Respect

"Whether the man is seeking heaven or a hundred pounds [or the victory of his football team], he can still but seek himself, of freedom in the true sense—of spontaneity or disinterestedness—nature knows nothing. And yet by a terrible paradox, such disinterestedness is precisely what the moral law demands.”
CSLewis

Proud to see the demonstration at the PSV Stadium today

All the time—such is the tragi-comedy of our situation—we continue to clamour for those very qualities we are rendering impossible. You can hardly open a periodical without coming across the statement that what our civilization needs is more “drive,” or dynamism, or self-sacrifice, or “creativity.” In a sort of ghastly simplicity we remove the organ and demand the function. We make men without chests and expect of them virtue and enterprise. We laugh at honour and are shocked to find traitors in our midst. We castrate and bid the geldings be fruitful.  CSLewis

Power Systems Signal Processing In the Context of Smart Grids

Of making many books there is no end, 

and much study wearies the body.

Ecclesiastes 12:12

Finally, some philosophical considerations regarding the utilization and reception of this book (or any other book), paraphrased from the writings of British author CS Lewis:

 "A scientific or engineering work such as this can be either "received" or "used." When we "receive" it, we exercise our senses and imagination and various other powers according to a pattern suggested by the authors. When we “use" it we treat it as an assistance for our own activities.  . . . "Using" is inferior to "receiving" because science and engineering, if used rather than received, merely facilitates, relieves or palliates our research/applications?; it  does not add to it."

The authors hope that the reader will both use and receive this book as a useful engineering tool and thought-provoking guide.

The Philosophers

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Technische Universiteit Eindhoven 

Can you recognize some of them?


Seneca
Bezit Zonder Vrienden is Vreugdeloos
Without Friends, Possesions Have No Joy

Bertrand Russel

Augustine
Ik beken dat ik nog niet weet wat tijd is.
What then is time? I do not know.

Socrates
Ik weet slechts een ding: dta ik niets weet.
I know one thing, and that is that I know nothing.

Spinoza

Ieder heeft recht op vrijheid van mensingsuiting

Freedom of opinion belongs of right to all.

O Dia que Durou 21 anos

 Episódio 1

 Episódio 2

 Episódio 3

 Episódio 4

O Povo Brasileiro - Darcy Ribeiro

Presentations - Enjoy 

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

Part 7

Part 8

Part 9

Part 10

Part 11

God said: Let the be light and Philips said: Yes, Sir.

God zei: Er Zijn licht - en Philips zei: Ja, Meneer.

The Glow Show in Eindhoven - November 10, 2012

Edwin van der Heide

Laser / Sound Performance
LSP is a research trajectory exploring the relationship between sound and three dimensional image by means of laser projection. In 1815 Nathaniel Bowditch described a way to produce visual patterns by using a sine wave for the horizontal movement of a point and another sine wave for the vertical movement of that point. The shape of the patterns depends on the frequency and phase relationship of the sine waves. The patterns are known as Lissajous figures, or Bowditch curves.

LSP interprets Bowditch's work as a possible starting point to develop relationships between sound and image. Since sine waves can also be used to produce pure (audible) tones, it is possible to construct a direct relationship between sound and image. Frequency ratios in sound, de-tuning and phase shifts can have a direct visual counterpart.

Although theoretically all sounds can be seen as sums of multiple sine waves, music in general is often too complex to result in interesting visual patterns. The research of LSP focuses on the subject of composing signals that have both a structural musical quality and a time-based structural visual quality. Different relationships between sound and image are used throughout both the performance and the installation form.

http://www.evdh.net/lsp/

'We do not truly see light, we only see slower things lit by it, so that for us light is on the edge--the last thing we know before things become too swift for us.'

"Virtue-even attempted virtue-brings light; indulgence brings fog."

CS Lewis