Run, run, GRC conference!

Two conference days passed so fast!

Scientific sessions and the poster area are full of interesting themes: from brain studies of perception to what chemistry students have in their minds. I like this interdisciplinarity. I like to mix ideas not only from the scientific visualization area. Maybe some new idea spark in the mind, maybe not. In any case it is enriching me.

One nice idea is to start the question time with five minutes of (forced? suggested? encouraged?) discussion with your seat neighbors. Yesterday the discussion continued also after the session in front of a beer.

But there are also 'undercover' activities: Monday an introduction to Flash; yesterday a Jmol tutorial and a GeoWall presentation.

• Flash: I do not know if could be of interest to us, but it is really simple to create and animated 2D application. Various professors use it to explain concepts or to make interactive demonstrations.

• Jmol: with the principal developer teaching, nothing less! Latest version rivals standard chem viz tools.

• GeoWall: cheap alternative for stereo projection screens. It uses polarized glasses to separate L and R info.