Justin, Yes, video archiving of talks is definitely high on our ToDo list.
Though it may be faster if folks just moved here. The fidelity and 3D head-tracking is better in person :-) -S > -----Original Message----- > From: Justin Lyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 1:16 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; The Friday Morning Applied > Complexity Coffee Group > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Tuesday Lecture: Peter Lissaman: Sailor > of the SouthernSkies > > Stephen, > > Would it be possible for someone to video record these talks > and post them as a online video like we do with the Grey Thumb talks? > > http://www.greythumb.org/cms/node/4 > > Even just audio like on http://www.biota.org/podcast would be helpful. > > For those of us who cannot make it to Santa Fe!! > > Best, > Justin Lyon > +44 781 480 2797 - Mobile > http://web.mac.com/justinlyon/ > > On 24 Mar 2008, at 17:14, Stephen Guerin wrote: > > ** Tomorrow ** > > > > TITLE: Sailor of the Southern Skies > > > > SPEAKER: Peter Lissaman > > > > TIME: Tuesday, March 25 12:30p > > > > LOCATION: 624 Agua Fria Conference Room > > > > Lunch will be available for $5 > > > > ABSTRACT > > This is a theoretical scientific seminar of the methods by > which the > > southern albatross (Diomedea Exulans) extracts energy from the > > oceanic boundary layer, as first noted by Lord Rayleigh and, > > poetically, by Coleridge in "The Ancient Mariner". This great bird > > flies many thousands of kilometers on stationary, silent > wings. The > > primeval flight energy extraction procedure makes its existence > > possible. The analysis involves optimization of nonlinear, extreme > > angle flight mechanics in a spatially varying wind field, and some > > simple variational techniques. The results are supported > by a short > > VCR clip, showing the process. > > > > Many of the discussions of this topic on the web, and in > > ornithological literature, including a recent authoritative > volume by > > Oxford Univ. > > Press, are > > incorrect. > > > > The lecture has been presented at American Instit. of Aero- and > > Astronautics, NASA, Caltech, Stanford, USC, UNM and other places. > > > > The Presenter > > Peter Lissaman has a Ph.D. in aeronautics from Caltech, and > advanced > > degrees in Math from Cambridge Univ., in ME from Natal > University and > > an Honorary Ph.D. in engineering design from Natal > University. He was > > awarded the Longstreth Gold Medal by the US Franklin > Society (previous > > recipients were Orville Wright and Thomas Edison) and the > Kremer medal > > from the Royal Aeronautical Society. He has taught many students, > > from Navy test pilots to Grad students at Caltech, USC, and > Stanford. > > Some of his students went far - two to the moon! He is a > designer of > > operating aircraft, sailboats, wind turbines and > automobiles, and has > > published more than 160 papers on subjects ranging from wing theory > > and bird flight to turbulence. > > > > > > ============================================================ > > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays > 9a-11:30 at cafe > > at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at > > http://www.friam.org > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org > > ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
