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About Me:
I am Pranav Bhasin, a technologist by education, photographer by passion, cyclist and runner by desire, entrepreneur by choice and an ardent traveler.
My photography is an attempt to mirror the soul of places I have been to, people I have met and things I have experienced during my travels. Please visit Pranav Bhasin's Photo Gallery and Photo Blog for a collection of my best photos.
You can also connect with me at: My Product Management and Social Media Blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Foursquare.
In case you are interested in using my photos, please write to me and I would be happy to offer them for a price. Please do not use my photos without prior authorization from me. Thanks!
SH-RP4
(ruggedized modified power droid)
Custom built from a heavily modified Industrial Automation EG series chassis and incorporating the processing unit of an R-series astromech, SH-RP4 and its sister units were co-designed by archaeologists and technologists at the Shadow University. They were engineered for use in investigations of remote areas where traditional power droids might be unable to navigate. By incorporating the analytical and communication capacity of an astromech, the SH-RP4 also offered archaeologists with data storage, retrieval, uplink, and analysis functions.
Of 12 such units built in the Shadow University’s technology recovery lab, SH-RP4 was one of the only droids that had a personality chip which seemed to harmonize within the new form and capabilities. Colloquially, it was “happy” in this new body. Affable and easy to work with, SH-RP4 was the most often requested companion droid by investigating archaeologists with enough clout to burn on their requisition forms - or credits to bribe the mechanics in the garage.
Some of the post-doc fellows and archaeology interns took to lovingly calling this unit "Sherpa" as she worked both as a skilled guide and strong-backed companion.
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So, this is my first try at a custom Star Wars model and I'm quite pleased with the results. I pulled this together for The Smuggler's Room YouTube channel's challenge. With a combination of crayon storage boxes, salvaged toy parts, and a 3D printed head, this little kitbash droid has been a joy to pull together.
The mesh is placed on your face & shaped into you face crevices on the very first day of treatment. The blue foam is attached to the table to hold you still; the table moves you. The tape & lines assist the technologist to be able to adjust the radiation machine & pinpoint the cancer areas.
NASA Chief Technologist Dave Miller volunteers at the Joyful Food Market during a Martin Luther King Jr. day of service at Plummer Elementary School on Tuesday, January 19, 2016 in Washington, DC. The Joyful Food Market was coordinated with Martha's Table and the Capital Area Food Bank to reduce hunger and increase access to and consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables. Photo Credit: (NASA/Aubrey Gemignani)
Panelists Mike Massimino, Columbia University professor and former NASA astronaut, far left, Drew Goddard, screenwriter of "The Martian," second from left, David Miller, NASA Chief Technologist, center, Dave Lavery, program executive for Solar System Exploration at NASA Headquarters in Washington, second from right, and film Producer for “The Martian” Aditya Sood, far right, look at a short video during a panel discussion about NASA's journey to Mars and the film "The Martian", Sunday, Sept. 27, 2015, at Columbia University in New York City. NASA scientists and engineers served as technical consultants on the film. The movie portrays a realistic view of the climate and topography of Mars, based on NASA data, and some of the challenges NASA faces as we prepare for human exploration of the Red Planet in the 2030s. Photo Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)
Lydia is a medical technologist by profession, a dance instructor / Philippines folk dancer by vocation and a 'poet in motion' by inspirational vocation.
In 1980 Lydia arrived in Finland due to her work as medical technologist. Half a decade later she met a Finnish car racer man and got married. Unfortunately, less than a couple of years later, her husband died, nevertheless, she remained in Finland.
Lydia, in her 70s now, is a choreographer, a dance teacher, promoting Philippines through dancing.
We met at the Sea Fortress Suomenlinna / Sveaborg where she was visiting with a group of Filipino friends tourists.
It was a very friendly encounter which started by my spontaneous greeting in Tagalog as I overheard them speaking their mother-tongue.
Naturally, they wanted to know how and where I learned Tagalog. I told them about Stella, my mother's Filipino care giver.
