you.

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    1. Re: Flamebait. by Black+Parrot · · Score: 1, Flamebait


      > Mark me as flamebait, but if this were done in flash, would it really be any different? It's just a series of still images...

      Yeah, if they wanted to show off their geekiness they should have converted it to powers of two instead.

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  2. Java's full of beans by No_Weak_Heart · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Wow - finally I'm starting to grasp the importance of having that 20Megs of Java stuff tacked on to my web browser. For tomorrow, I suggest someone write an article about a cool flash animation they stumbled across while they were otherwise wasting their time.