Shawn Douglas - Nanoscale Instruments for Visualizing Small Proteins & Bret Victor - Dynamicland
What it is
A Foresight Institute workshop video with two talks: Shawn Douglas on nanoscale instruments for visualizing small proteins, and Bret Victor on Dynamicland. Victor's part shows biomolecular design built in his Realtalk system with physical objects.
Why Hacker News recommends it
HN points to Bret Victor's segment as a recent, concrete demonstration of Dynamicland's ideas applied to a specific scientific domain.
- 2 people recommended it
- 2 different months
- 1 strong recommendations
- first 2022, last 2023
What HN commenters said
“Really impressive stuff, as usual.”
Biomolecular design in Realtalk showcasing Dynamicland strengths
StevenOtto, 2023-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Bret Victor: Update July 2023”
“It shows just how far the Dynamicland concept can be pushed into a hyperspecific feature set customized to fit a single domain”
Dynamicland applied to protein visualization with physical objects
jimmySixDOF, 2023-01 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Has anyone fully attempted Bret Victor's vision?”
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Topics: bret victor, dynamicland, realtalk, protein visualization, physical computing
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