July 2007
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Mr. Harford goes to Washington (again)
What started as a weekend getaway with the National Science Foundation has turned into a nine day marathon with connections in more government agencies than I knew existed. Granted, the inner workings of Uncle Sam were never my forte, but by the time this trip is over I hope to have the unnecessary ability to pass immigration’s citizen exam. Below are the slides I am presenting regarding...
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Collective intelligence in weather forecasting
The concept of collective intelligence and the wisdom of crowds has been around for awhile, but rarely makes headwind into traditional science applications. I’d love to see the concept applied to weather models! Here is they layout:
Create an interface where visitors sign up for an account and provide basic social networking information. Next, they try to predict the upcoming weather. It...
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Second Life Federal Government Consortium
Speaking of government involvement in virtual worlds, check out today’s announcement:
“There will be a U.S. Federal Government consortium organizational meeting for Second Life in Washington DC, July 11th from 1:00-4:00 at the National Defense University. The consortium hopes to find ways to share resources, work collaboratively on projects, streamline funding and contracting...