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Ars Electronica | Showcase: Festival Ars Electronica 2010 — art, technology and society

February 19, 2011

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Ars Electronica | Repair — Rethink — Reinvent: 2010 Festival for Art, Technology and Society turns to the pioneers of our age. Not the adventurers who’ve sailed forth because they wanted to find out what awaits them on the other side, but rather the visionaries who are bringing expertise as well as a great deal of creativity and idealism to bear in their work on an alternative future. “Repair” is… read more

Video Source: Ars Electronica

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Ars Electronica website

Topics: Entertainment/New Media

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World Records Academy | Purdue team set new world record for Rube Goldberg machine

April 10, 2012

Purdue Rube Goldberg machine

World Records Academy | The Purdue Society of Professional Engineers team smashed its own world record for largest Rube Goldberg machine with a 300-step behemoth that flawlessly accomplished the simple task of blowing up and popping a balloon – setting the new world record for the Largest functional Rube Goldberg machine, according to World Records Academy.

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Wired | “Record-breaking Rube Goldberg machine… read more

Topics: Electronics | Innovation/Entrepreneurship

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Blood-brain barrier model to test drugs for brain diseases

August 22, 2012

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Most drugs and small molecules cannot cross the blood-brain barrier to treat diseases originating in the brain. Researchers in the Department of Materials Science and Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University are working on a model using actual cells found in this barrier to simulate how the blood-brain barrier works. The model will help scientists better understand how the barrier works. Such a model also could be used to test… read more

Video Source: John Hopkins University

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Tackling the brain’s barrier

Topics: Biomed/Longevity | Cognitive Science/Neuroscience

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CTRL+CONSOLE looks to take editing to the touchscreen

November 16, 2012

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New Kickstarter project creates an instant editing station for Final Cut X, Final Cut 7, and Premiere on iPad or iPhone.

Video Source: Mashable

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CTRL+CONSOLE Looks to Take Editing to the Touchscreen

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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Microsoft® Live Labs™ Pivot™

February 25, 2010

MICROSOFT | At Microsoft® Live Labs™ we’re all about experiments, and Pivot is our most ambitious to date. Pivot makes it easier to interact with massive amounts of data in ways that are powerful, informative, and fun.

Video Source: Microsoft Live Labs

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Microsoft's Pivot website

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Internet/Telecom

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Time | Best inventions of the year: 2007-2010

February 22, 2011

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Time | Here are some of 2010′s biggest (and coolest) breakthroughs in science, technology and the arts.

 

Video Source: Time

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Time article | "The 50 Best Inventions of 2010"

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Space bursts provide insight to Theory of Everything

December 11, 2012

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Light from some of the universe’s most energetic explosions is allowing scientists to probe the nature of space-time, according to new observations of gamma-ray bursts from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency’s Ikaros spacecraft. Photons released by these bursts help place limits on a unified model of all of the forces of nature — what scientists call a “theory of everything.”

 

Video Source: Space.com

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Space Bursts Provide Insight to Theory of Everything

Topics: Physics/Cosmology | Space

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Virtual Reality, HDR, Photogrammetry at ICT

September 8, 2008

Dr. Paul Debevec, innovator of HDR photography and creator of Photogrammetry, used in “The Matrix,” takes us through USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies.

Video Source: Mahalo Daily

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USC Institute for Creative Technologies

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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Honda short film Living With Robots

March 3, 2010

HONDA | What’s behind our collective obsession with robots? Join us as we ponder life with robots alongside science-fiction screenwriters, professors, philosophers, engineers and other thinkers.

Video Source: Honda

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Honda YouTube Channel

Topics: AI/Robotics

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iPad magic sub:E

July 9, 2010

Topics: Entertainment/New Media

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Smart fabrics

December 31, 2010

Video Source: Cetemmsa

Topics: Electronics | Nanotech/Materials Science

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IBM: The face and voice of Watson

February 13, 2011

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IBM | Preparing Watson for the Jeopardy! stage posed a unique challenge to the team: how to represent a system of 90 servers and hundreds of custom algorithms for the viewing public.The result? A dynamic visual avatar based on the smarter planet icon. A speaking voice that clearly pronounces a vast vocabulary. And an answer panel that reveals the system’s top responses and confidence levels. Watch the video to

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Video Source: IBM

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IBM's YouTube channel
IBM Watson official website
Jeopardy! website for "The IBM Challenge"

Topics: AI/Robotics | Computers/Infotech/UI

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PARC | Power of 10 series — ‘Innovation: chasms and velocities’ with renowned innovation expert Geoffrey Moore

March 12, 2012

PARC Power of 10 series

PARC | This PARC Forum invited expert talk is part of a special series with 10 speakers on 10 aspects of innovation… because we’re celebrating the “Power of 10″ years of practicing open innovation (since being incorporated as an independent subsidiary in 2002).

Click here to watch the video on PARC’s website and learn more.

Presenter Geoffrey Moore has made understanding and exploiting disruptive… read more

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Electronics | Innovation/Entrepreneurship | Social/Ethical/Legal

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Esquire’s augmented reality issue

January 25, 2010

Esquire augmented reality issue

Esquire Editor David Granger demos the interactive magazine. Download the AR app here.

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Esquire | “Welcome to the Esquire augmented reality issue”

Video Source: Esquire

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Internet/Telecom | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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Skinput: Turning the Human Body into an Input Surface

March 19, 2010

SKINPUT R&D TEAM | We present Skinput, a technology that appropriates the human body for acoustic transmission, allowing the skin to be used as a finger input surface. In particular, we resolve the location of finger taps on the arm and hand by analyzing mechanical vibrations that propagate through the body. We collect these signals using a novel array of sensors worn as an armband. This approach provides an always-available,… read more

Video Source: Carnegie Mellon: Human-Computer Interaction Institute & Microsoft

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Chris Harrison's website & Skinput project details
Carnegie Mellon: Human-Computer Interaction Institute

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Electronics | Human Enhancement | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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