Brent Bushnell » science http://brentbushnell.com Main Site Sun, 22 Aug 2010 01:26:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 ArtFall http://brentbushnell.com/2009/01/08/artfall/ http://brentbushnell.com/2009/01/08/artfall/#comments Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:06:32 +0000 brent http://brent.izolo.com/blog/?p=48 I had a blast collaborating with Eric Gradman last month on an interactive art installation named ArtFall. There’s a complete description here, and a downloadable iPhone encoded video here.
Update: Artfall was covered in Makezine, Hackaday, Matt Cutts blog and a French blog.

ArtFall from Eric Gradman and Brent Bushnell on Vimeo.

]]> http://brentbushnell.com/2009/01/08/artfall/feed/ 0 Words about groups http://brentbushnell.com/2008/10/27/words-about-groups/ http://brentbushnell.com/2008/10/27/words-about-groups/#comments Tue, 28 Oct 2008 05:58:21 +0000 brent http://brent.izolo.com/blog/?p=7 For some reason, etymologists and scientists have felt the need to address groups of organisms using different words. Some, are more commonly known, like a “gaggle of geese” or “herd of elephants” . Here are some lesser known examples:

aarmory of aardvarks
army of ants
barrel of monkeys
battery of barracuda
bed of clams
bloat of hippos
cast of crab
cete of badgers
cloud of bats
coalition of cheetah
coffle of asses
company of parrots
congregation of alligators
flight of butterfly
intrusion of cockroach
leash of deer
lodge of beavers
maul of bears
murder of crows
orchestra of crickets
pack (wild) / litter (young) of dogs
parliament of magpie
peep of chickens
pod of dolphins
pounce of cats
prickle of porcupines
rout of coyote
scourge of mosquito
shoal of bass
stripe of zebra
swarm of bees
thunder of bison
train of camel
troop of baboons

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Factor Name Symbol
1024 yotta Y
1021 zetta Z
1018 exa E
1015 peta P
1012 tera T
109 giga G
106 mega M
103 kilo k
102 hecto h
101 deka da
10-1 deci d
10-2 centi c
10-3 milli m
10-6 micro µ
10-9 nano n
10-12 pico p
10-15 femto f
10-18 atto a
10-21 zepto z
10-24 yocto y

yocto

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