Roy Gould: WorldWide Telescope

http://www.ted.com Science educator Roy Gould and Microsoft's Curtis Wong give an astonishing sneak preview of Microsoft's new WorldWide Telescope -- a technology that combines feeds from satellites and telescopes all over the world and the heavens, and weaves them together holistically to build a comprehensive view of our universe. (Yes, it's the technology that made Robert Scoble cry.)

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[IsThisThingOn87]

And there was me pulling my hair out wondering "what does bigredorangutan think of that man's voice?". What would you suggest he stops breathing? I think he did a great job.

[rodney100100]

but this is high res pics and much better resolution

[Pendragon1989]

Starting at 2:00 is a picture of the Hubble Deep field. Look it up! :)

[PhantasyGod]

@AAiszonep Yes. Not everyone knows that Nasa and Esa celebration has found over 300 exo planets most of them uninhabitable because they are so close to the sun and the size of Jupiter. But they have found some wonders like gleasa that is in habitable zone.

[AAiszonep]

they know there are more then 300 aliens planet??

did he say that?? yes he did!! (look @ 2.40 time)

[AAiszonep]

they know there are more then 300 aliens planet??

did he say that. yes he did!! on 2.40



[ashman102]

@themiamatrix

also we might find cash. lol

[nataliawasilewska97]

it's a bit boring couse the pics are still. :( I thought you could like see the earth moving, strs shining and stuff :(

[AveNullusMajestic]

@AveNullusMajestic

Well off of Australia's eastern coast but still also close enough to the western coast of Madagascar to suggest at a point between...

[AveNullusMajestic]

Can anyone explain too me why there is a gigantic black dot, about the mass of Sicily off of the Eastern coast of Australia on MWWT today (28-04-2010)?...Lets just hope its a glitch ehh...

[sunfirescout]

@rahmanroni Just to be certain here, my daughter is about to start her school science project this weekend. Is microsoft and all the folks arguing with me saying that I should in fact save her time and energy by looking up a you tube video of the exact same project, let her watch it, and then expect her to have the same experience and knowledge as if she did it herself? I could call her teacher and say, "Hey, don't worry about the science project, she watched it online!"