Stella has become like a daughter to me, we still keep in touch two and a half years after my beloved mommy passed away.
Lydia and her friends, Grace & Myrna, were making pictures of each other, taking turns wearing the lovely crown of flowers made by Lydia.
One of her friends took pictures of all of us and Lydia gave me her card to keep in touch.
This is my 302nd submission to The Human Family group.
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Draw By Night #41 (Aug '15) - Simulator Sickness
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Interactive Technologist and Instructor Christopher Quine, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night, artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.edu/programs/digital-design
Photos by Danny Chan
About Me:
I am Pranav Bhasin, a technologist by education, photographer by passion, cyclist and runner by desire, entrepreneur by choice and an ardent traveler.
My photography is an attempt to mirror the soul of places I have been to, people I have met and things I have experienced during my travels. Please visit Pranav Bhasin's Photo Gallery and Photo Blog for a collection of my best photos.
You can also connect with me at: My Product Management and Social Media Blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Foursquare.
In case you are interested in using my photos, please write to me and I would be happy to offer them for a price. Please do not use my photos without prior authorization from me. Thanks!
About Me:
I am Pranav Bhasin, a technologist by education, photographer by passion, cyclist and runner by desire, entrepreneur by choice and an ardent traveler.
My photography is an attempt to mirror the soul of places I have been to, people I have met and things I have experienced during my travels. Please visit Pranav Bhasin's Photo Gallery and Photo Blog for a collection of my best photos.
You can also connect with me at: My Product Management and Social Media Blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Foursquare.
In case you are interested in using my photos, please write to me and I would be happy to offer them for a price. Please do not use my photos without prior authorization from me. Thanks!
About Me:
I am Pranav Bhasin, a technologist by education, photographer by passion, cyclist and runner by desire, entrepreneur by choice and an ardent traveler.
My photography is an attempt to mirror the soul of places I have been to, people I have met and things I have experienced during my travels. Please visit Pranav Bhasin's Photo Gallery and Photo Blog for a collection of my best photos.
You can also connect with me at: My Product Management and Social Media Blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Foursquare.
In case you are interested in using my photos, please write to me and I would be happy to offer them for a price. Please do not use my photos without prior authorization from me. Thanks!
From Wikipedia:
Pope Francis (Latin: Franciscus; Italian: Francesco; Spanish: Francisco; born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, 17 December 1936) is the 266th and current Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, a title he holds ex officio as Bishop of Rome, and Sovereign of the Vatican City. Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Bergoglio worked briefly as a chemical technologist and nightclub bouncer before beginning seminary studies. He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969 and from 1973 to 1979 was Argentina's provincial superior of the Society of Jesus. He was accused of handing two priests to the National Reorganization Process during the Dirty War, but the lawsuit was ultimately dismissed. He became the Archbishop of Buenos Aires in 1998 and was created a cardinal in 2001 by Pope John Paul II. He led the Argentine Church during the December 2001 riots in Argentina, and the administrations of Néstor Kirchner and Cristina Fernández de Kirchner considered him a political rival. Following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI on 28 February 2013, a papal conclave elected Bergoglio as his successor on 13 March. He chose Francis as his papal name in honor of Saint Francis of Assisi. Francis is the first Jesuit pope, the first from the Americas, the first from the Southern Hemisphere and the first non-European pope since the Syrian Gregory III in 741.
Throughout his public life, Pope Francis has been noted for his humility, emphasis on God's mercy, concern for the poor, and commitment to interfaith dialogue. He is attributed to having a humble, less formal approach to the papacy than his predecessors, for instance choosing to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse rather than in the papal apartments of the Apostolic Palace used by his predecessors. In addition, due to both his Jesuit and Ignatian aesthetic, he is known for favoring simpler vestments void of ornamentation, including refusing the traditional papal mozzetta cape upon his election, choosing silver instead of gold for his piscatory ring, and keeping the same pectoral cross he had as Cardinal. He maintains that the church should be more open and welcoming. He does not support unbridled capitalism, Marxism, or Marxist versions of liberation theology. Francis maintains the traditional views of the church regarding abortion, euthanasia, contraception, homosexuality, ordination of women, and priestly celibacy. He opposes global warming, consumerism, and irresponsible development, a focus of his papacy with the promulgation of Laudato si'. In international diplomacy, he helped to restore full diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba.
