Glad you brought up moving ... What is the process for renting space in the new faculty?
Sent from my iPhone. On 25 Mar 2008, at 17:36, "Stephen Guerin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 ============================================================ 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
