In this article in the May 2001 issue of Scientific American, Tim Berners-Lee (the “father” of the Web) discusses what comes next: First we had ftp, gopher, etc. Now we have the World Wide Web. Next comes the Semantic Web in which software can exchange “meaningful” content without the need sophisticated artificial intelligence.
Day: April 30, 2001
Web-based 3-D protein viewer
The RSCB Protein Data Bank has a cool protein visualization site.
Click the “SearchLite” link in the right navigation. Then type in a protein name like “insulin”. Click “Explore” for the version you want. Finally, click the “View Structure” link in the left navigation column.
You’ll need to have the Cosmo VRML plug-in installed. There’s a link on the left of the “View Structure” page to help you download it.