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Thursday 21st, January 2010
 Lotusphere 2010 Closing Session Summary01/21/2010 09:30 PMLocation : LotusUserGroup.org
Opening with a really cool, DJ Steve Porter (slap chop video) hip hop style video compilation of Lotus Knows statements from execs and audience members throughout the week. VP marketing and Channels Kristen Lauria Recap what she wants us to take away Lauria: Lotusphere 2011 Jan 30 – Feb 3rd hold the date (heard a lot of people “ooh” in the audience) Guest speaker Dr. Brian Cox Particle Physicist who works on the Large Hadron Collider Largest international scientific collaboration effort in history. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Cox_(physicist) ). He looks like he’s 19 years old.
Zooming in on a photo of a tiny little section of sky that looked completely black and zoomed in to show the Hubble Deep field images. More than 13 billion years old. Older than the earth. Showing a current pic of evolution of the universe (non creationist point of view of course). Giving an analogy of the complexity of the universe equating to that of a snowflake and the melting of the structure as one goes back in time. Makes a geek joke (laughs from audience) Showing the actual collider from an aerial view. Cool photo. I’ll update with a link later. (http://images.suite101.com/328092_com_lhc_arial.jpg ) Another picture from inside. Explaining that cooling down the titanium wires (very thin) eliminates resistance and allows them to carry 13000 amps Showing a diagram of a specially built camera, designed to capture the collisions and the effects thereof. Explaining that 40 countries all over the world collaborated to create it. The thing is enormous, about the height of 20 persons. For the geeks, one slide about data flow and the challenge of data in the project. 5,ooo PCs 20,000 processors, 40,000 terrabytes per second data rate at the collision point (can’t get onto a disk) uses a trigger system that identifies what’s important ands what’s not (wish my mail could do that). Read more on the data challenge here: http://www.ieeetcsc.org/newsletters/2003-01/mondardini.html
Explaining what happened when a joint was not assembled correctly and a wire warmed up. 25 ton magnets jumped a foot. A lot of damage. Showing an actual capture photo. Explaining hta the photos indicate the potential of a heavy particle having been created. Discussing why it’s important. Showing an elementary particle chart. Using an image of the Sun to explain the Z force. 60 billion neutrinos passing through your thumbnail right now. Moves into an explanation of elementary particles. Showing photos from space capturing planet Earth from pale Blue Dot from Voyager on its way out of Solar System. Referring to the fragility of the planet. Went into a Q & A session. Surprisingly there were a few questions. There wasn’t much of a tie in, just the worldwide collaboration thing, but he didn’t really play that up. However, I’ve got to say he’s the most personable particle physicist I’ve ever seen. I’m really glad I stayed for it. You can see part of this presentation on the TED website, where IBM Sponsors this as part of their Smarter World campaign. http://www.ted.com/talks/brian_cox_on_cern_s_supercollider.html Technorati: None
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1. Craig Nathan01/26/2010 09:10:25 AM While I'm not one myself, of course, I kept cringing at the thought of what a creationist would have thought of the whole thing. HA! 2. Lydia Berstern01/22/2010 11:47:31 AM
And he was kinda hot too 3. Brandon Gerrichardi 01/22/2010 10:05:10 AM
This was a realy interesting presetnation. It's hard to consider myself a geek after listening to that guy. The world of geeks he lives in makes ours look like a group of children.
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