Most Recently Added Least commentedBy Title | A-Z

Page 21 of 32First101718192021222324252630Last

Double by Double Robotics

August 19, 2012

double_robotics

The Double looks like an ultra-simple robot that can navigate a far-off place through two iPads. One acts as the robot’s eyes and ears, and the other controls it through an iPad application. It is the simplest, most elegant way to be somewhere else in the world without flying there. The minimalist design and intuitive touchscreen controls allow you to freely move around without inconveniencing others.

You can stay… read more

Video Source: Double Robotics

Related:
‘Double’ Turns the iPad Into a Telepresence Robot

Topics: AI/Robotics | Entertainment/New Media | Internet/Telecom | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

Comments (2)

Matt Mills: Image recognition that triggers augmented reality

July 25, 2012

auraAR

Matt Mills and Tamara Roukaerts demonstrate Aurasma, a new augmented reality tool that can seamlessly animate the world as seen through a smartphone. Going beyond previous augmented reality, their “auras” can do everything from making a painting talk to overlaying live news onto a printed newspaper.

Matt Mills comes from Aurasma, a startup that makes augmented-reality technology for mobile phones. Full bio »

Tamara… read more

Video Source: TED Global 2012

Related:
Matt Mills: Image recognition that triggers augmented reality
Matt Mills

Comments (2)

Disney | Monsanto House of the Future from 1957

January 10, 2012

House of the Future Disneyland photo

Wikipedia | The Monsanto House of the Future was an attraction at Disneyland in Anaheim, California, from 1957 to 1967. It was sponsored by Monsanto Company.

The design and engineering of the house was done jointly by Monsanto, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Walt Disney Imagineering.

The fiberglass components of the house were manufactured by Winner Manufacturing Company in Trenton, New Jersey, and were assembled on site.… read more

Topics: Singularity/Futures

Comments (2)

University of Pennsylvania GRASP Lab | A swarm of ‘nano’ quadrotors in agile formations

February 1, 2012

swarm of nano quadrotors

Daniel Mellinger | Experiments performed with a team of nano quadrotors at the General Robotics, Automation, and Sensing (GRASP) Lab, University of Pennsylvania. Vehicles developed by KMel Robotics. Special thanks to Professor Daniel Lee for his support.

A nano quadrotor is a multicopter that is propelled by four rotors and nanotechnology.

Related:
Daniel Mellinger (TheDMel) YouTube channel
GRASP Lab YouTube channel
University… read more

Video Source: University of Pennsylvania | GRASP Lab

Topics: AI/Robotics

Comments (2)

Departing Space Station commander provides tour of orbital laboratory

December 20, 2012

suni_williams_space_station_video

In her final days as Commander of the International Space Station, Sunita Williams of NASA recorded an extensive tour of the orbital laboratory and downlinked the video on Nov. 18, just hours before she, cosmonaut Yuri Malenchenko and Flight Engineer Aki Hoshide of the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency departed in their Soyuz TMA-05M spacecraft for a landing on the steppe of Kazakhstan. The tour includes scenes of each of the… read more

Video Source: NASA

Related:
Take a Tour of the ISS with Suni Williams

Topics: Space

Comments (2)

Teacher with no arms, instructs and inspires with her feet

October 3, 2012

mary_gannon_video

Mary Gannon instructs and inspires with her feet. She uses her toes as naturally as if they were fingers, writing on the board, typing on the computer and passing out papers, Huffington Post reports.

Gannon, born with no arms, teaches math and science at Harding Middle School in Lakewood, Ohio. But it’s her handling of a disability that provides life lessons.

“If it’s going to inspire… read more

Video Source: Fox 8

Related:
Mary Gannon, Ohio Teacher With No Arms, Instructs And Inspires With Her Feet (VIDEO)

Topics: Human Enhancement | Social/Ethical/Legal

Comments (2)

Prized Science | Robert Langer: a founding father of tissue engineering and controlled drug release

November 7, 2012

prized_science_video_1

The first episode of the 2012 season of Prized Science highlights the work of Robert Langer, Institute Professor at MIT. His influential research on tissue engineering and controlled drug release earned him the 2012 American Chemical Society Priestley Medal, the highest honor given by the world’s largest scientific society.