Draw By Night #42 (Oct '15) - DOMINIONS
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Interactive Technologist and Instructor Christopher Quine, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night, artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.edu/programs/digital-design
Photos by Danny Chan
During our day in port at Key West, Mike and I visited Fort East Martello Museum (3501 S. Roosevelt Blvd.). The fort dates back to the Civil War era, and today houses a museum operated by the Key West Art & Historical Society.
Among the museum's exhibits is one related to the historic Key West Cemetery. This display features several worn and broken tombstones, and on the left is a tombstone that was originally from a large mausoleum built by Count von Cosel for Elena Milagro Hoyos. A nearby informational placard provided details on the couple's unusual (and rather morbid) love story:
UNDYING LOVE
A Key West Love Story
Carl Tanzler, the self-proclaimed Count von Cosel, was a German-born radiologic technologist who moved to Key West in 1926 at the age of 39. A man with a mysterious and aggrandized past, he found employment as an x-ray technician at the Marine Hospital on the U.S. Navy base.
On April 22, 1930, a young, beautiful woman by the name of Elena Milagro Hoyos Mesa was escorted to the Marine Hospital for tests to determine the extent of her tuberculosis infection. On that ill-fated day, von Cosel was the technician assigned to draw her blood and perform her x-ray. Von Cosel recognized her as the beautiful dark-haired woman that had been revealed to him in childhood visions, the woman that was to become his true love. He instantly fell obsessively in love with Elena. Despite his attraction to her, he knew that Elena's prognosis was bad -- she had a virulent form of tuberculosis and was not expected to live long. Von Cosel decided he alone could cure her using his alleged medical expertise.
While living in a small room at her parents' house, Elena was frequently visited by von Cosel. He showered her with expensive gifts and began to treat her illness with his ''electrical therapy'' machines. They were of no avail and Elena died on October 25, 1931, just days before Halloween and 18 months after they met. At the time of her death, she was 22 and he was 53 years old.
Von Cosel refused to believe that Elena's death was final. He had an elaborate tomb constructed in the Key West cemetery where he visited her almost nightly. Unable to accept that her beautiful body was deteriorating, and convinced that her death was a mere detail that he could reverse, he envisioned living with her for the rest of his life.
After months of planning, von Cosel removed Elena's body from the tomb and transferred it to his wingless airplane parked near the Marine Hospital. Since the location gave him direct access to his laboratory, he began the process of restoring his beloved to life with a wildly irrational combination of scientific technology and an enthusiasm that spilled over into insanity. Guided by the constant presence of her spirit's voice, von Cosel continued his work for more than two years. Twice he had to move his base of operations to avoid detection, finally moving Elena to a ramshackle building on Flagler Avenue. Unemployed and guarding his secrets, he dehydrated Elena and waited for the appropriate time to awaken her from her fatal sleep. Preparing for this event, he reconstructed her face using plaster, silk and wax, and to perpetuate the gaze he so adored, he embedded glass eyes in her head.
And so, they lived peacefully together as man and corpse until October 1940. However, Key West is a small town. Suspicions about von Cosel's activities led to rumors, and inevitably, rumors led to discovery, and ultimately to von Cosel's arrest for grave-robbing and possessing a dead body. In a tiny room crowded with a homemade pipe organ and an elaborate bed, the sheriff found Elena dressed in a wedding gown, complete with lace, a veil and silk flowers. Her demented admirer had reconstructed the bulk of her body with the remaining flesh thoroughly mummified.
The local and national press fell all over themselves to cover the story. key West was suddenly catapulted into the international limelight. Too bizarre to be believed, the story triggered throngs of curious visitors into town. To deal with the clamoring hordes, Elena's body was put on display at the Dean-Lopez Funeral Home and was viewed by almost 7,000 people in the space of several days. Eventually, Elena's remains were dismembered, placed in a small metal box and buried at an undisclosed location.
