From 79fafe2f44f5e31522dd93013950474342bfdfb0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: luxagraf Date: Sat, 4 May 2019 15:48:55 -0500 Subject: archived all the stuff from freelancing for wired --- .../Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Mon/universcale.txt | 25 ---------------------- 1 file changed, 25 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Mon/universcale.txt (limited to 'published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Mon/universcale.txt') diff --git a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Mon/universcale.txt b/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Mon/universcale.txt deleted file mode 100644 index fdca9c2..0000000 --- a/published/Webmonkey/Monkey_Bites/2007/04.02.07/Mon/universcale.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,25 +0,0 @@ -Here's the perfect cure for that case of the Monday's you came down with this morning -- [Universcale][1]. Universcale is a Flash-based web app I stumbled across this morning on Nikon's website. - -Universcale attempts to put the universe in perspective using a proportional scale that ranges from the smallest particle to the largest units of measurement in space. - -Here's a quote from [the Nikon site][2]: - ->We are able to view all entities, from the microworld to the universe, from a single perspective. By setting them up against a scale, we are able to compare and understand things which cannot be physically compared. - ->Today, using the electron microscope and astronomical telescope, we can see the objects which we have not been aware of its existence before. Are you able to fathom, or even roughly grasp, these sizes? - - - -There's no Steven Hawking overdub, just some cheesy music, but the app is still a great way to burn some time. - -Universcale starts with an extremely fast pan from the femtometer (which I had never heard of) out to the light year and then reverse direction and slowly zooms back in through galaxies, mountains, people, a flea and smaller. - - -So if the productivity is slipping this afternoon anyway, why not just dive right in and give yourself a sense of your own scale in the perspective of the universe, which, depending on which end of the spectrum you focus on, is either really really big or really really small. - - -Universcale requires Flash Player 6 or higher, JavaScript and a screen resolution: 1024x768 pixels or higher. - - -[1]: http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/feelnikon/discovery/universcale/index_f.htm "Universcale" -[2]: http://www.nikon.co.jp/main/eng/feelnikon/discovery/universcale/index.htm "Universcale" \ No newline at end of file -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2