To get a sense of Langer’s prolific career, just look at the numbers: He runs one of the largest academic… read more

Video Source: American Chemical Society

Related:
Ep. 1: “Robert Langer: A Founding Father of Tissue Engineering and Controlled Drug Release”

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Biotech | Nanotech/Materials Science

Comments (2)

Innowattech | Harvesting mechanical energy from roadways to produce electricity

October 25, 2011

Innowattech

Innowattech Ltd. | Innowattech Ltd. has developed a new alternative energy system that harvests mechanical energy imparted to roadways, railways and runways from passing vehicles, trains and pedestrian traffic and converts it into green electricity.

The system, based on a new breed of piezoelectric generators, harvests energy that ordinarily goes to waste and can be installed without changing the habitat. Innowattech innovation provides environmental benefits where parasitic mechanical energy on… read more

Topics: Energy | Innovation/Entrepreneurship | Nanotech/Materials Science

Comments (2)

David Orban’s interview with John Nash

March 23, 2010

DAVID ORBAN | During this conversation, John Nash (profiled in the movie “Beautiful Mind”) insisted for a while that change having been always present would not represent anything new today. Who was I to convince him of the contrary? I told him the example of heating water: nothing changes for a long time but temperature. Then, unexpectedly, the same change that from 85 C to 95 C did nothing much,… read more

Video Source: David Orban

Related:
About John Nash
PBS documentary on John Nash: A Brilliant Madness
John Nash Princeton webpage
Nobel Prize website: John Nash autobiography

Topics: Singularity/Futures

Comments (1)

Bonnie Bassler: How bacteria ‘talk’

July 30, 2012

bonnie_bassler_ted_video

Bonnie Bassler discovered that bacteria “talk” to each other, using a chemical language that lets them coordinate defense and mount attacks. The find has stunning implications for medicine, industry — and our understanding of ourselves.

Bonnie Bassler studies how bacteria can communicate with one another, through chemical signals, to act as a unit. Her work could pave the way for new, more potent medicine.

Video Source: TED

Related:
Bonnie Bassler: How bacteria "talk"

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Biotech | Environment/Climate

Comments (2)

Fever Picture | Artist Gavin Blake illustrates Ray Kurzweil’s talk

December 28, 2011

Artist Gavin Blake illustrates Ray Kurzweil's talk

Ray Kurzweil recently keynoted Australia’s Creative Innovation 2011 conference. Artist Gavin Blake (director of Fever Picture “graphic facilitation agency”) documented the event  with these clever illustrations. You can see more examples of their work on here. Click on the [+] expand button in the upper right-hand corner of the two images below to expand them to full size for best readability.… read more

Video Source: Fever Picture | Gavin Blake

Topics: Entertainment/New Media | Innovation/Entrepreneurship

Comments (2)

High frequency trading explained

August 12, 2012

high frequency trading

CNN’s Jim Boulden explains high frequency trading and why are regulators concerned about it.

Video Source: CNN

Related:
High frequency trading explained

Topics: Internet/Telecom | Social/Ethical/Legal

Comments (2)

Nike | FuelBand

November 8, 2012

Nike-FuelBand

Nike | The FuelBand team talk about the inspiration behind the product’s design for everyday athletes.

Related:
Nike | FuelBand
Wired | “Nike’s high-tech wristband fuels your workout”

Video Source: Nike

Topics: Human Enhancement | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

Comments (2)

SAP | Michio Kaku fires off on America’s H-1B ‘genius visa’ and declining skilled worker population domestically

January 25, 2012

Michio Kaku at SAP event

Full video, from SAP’s Sapphire Now/TedEd conference in Madrid, Spain, November 8-10, 2011. (The Big Think panel discussion transcript is here.):

The72tube | Michio Kaku, Ph.D., speaks about how America’s poor educational system has created a shortage of Americans who can perform highly skilled technology jobs. As a result, America’s H-1B “genius visa” is used to attract immigrants who are skilled enough to perform these jobs.… read more

Topics: Singularity/Futures | Social Networking/Web/Education | Social/Ethical/Legal

Comments (2)

An Affordable, Adaptable, Resilient, Robust Robotic Hand

May 3, 2013

robot-basketball

The ARM-H track of DARPA’s Autonomous Robotic Manipulation (ARM) program focuses on development of robust, low-cost and dexterous robotic hand hardware. DARPA funded performers to design and build hand mechanisms that could replace the claw-like hands currently used on robots with hands incorporating 3-4 fingers and useable palms.

The teams successfully produced hands that can be manufactured for as little as $3,000 per unit (in batches of 1,000 or… read more

Video Source: DARPA

Topics: AI/Robotics | Survival/Defense

Comments (2)

Page 21 of 32First101718192021222324252630Last
close and return to Home