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Simon Olling Rebsdorf's Blog, page 5
January 21, 2018
My Dad’s research publication in Nature
My father has published his research in Nature! Without even letting me know! How typically humble of him, not mentioning it. Ever. In 1999 he co-authored a paper on “Regional Trends in Aquatic Recovery from Acidification in North America and Europe”, Volume 401 Number 6753 pp513-622, (it’s on page 575, name: A. Rebsdorf). On behalf of … Continue reading My Dad’s research publication in Nature →
January 11, 2018
Brain-Machine Interface a Real Near-Future Scenario?
I whole-heartedly recommend this mind-boggling blog-article (>200 pages) on Elon Musk’s latest save-the-world project Neuralink, a future brain-machine interface to (r)evolutionize the human colossus’ brain – the next, tertiary, brain layer on top of the cerebral cortex (the grey matter) by electrode-neuron-communication. Largest tech-barriers allegedly are: non-invasiveness, bandwidth and resolution. The author, Tim Urban, is … Continue reading Brain-Machine Interface a Real Near-Future Scenario? →
January 10, 2018
The rest of your life on a paper sheet
I am 46 years old. With healthy living, great luck and good genes, I will live to the age of 96, perhaps even older. There are approximately 50 years left. Or 2,600 weeks, signified by 2,600 squares on this A4 paper sheet. How to spend all the time of the rest of a life? Learn … Continue reading The rest of your life on a paper sheet →
January 5, 2018
50th Mersenne prime has been found
The 50’th Mersenne prime has been found, consisting of more than 23 million digits. It can be written in the form 2^77,232,917-1. A 51-year-old volunteer has broken the record. Just how big is a 23,249,425 digit number? It’s huge!! Big enough to fill an entire shelf of books totalling 9,000 pages! If every second you … Continue reading 50th Mersenne prime has been found →
December 30, 2017
Toss the pebbles
I get confused when I see the ‘pebbles’ in people’s shoes that drag them down and hold them back for decades. They are so attached to their group of pebbles that they cling to them rather than dumping them out of their shoes and moving on. Pebbles can be people who hold you back or … Continue reading Toss the pebbles →
