Originally posted by AGD
As I have told you all before I watch the forum every day and if you ask I appear. I do post occasionally if the thread is interesting.
LOTS going on here. Since you asked here is the overview, grab a Coke.
Bought a house in Sierra Vista Arizona and now I have the daunting task of packing my shop up to move. Its going to be about 2 semi's worth and that doesn't include my house. The place has perfect weather year round and great for astronomy.
I am trying to finish my giant telescope mirror before we move but its looking iffy. The thing is kicking my butt and this is my third try at getting the right figure. Need to make the telescope before we can discover a planet.
Speaking of astronomy, I was invited to join a team out of Northwestern University that is doing a research project for NASA developing light weight telescope mirrors for space. Very cool and very leading edge.
Have a controversy cooking in paleontology. If you remember back in 2005 Dr. Mary Schweitzer discovered "soft tissues" preserved in dino bone and it was huge news all over the world. I started looking into it and discovered evidence that says they are biofilms or "slime" like you see on rocks in streams. I presented the evidence at a conference last fall and it got a mention in Science magazine which is a big deal. We are now scheduled for back to back talks at another conference in april. More to come on this one.
Working with world famous Paul Sereno on a new discovery of an ancient graveyard of hunter/gatherers from Africa. I an doing analysis of tools and grave goods. I cant say much here but you will be able to read all about it in National Geographic.
Just invented a fully automatic sorter for micro-fossils. It uses laser flouresence, machine vision and a feed system to automatically sort out small fossils from gravel. This is the first time anything like this has been done. Its totally patentable but I am probably going to make a big mistake and give it to paleontology as public domain (and hope someone doesn't patent something similar later and screw things up). See a demo here autopicker
Doing an expedition for the Burke Museum this summer and going to hang out with my buddies from the Smithsonian after. Working on writing a paper for Science and if they accept it, that will be a big deal because I am essentially an 'amateur'.
So thats the news!
AGD
LOTS going on here. Since you asked here is the overview, grab a Coke.
Bought a house in Sierra Vista Arizona and now I have the daunting task of packing my shop up to move. Its going to be about 2 semi's worth and that doesn't include my house. The place has perfect weather year round and great for astronomy.
I am trying to finish my giant telescope mirror before we move but its looking iffy. The thing is kicking my butt and this is my third try at getting the right figure. Need to make the telescope before we can discover a planet.
Speaking of astronomy, I was invited to join a team out of Northwestern University that is doing a research project for NASA developing light weight telescope mirrors for space. Very cool and very leading edge.
Have a controversy cooking in paleontology. If you remember back in 2005 Dr. Mary Schweitzer discovered "soft tissues" preserved in dino bone and it was huge news all over the world. I started looking into it and discovered evidence that says they are biofilms or "slime" like you see on rocks in streams. I presented the evidence at a conference last fall and it got a mention in Science magazine which is a big deal. We are now scheduled for back to back talks at another conference in april. More to come on this one.
Working with world famous Paul Sereno on a new discovery of an ancient graveyard of hunter/gatherers from Africa. I an doing analysis of tools and grave goods. I cant say much here but you will be able to read all about it in National Geographic.
Just invented a fully automatic sorter for micro-fossils. It uses laser flouresence, machine vision and a feed system to automatically sort out small fossils from gravel. This is the first time anything like this has been done. Its totally patentable but I am probably going to make a big mistake and give it to paleontology as public domain (and hope someone doesn't patent something similar later and screw things up). See a demo here autopicker
Doing an expedition for the Burke Museum this summer and going to hang out with my buddies from the Smithsonian after. Working on writing a paper for Science and if they accept it, that will be a big deal because I am essentially an 'amateur'.
So thats the news!
AGD
So what do you plan to do when you retire (not just from paint ball)? :P
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