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Brain-machine interface technology enabling control of a robot by human thought alone

March 3, 2010

HONDA | Honda Research Institute Japan Co., Ltd. (HRI-JP), a subsidiary of Honda R&D Co., Ltd., Advanced Telecommunications Research Institute International (ATR) and Shimadzu Corporation have collaboratively developed the world’s first Brain Machine Interface (BMI) technology that uses electroencephalography (EEG) and near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS) along with newly developed information extraction technology to enable control of a robot by human thought alone. It does not require any physical movement such as… read more

Video Source: Honda

Related:
Honda YouTube Channel
Honda Research Institute

Topics: AI/Robotics

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Google Goggles lets you search the web with images taken on your mobile phone

August 12, 2010

Google Labs | Google Goggles lets you use pictures taken with your mobile phone to search the web. It’s ideal for things that aren’t easy to describe in words. There’s no need to type or speak your query – all you have to do is open the app, snap a picture, and wait for your search results.

Google Goggles works better with certain types of queries. Try taking pictures… read more

Video Source: Google

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Electronics | Entertainment/New Media | VR/Augmented Reality/Computer Graphics

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Multitouch musical instruments

September 4, 2008

Using infrared lasers and an infrared camera, it is possible to transform any surface into a low cost, multi-point interface for controlling electronic musical instruments, lighting, and other applications.

Video Source: University of Applied Sciences, Western Switzerland & Music Conservatory of Geneva

Topics: Entertainment/New Media

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IBM | Perspectives on Watson — customer service, finance, and healthcare applications

February 13, 2011

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IBM | The customer service industry is judged on two criteria: speed and accuracy. Watson, the IBM computing system designed to compete on Jeopardy!, is built to achieve both of these. IBM experts share their thoughts on how the DeepQA technology that powers Watson could transform the customer service industry into a faster, more accurate experience.

Medical records, texts, journals and research documents are all written in natural language… read more

Video Source: IBM

Related:
IBM's YouTube channel
IBM Watson
Jeopardy! website for "The IBM Challenge"
IBM Watson's photo gallery

Topics: AI/Robotics | Computers/Infotech/UI

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Verizon Wireless | ‘Susie’s Lemonade Stand’ commercials exemplify democratization of innovation

May 16, 2011

Verizon Wireless Susie lemonade stand commercial

Ray Kurzweil | This commercial is a wonderful depiction of the enormous power of the tools that are in all of our hands — illustrating the democratization of innovation, and the increasing youthfulness of entrepreneurship.

Video Source: Verizon Wireless

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Verizon Wireless
Verizon Wireless YouTube channel

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Innovation/Entrepreneurship | Internet/Telecom

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New Scientist | Physics in a Minute: The twin paradox

January 5, 2012

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New Scientist | Twins can be competitive, but thanks to special relativity you could age slower than your sibling. The feat requires a trip to space aboard a rocket travelling near the speed of light. Known as the twin paradox, this animation by The Open University explores the scenario posed by Albert Einstein.

As time marches on as usual for the earthbound twin, time ticks slower for the space… read more

Topics: Physics/Cosmology | Quantum

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CERN: Are we there yet on the search for the Higgs boson?

July 4, 2012

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Video Source: CERN

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Topics: Physics/Cosmology

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Evolving soft robots

April 22, 2013

Evolving soft robots

University of Wyoming scientists have developed a simulated robot made up of two different kinds of muscles along with bones and soft tissue for structure. This robot was devolved over a thousand virtual generations to move as fast, as far, and as functionally as possible.

 

 

 

Video Source: The Golem Project

Related:
Bizarre Soft Robots Evolve to Ru

Topics: AI/Robotics

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Steve Jobs’ Apple iPad demo

January 28, 2010

Video Source: Apple Inc.

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Social Networking/Web/Education

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Abracadabra: wireless, high-precision finger input for very small mobile devices

March 19, 2010

ABRACADABRA R&D TEAM | Advances in small and low power electronics have created new opportunities for mobile computing, leading to an explosion of new devices for the general public. Overall, these advances have allowed extremely powerful computing capabilities to be packaged in smaller and smaller form factors. These devices offer tremendous new potential due to e.g., their extreme mobility. However, with this potential come new challenges for interaction design.… read more

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

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

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Electronics | Human Enhancement

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Moon is shrinking according to NASA scientists

September 9, 2010

A recently published NASA study has revealed the Moon has shrunk significantly in the last 800 million years – a very short period of time in astronomical terms.

Video Source: euronews

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Kevin Kelly on how technology evolves

November 1, 2006

TED | Tech enthusiast Kevin Kelly asks “What does technology want?” and discovers that its movement toward ubiquity and complexity is much like the evolution of life. Kevin Kelly has been publisher of the Whole Earth Review, exec editor at Wired, founder of visionary nonprofits, and writer on biology and business and “cool tools.” He’s admired for his new perspectives on technology and its relevance to history, biology and religion.

Video Source: TED

Related:
TED | Kevin Kelly: digital visionary

Topics: Social/Ethical/Legal

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IBM Social Media | The Internet of things

February 17, 2011

IBM internet of things

IBM Social Media | Video featuring, from IBM: Mike Wing, Andy Stanford-Clark and John Tolva. Over the past century but accelerating over the past couple of decades, we have seen the emergence of a kind of global data field. The planet itself — natural systems, human systems, physical objects – have always generated an enormous amount of data, but we didnt used to be able to hear it, to see it,

… read more

Video Source: IBM Social Media

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IBM Social Media YouTube channel

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Innovation/Entrepreneurship | Internet/Telecom | Social Networking/Web/Education

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Microsoft | Origami Project prototype

October 28, 2010

Microsoft Origami

SlashGear | Microsoft’s Origami campaign came in for both praise and criticism, and while they can’t claim to entirely control the UMPC (or subsequent MID) markets they were at least initially responsible for promoting ultramobile PCs. Now Microsoft has decided to shut down their official Origami project site, three years after it was founded.

According to the official Origami Team Blog, the sites closure has been precipitated by their realization that “we cannot… read more

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI

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Digital Taste project

October 27, 2012

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Adrian Cheok, a professor at Keio University’s Graduate School of Media Design in Japan, is working on a “digital lollypop” that can electrically and thermally stimulates the tongue to produce basic flavors — bitter, sour, salty, sweet. He wants to design a system for the “multisensory Internet” in which a friend can send you a flavor over the Internet.

Video Source: Adrian Cheok

Related:
Adrian Cheok: Making a Huggable Internet

Topics: Computers/Infotech/UI | Innovation/Entrepreneurship | Social Networking/Web/Education

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