PH111: links relevant to today's lecture

These are by no means exhaustive, but are just a few introductory-level discussions of some of the things we talked about today.

A nanotechnology lecture by Feynman from 1959 (!).

Information processing and thermodynamics.

Physical limits of computing.

Reminder ...

SPS students: you can use this blog as your own web page.

Email me if you want access to post and edit. You could for instance be posting info about the flugtag launch.

On the other hand, facebook seems much more popular ... but if you want a web page, this one is yours

And another research opportunity

International Research Experience for US Graduate Students to study Astronomy/Astrophysics in India

Details:

http://eo.nso.edu/ires/

Possible Projects:

http://eo.nso.edu/ires/IRES-Projects.html

Research Experience for Undergraduates

Maybe this is interesting for some of you

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From: Dr.Fredrika Moser
Subject: Research Experience for Undergraduates Application Reminder

Please remind students that applications for the Maryland Sea Grant REU program are due February 13, 2007.

We would like to invite your students to apply for Maryland Sea Grant's Research Experience for Undergraduates Estuarine Science Program.

• 12 week program during summer 2007
  
• $3700 stipend plus housing, travel to and from site
  
• http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/Education/REU/index.html
  
• Applications due: February 13, 2007
  

We invite applications from undergraduates in diverse disciplines, including engineering, biology, chemistry, physics, mathematics, ecology and marine and environmental science.

Since 1989, NSF has supported this program to bring students to undertake individual research projects with a scientist-mentor at either Chesapeake Biological Lab or Horn Point Lab of the University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science.

Details at our web site:
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/Education/REU/index.html

A downloadable PDF flyer is available at:
http://www.mdsg.umd.edu/Education/REU/reu2007.pdf

You didn't hear this from me ...

... but here are a few more useful links for getting through this semester.

If you are doing serious E & M, quantum, or mechanics this semester, look here

More E&M madness

Mixed topics goodness

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'Here again is another proof that information not only wants to be free, it wants to be available to everyone at the same time.' - anonymous

'It always annoys me when people anthropomorphize information. Information doesn't want anything.' - anonymous2

'Anthropomorphizations do not like to be mocked.' - anonymous 3