the progress on fluid dynamics looks particularly noteworthy.
Tag: video
Dubai Marketing
dubai is trying too hard. tallest building: check. crazy jetpack stunts: check. boring as hell to live there: check.
Robot Rider
just a robot riding a bike. no big deal.
Robot Bee
welcome to the first aerial and aquatic insect scale robot
The RoboBee is a miniature robot that has long been able to fly. Using a modified flapping technique, researchers demonstrate that the RoboBee can also swim. This is the first-ever aerial and aquatic capable insect-scale robot.
Levitation
acoustic holograms to pick up and move small objects.
Hands-free wheelchair
Ogo is a battery powered wheelchair that has a hands-free control system. People can even mow their lawn while sitting in it. “We are currently in the preproduction set up, and are expected to be up and going soon.”
M-42
The sub-basement of Grand Central Terminal is New York City’s deepest basement, at least that’s what they’ll tell you. It’s also likely the safest and one of the most secure places in all of the 5 boroughs. It was never included on blueprints for the building, and its exact location remains confidential to this day. To make it all the more mysterious, the room is called M-42, which sounds like something straight out of The X-Files.
The energy crawl
a very sobering talk to show why renewables won’t be the majority energy source for decades.
Daft Punk Documentary
this is going to be good.
Dogs helped us to exterminate hominin
i’m sure this will be some viral hit, but i think it’s more interesting in the way it shows the deep co-evolution of our 2 species
The symbiotic relationship between dog and man is responsible for the victory of our lineage of hominins in the evolutionary war of all against all
Gregor J. Rothfuss 