Sure, it's a great idea to make use of the excess heat in our bodies somehow, maybe a hat that charges your cell phone.
But that heat ultimately is paid for, in the form of groceries. The point is, you could not farm the radiant energy of off humans, because you would expend more energy keeping them alive.
Although we generate heat, on a microscopic level, our bodies need more energy put in that it can give out. All the food you eat requires energy put in to be produced and we get that energy out of the food. If any significant portion of that energy were drained, our bodies would have problems and eventually shut down. The heat from our bodies is generated collectively from individual cellular mitochondria.
Yeah, but when some dork keeps sending out 'jokes' and 'anecdotes' emails with your name among a list of other recipients, your email is bound to end up on SPAM lists. You also failed to mention how long you've had your pristine email address...
Kodak DC290 is what I used.
I used some JPG compression at 640x480. The idea was for video, so didn't need to be too big, and a little compression was ok since the frames go by quickly.
About 50-100k each. The pics with lots of blue sky compress better!
I was using a 128Mb card and uploaded to my laptop every few hours, then wiped it and started again.
It does look kind of jerky when playing, considering I could only go as fast as 1 frame per minute. The camera (a kodak DC290) could only do timelapse in order of frames per minute.
I was at first intrigued by the article, considering he had actually video-taped the entire journey, but then read he just kept every 100th frame, making his time-lapse about 1 frame every 3 seconds or so, for a much smoother time-lapse.
What I think would be interesting would be to actually take the video and blend frames, speeding the whole thing up, but keeping all visual information. Of course every frame would be a motion-blur, but that's how it would really look if you were actually traveling that fast!
Actually, I liked standing in front of the car and posing until the picture snapped every time I made a stop. I would also park the car pointing at interesting landscapes and get a few frames of time-lapse clouds and stuff.
Thanks meringuoid. Actually the speed limits in some places was as high as 75mph, but with the stops and especially the traffic jams when getting close to almost any city brought down the average. In fact, I have way too many speeding tickets!
I recently saw Ray Kurzweil give a talk. His new book, coming out in October, will be titled How to Live Long Enough to Live Forever. He touched on several topics that will advance longevity. Much was about nanotech and how it will become part of our bodies. He says in the past few years, he's gotten about 10 years younger in 'absolute age.' Neat Stuff.
I put a digital camera on my dash that took a picture every minute and have a movie of my drive from New Orleans to Seattle. It's awesome, but you only get about 1 frame per mile.
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I mean awesome that there was no real danger and they can now maybe do a safe spacewalk!
Awesome!
The Integrated Circuit was Invented in America by Americans, making both modern computers and spaceflight possible.
Maybe if you had 'bothered' to check the facts, you wouldn't look like a dork!
Laika is dead.
The only way we are going to change things is to VOTE and get those ass-heads out of office!
If I were a Brit, I'd send 'em a photo of me arse!
"This is pure americanizum[sic] at work."
If, by that, you mean Slashdot, Space Travel, The Internet, and Computers in general, then yes, it is Americanism at work. Hard at work.
Sure, it's a great idea to make use of the excess heat in our bodies somehow, maybe a hat that charges your cell phone.
But that heat ultimately is paid for, in the form of groceries.
The point is, you could not farm the radiant energy of off humans, because you would expend more energy keeping them alive.
Although we generate heat, on a microscopic level, our bodies need more energy put in that it can give out. All the food you eat requires energy put in to be produced and we get that energy out of the food. If any significant portion of that energy were drained, our bodies would have problems and eventually shut down. The heat from our bodies is generated collectively from individual cellular mitochondria.
+5 Informative
...I didn't read the law that says I can't kill someone, does that mean I'm still guilty of murder?
...the G5, you'll be much happier.
...that was later dismissed, I find this particularly disturbing.
This is only flamebait to an ultra-conservative ASS.
The poster is correct and on topic.
Yeah, but when some dork keeps sending out 'jokes' and 'anecdotes' emails with your name among a list of other recipients, your email is bound to end up on SPAM lists. You also failed to mention how long you've had your pristine email address...
I carry billions of copies of mine.
When those class-action suits start, I'm gonna CA$H IN!!!!
I have about 35,000 since mid-September.
Kodak DC290 is what I used.
I used some JPG compression at 640x480. The idea was for video, so didn't need to be too big, and a little compression was ok since the frames go by quickly.
About 50-100k each. The pics with lots of blue sky compress better!
I was using a 128Mb card and uploaded to my laptop every few hours, then wiped it and started again.
It does look kind of jerky when playing, considering I could only go as fast as 1 frame per minute. The camera (a kodak DC290) could only do timelapse in order of frames per minute.
I was at first intrigued by the article, considering he had actually video-taped the entire journey, but then read he just kept every 100th frame, making his time-lapse about 1 frame every 3 seconds or so, for a much smoother time-lapse.
What I think would be interesting would be to actually take the video and blend frames, speeding the whole thing up, but keeping all visual information. Of course every frame would be a motion-blur, but that's how it would really look if you were actually traveling that fast!
Actually, I liked standing in front of the car and posing until the picture snapped every time I made a stop. I would also park the car pointing at interesting landscapes and get a few frames of time-lapse clouds and stuff.
Thanks meringuoid. Actually the speed limits in some places was as high as 75mph, but with the stops and especially the traffic jams when getting close to almost any city brought down the average. In fact, I have way too many speeding tickets!
I recently saw Ray Kurzweil give a talk. His new book, coming out in October, will be titled How to Live Long Enough to Live Forever. He touched on several topics that will advance longevity. Much was about nanotech and how it will become part of our bodies. He says in the past few years, he's gotten about 10 years younger in 'absolute age.' Neat Stuff.
I put a digital camera on my dash that took a picture every minute and have a movie of my drive from New Orleans to Seattle. It's awesome, but you only get about 1 frame per mile.
How much for "Muon"?
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