Sidney Perkowitz - Science | Technology | Culture http://sidneyperkowitz.net Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:03:57 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Hollywood Science: Good for Hollywood, Bad for Science? http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/hollywood-science-good-for-hollywood-bad-for-science/ http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/hollywood-science-good-for-hollywood-bad-for-science/#comments Thu, 30 Jun 2011 00:47:33 +0000 aoapoplar http://sidneyperkowitz.net/?p=328 From the American Chemical Society, March 21, 2011

]]> http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/hollywood-science-good-for-hollywood-bad-for-science/feed/ 0 Dr. Kiki’s Science Hour: Science Goes to Hollywood http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/dr-kikis-science-hour-science-goes-to-hollywood/ http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/dr-kikis-science-hour-science-goes-to-hollywood/#comments Mon, 06 Jun 2011 18:06:46 +0000 aoapoplar http://sidneyperkowitz.net/?p=221 Dr. Kirsten Sanford and Leo Laporte chat with Sidney about Hollywood science.

]]> http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/dr-kikis-science-hour-science-goes-to-hollywood/feed/ 0 The Reality of Iron Man http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/the-reality-of-iron-man/ http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/the-reality-of-iron-man/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:29:56 +0000 aoapoplar http://sidneyperkowitz.net/?p=217 How realistic are the science and physics behind Iron Man? How close are humans to having technologies like the Iron Man suit and power sources like the Arc Reactor?

]]> http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/the-reality-of-iron-man/feed/ 0 CU Science Update: Hollywood Science http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/cu-science-update-hollywood-science/ http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/cu-science-update-hollywood-science/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:27:07 +0000 aoapoplar http://sidneyperkowitz.net/?p=214 It is often said that good stories trump good science. When it’s convenient for the plot line, science will often take a back seat. But the portrayal of science, and scientists in movies is usually filled with blunders and stereotypes.

]]> http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/cu-science-update-hollywood-science/feed/ 0 How powerful is unstoppable? http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/how-powerful-is-unstoppable/ http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/how-powerful-is-unstoppable/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:22:42 +0000 aoapoplar http://sidneyperkowitz.net/?p=210 How realistic is the science and physics behind the new movie Unstoppable? How much power does that unstoppable train really have?

]]> http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/how-powerful-is-unstoppable/feed/ 0 Is the futuristic world of TRON outdated? http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/is-the-futuristic-world-of-tron-outdated/ http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/is-the-futuristic-world-of-tron-outdated/#comments Sun, 05 Jun 2011 21:11:38 +0000 aoapoplar http://sidneyperkowitz.net/?p=204 Arguably humans now interact with each other more digitally than in person. We have digitally uploaded our social lives onto the computer via Facebook and Twitter. Our body movements are now even digitized to avatars with technologies like Nintendo Wii, XBox Kinetic, and Playstation Move. So is the idea of uploading one’s self into a digital world as novel as it was when TRON first came out in 1982? Will today’s audience be as impressed as they were nearly three decades ago or is this a concept that they are all too familiar with?

]]> http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/06/is-the-futuristic-world-of-tron-outdated/feed/ 0 Genetics, Genomics, and Robotics http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/05/genetics-genomics-and-robotics/ http://sidneyperkowitz.net/2011/05/genetics-genomics-and-robotics/#comments Mon, 30 May 2011 00:53:00 +0000 aoapoplar http://sidneyperkowitz.net/?p=333 C-Span aired a panel discussion among scientists and authors about the effect on the general public of genetics, genomics, and robotics. Andy Franklin moderated. Panelists answered questions from the audience at the end of the program.

View the program here.

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