Key West's local court sidestepped a trial by suggesting that the statute of limitation had been reached and dropped the charges against von Cosel. As relieved as he may have been at this turn of events, von Cosel could not comprehend that his ''bride'' would never be returned to him.
Released from jail, an embittered and uncomprehending von Cosel returned to his deserted shack on Flagler Avenue. His notoriety followed him, and for the next six months, he spent his days and nights recounting Elena's story to hundreds of people from all over the nation and abroad.
Carl Tanzler von Cosel finally left Key West to escape his notoriety and write his memoirs. The very day he departed the island, the tomb which he had erected for Elena in the Key West cemetery all those years ago mysteriously blew up. No one ever proved that von Cosel was responsible for the explosion, but it was generally accepted that he was guilty of it. He subsequently moved to Zephyrhills, Florida where he completed his memoirs, tinkered with his wingless airplane
and other inventions, and lived mainly from handouts from his family. He died unrepentant in 1952.
On the left-hand wall is Elena's tombstone. The informational placard below it reads as follows:
This tombstone was originally part of the large mausoleum built by Count von Cosel for Elena Milagro Hoyos. For two years, Hoyos' body was entombed in the crypt until von Cosel decided to remove her body, first keeping her in his wingless airplane and then at his residence.
On the day von Cosel left Key West for Zephyrhills, Florida, Elena's mausoleum mysteriously exploded, fracturing the tombstone into several pieces.
About Me:
I am Pranav Bhasin, a technologist by education, photographer by passion, cyclist and runner by desire, entrepreneur by choice and an ardent traveler.
My photography is an attempt to mirror the soul of places I have been to, people I have met and things I have experienced during my travels. Please visit Pranav Bhasin's Photo Gallery and Photo Blog for a collection of my best photos.
You can also connect with me at: My Product Management and Social Media Blog, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Pinterest, Foursquare.
In case you are interested in using my photos, please write to me and I would be happy to offer them for a price. Please do not use my photos without prior authorization from me. Thanks!
Draw By Night #42 (Oct '15) - The Skookums
What happens when you mix a roomful of artists, giant pieces of paper, and a crazy theme? If you’re Interactive Technologist and Instructor Christopher Quine, you turn those ingredients into Vancouver’s only bi-monthly drawing party. At Draw By Night, artists can work collaboratively on pieces, or by themselves on their own section. The only emphasis is on getting everyone drawing. Participants are encouraged to use Twitter or other social media to discuss the event and post pictures, allowing real-time engagement with the drawing community. They can also post ideas and comments that are often integrated into the next event.
Find out more about VFS's one-year Digital Design program at vfs.edu/programs/digital-design
Photos by Danny Chan
The Santa Fe Complex draws on the creativity of scientists, technologists, and artists to solve complex problems to meet business, government, and social needs.
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We had a blast at the first meetup for Tam Makers, our new makerspace in Mill Valley. We hosted this free event at the wood shop at Tamalpais High School in Mill Valley on June 8, 2016.
A diverse group of people came to the visit the shop, learn about our classes and discuss how to grow our maker community. Participants ranged from experienced artists, technologists, makers and woodworkers, to people interested in learning new skills, as well as high school and middle school students and their parents.
We opened the shop at 6pm and folks started to connect right away, checking out some of our demos, showing off recent projects and touring the space. At 7pm, we gave a presentation on Tam Makers, and talked about our first courses, meetups and tools for adults and youth. We then discussed these programs as a group and received some really helpful feedback.
Most people were very interested in participating in Tam Makers and using the makerspace regularly. They also liked the mix of classes, ranging from maker art to technology and woodworking. Some people signed up for classes on the spot and most wanted to join more meetups. Many offered to volunteer as well. One person said this event had a great community feeling, unlike more commercially motivated makerspaces.
We’re really happy that this first meetup went so well and that so many folks want to participate actively. We look forward to collaborating with our new maker friends very soon!
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