Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly … and cooperate
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Mar
05
2012
Vijay Kumar: Robots that fly … and cooperatePosted by Chris Williamson in Advanced Computing, Videos
Sep
22
2011
Facebook Face Recognition Under FirePosted by Chris Williamson in Accelerating Change, Big Brother, Videos
Seeing is believing. Take a look at this. Amazing! Click here Thanks to blog reader A.C. for emailing me this link.
Jan
28
2011
Which ISP Has the Best Netflix Streaming Performance?Posted by Frank Whittemore in Applications, Organizations, VideosNetflix on Thursday released its list of highest-performing ISPs in terms of streaming video performance. The company posted a chart (below) that mapped out Netflix’s streaming performance on U.S. ISPs between October 1 and November 15… Click here for access to the entire article including the chart. Click here
Dec
30
2010
James Martin’s The Meaning Of The 21st CenturyPosted by Frank Whittemore in Personalities, Publications, Singularity Commentary, VideosWe are at an extraordinary crossroads of human history. Our actions, or failure to act, during the next 20 years will determine the fate of the Earth and human civilization for centuries to come. This is a make-or-break century… Click here to access the text, a long trailer and/or a full 1 hour documentary. Click on the book title The Meaning of the 21st Century: A Vital Blueprint for Ensuring Our Future I just finished watching the 1 hour documentary. Here’s my reaction. If you watch one movie/video in the next year. Make it this one! If you’d like to increase your understanding of what’s happpening in the World. Watch this documentary! If you’ve got an hour to spare, watch this documentary! Better yet, make an hour available and watch this documentary. Then encourage your friends and family to do the same.
Nov
02
2010
Portable RF Breast Scanner Shows Tumors in Real-timePosted by Chris Williamson in Advanced Computing, Longevity, Medical Advances, Videos![]() Professor Zhipeng Wu at the University of Manchester has developed a novel radiofrequency scanner to be used for real-time breast tumor detection. Unlike traditional mammography, which relies on the varying X-ray attenuation properties of tissues to produce image contrast, the portable scanner uses radiofrequency waves to perform complex permittivity mapping of tissue. Benign and malignant breast tumors have (complex) permittivity characteristics that differ from surrounding tissue, and although the scanner is not able to differentiate between benign and malignant structures, it could prove to be a sensitive and inexpensive screening tool. Such a device could potentially improve breast cancer detection in women under 50 and would be very welcome in the developing world.
Nov
02
2010
SCHEMA robot shows off its conversation management skills in a group settingPosted by Chris Williamson in Robotics, Videos![]() SCHEMA is a conversational humanoid robot at Waseda University in Japan with some pretty serious skills. As you’ll see in the new video they have posted (which is embedded below), SCHEMA is able to participate in a three person conversation without losing the plot, and is perfectly capable of understanding which speaker is which and what has been said by whom. It’s an impressive performance, to say the very least. via SCHEMA robot shows off its conversation management skills in a group setting — Engadget.
Nov
02
2010
Life Technologies Unveils New Personal Genome MachinePosted by Chris Williamson in Genetics, Videos![]() Life Technologies, having recently acquired Ion Torrent, unveiled a new sequencer at TEDMED using Ions semiconductor technology. Backstage after the talk we asked Greg Lucier, CEO of the company to give us an overview of the new device.
Oct
14
2010
New Technology Allows Doctors to Take 3-D Tour of BodyPosted by Chris Williamson in Accelerating Change, Advanced Computing, Medical Advances, Scientific Research, VideosIt revolutionized the way we watch movies, and now, it’s revolutionizing the way doctors treat illnesses. Three-dimension is the new frontier of medicine, according to physicians at the Weill Cornell Medical College in New York City. The new technology called CAVE, which is short for ‘Cave Automatic Virtual Environment’, is essentially a three-dimensional virtual reality room. It projects images on four walls to allow researchers to voyage inside the molecular structure of cells and parts of the human body. This way, physicians can interact with the data and actually see the cells in their true, 3-D state, which was not possible before. New Technology Allows Doctors to Take 3-D Tour of Body – FoxNews.com.
Oct
14
2010
Video: Japanese Fembot Learns to Sing By Mimicking Pop StarsPosted by Chris Williamson in Robotics, VideosUsing breath-analysis software and mouth-movement observations, engineers in Japan have taught a robot how to sing. The divabot, an HRP-4 with a creepily realistic tilting head, blinks and opens her mouth as she croons, even mimicking the facial expressions of the human singer.Researchers used a real singer as a model, recording her every move as she sang. via Video: Japanese Fembot Learns to Sing By Mimicking Pop Stars | Popular Science.
Oct
07
2010
Watching The Powers Of Ten Is The Best Way To Spend The Next Nine MinutesPosted by Chris Williamson in VideosThis video begins with a one-meter square. Every ten seconds we zoom out by one power of ten. 101, 102…all the way to 1024 meters—the size of the observable universe. Then we get closer again. A lot closer. By the end of the video we’re not only be back to that one-meter square from the beginning, but we’ll have gone all the way to 10-16 meter—down to the quarks inside a proton of a carbon atom. Awe-inspiring, isn’t it? The film was made in 1968 by Charles and Ray Eames and it’s being celebrated on a fitting day: 10/10/10. On that day there’ll be events worldwide to mark how inspiring and dreamy this film is. via Watching The Powers Of Ten Is The Best Way To Spend The Next Nine Minutes.
Oct
07
2010
Video: Nevada Nuclear Site Hires Autonomous Robotic Sentries To Provide SecurityPosted by Chris Williamson in Robotics, Videos![]() Anyone trying to get onto the grounds of the Nevada National Security Site – the installation housing tens of millions of cubic feet of low-level radioactive waste and site of many nuclear weapons tests back when they were militarily fashionable – will now face a new smart layer of security beyond the usual fences, sentry towers, and security cameras. Intruders will first have to get past the Army’s new robotic sentries that now roam the sprawling facilities vigilantly seeking out security threats. via Video: Nevada Nuclear Site Hires Autonomous Robotic Sentries To Provide Security | Popular Science.
Oct
05
2010
Video: A Gasoline-Powered Robotic Exoskeleton Designed Just for Kids | Popular SciencePosted by Chris Williamson in Robotics, Videos![]() If you think you can’t motivate the kids to put down the Sega or whatever it is they’re playing with these days, Japanese robotics manufacturer Sakakibara-Kikai would beg to differ. The company that created the Landwalker bi-pedal exoskeleton has created a five-and-a-quarter-foot exoskeleton just for the kiddies that is sure to captivate even the most technophobic youngster, assuming such a thing exists. via Video: A Gasoline-Powered Robotic Exoskeleton Designed Just for Kids | Popular Science.
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