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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. Re:FP by RAzaRazor · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey! Using this technology, you might finally be able to see it!

  2. Ah, the days of middle school science... by eric434 · · Score: 3, Funny

    Heh, I want to see the "powers of ten" movie centered on a nude sunbather... :) (Hey, this is Slashdot..)

    But yeah, I remember the movie. IIRC it held the record for "longest contiunous zoom" or something...

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  3. Hot damn, a java slideshow!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    This is truly hot stuff!!! a java slideshow of pictures!! Forget e-trading and dot-com fakes. Let's not talk about developing programs or new fancy hardware.. no..
    Stop the press!! there's a,,, GAAAASP,, java SLIDESHOW out on the web now. Holy cow!
    It feels good to be part of the elite that gets this kind of information to discuss!

  4. wish I could zoom out more by GoatPigSheep · · Score: 3, Funny

    I was hoping I would be able to zoom out untill I saw the creation of the universe... but I suppose you cant have everything in life.

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  5. Code Bloat in Powers of Ten by friscolr · · Score: 3, Funny

    well, you did say Java, didn't you?

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  6. Fosters by ObviousGuy · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's Australian for Russian cubism, mate!

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  7. This is a hoax, stupid ! by stud9920 · · Score: 3, Funny

    This is an insult to the slashdot community ! Can you think two seconds before posting ?

    The idea of an alien guy pointing a camera to a tiny litle planet 10 million lightyears away, and still managing to aim at ground (25 pc of the earth surface), on a living organism, is simply ridiculous. For me, all remaining credibility was lost when a well centered quark appeared on the screen.

    Also, how could this guy be thinking in decimal system like us ? He probably thinks in base e or in base fibonacci !

    More so, if we suppose that this altruistic guy sends it to earth via radio waves (oh no, I forget, he probably aims a "L.A.S.E.R" to us too !), it would have to travel for 10e6 years before reaching a LISTENING receiver. And last time I checked, SETI didn't find anything.

    Get a clue !