here are three videos of wacky things robots (and one gadget) can do. First up:
In this video, you can see Treebot inch its way up thin stalks of bamboo as well as trees with much thicker diameters.
In this video, watch the little guy roll into view on two wheels upright himself and lift off.
If you put a microphone in the middle of an environment, you can record all those. You can record them for long periods of time.
How can sound help us monitor climate change? Let me give you an example. Some of the studies we're conducting are in the tropics.
But as the Wall street journal notes in a recent article and video Stanford's d-school isn't the only institution where design thinking
Watch the Youtube video to learn more about the project. Image, top: Hod Lipson, with Jeffrey Lipton (in black) and Jim Smith (blue), assemble the Fab@Home printer/Courtesy of Cornell University Image, bottom:
Interactive map reveals effects of climate change in your neighborhood NASA video shows global warming is real Rare photos of Ëoeuncontacted tribe reveal a disappearing society Infographic:
Here's a video of Linacre discussing the Airdrop Irrigation system: The James Dyson Foundation, an educational charity created by The british designer James Dyson to support science,
You can see Youtube videos here and here. If you had an opportunity to travel in space,
Video: Turning algae into oil the NASA way Scientists create high-capacity batteries from algae Pressure-cooking method makes an algae-based biofuel Plane takes first flight on 100
Green algae used to make plastics that dont contain petroleum The algae bloom of alternative energy Video:
Los alamos National Laboratory Bioscience Division. video=427650
Can designers fix America's suburban foreclosure problems? A rendering of an abandoned factory in Cicero, Illinous, re-made as a garden, by Studio Gang NEW YORK--On a brisk Saturday afternoon in late February, a small,
On view in the Foreclosed show are  videos, architectural models, and photographs of projects created by five teams of designers.
At least that's the idea behind Aà §à £o Verde's electronic forest management project in Mato grosso, Brazil.
The invention of modern electronics and the ability to use electronics to amplify signals is one
and it all started with the vacuum tube at Bell labs, at which Chu spent nine years.
a former electronics engineer with IBM and Sun who got the idea for a water-monitoring system
and the case for successful biofuelspodcast Your browser does not support the audio element. Can biofuels make a comeback?
Depetrillo requires challengers to demonstrate in a video they can lift a fingerprint from any surface--for example,
U k. trade union rebels against biometric employee scanning Could Silentsense rival Apple s iphone 5s fingerprint scanner?
LEDS are driven current semiconductors that lend themselves well to tuning. That holds the promise of adding a tremendous variety of crops in regions where nature today limits the choices.
There s a preponderance of blue and red LEDS inside Plantlab, giving the place the look of a plant disco.
Amron Experimental Related video on Smartplanet: video=6312518
Drones will produce 70,000 new U s. jobs, study sayslately, there has been a lot of controversy over the specter of pilotless drones buzzing across U s. skies,
spying on and targeting citizens on the ground. While there is potential for abuse, the use of drones also offers new capabilities in police work, mapping, agriculture, conservation and scientific studies.
though that there has also been a lot of progress with electronic documents as of late as well. Ã Â The question is, then,
Along with INTTRA's observations, the insurance industry has also been pursuing electronic claims and application forms, cutting into the paperwork blizzard.
and receive electronic documents that once were printed on paper, thereby saving trees, reducing air and water pollution and saving the energy needed for manufacturing,
in large part due to increased electronic forms of news. Home-monitoring of patients is leading to fewer emergency room visits and readmissions,
Video: The future of packaging Trade group makes case for environmentally sound packaging Despite Sunchips flap,
The process and solution are described in the video below. Steve Eiseler, vice president of operations at Cherry Central Cooperative, said the IBM-based technology has allowed his organization to significantly reduce the amount of paperwork necessary to remain in compliance with government food traceability requirements
An electric airplane for only $34, 000 Flyboard jetpack lets you perform dolphin aerial tricks video Futuristic motor home is ultra luxurious,
(I d pay to view video except the National Football league wants too much money and would probably try to dictate what clothes I wear while watching).
Tonight, as you lean forward towards your 17-inch Mac monitor, or as you lean back on the sofa to watch catch up versions of Game 6 of the World series,
The drawings of the first scanners look like something out of the late 1800s, but there is considerable amount of more contemporary electronics in the patent.
The rest is history. Barcodes are on everything from drug vials to hamburger packages. Actually, there's dozens of different types of barcodes.
and is equipped with a velvet curtain and video wall, the Gym has showers, massage and change rooms,
Even as safety advocates debate which electronic gadgets should or should be available to use while driving,
By dropping electronic devices into cows stomachs, researchers hope to monitor what it is that makes the animals so gassy
World s fastest processor is an overclocked beast video So what exactly is all that processing power used for?
Amazing video: 30-story hotel built in just 15 days Volkswagen car goes 1, 626 miles on a tank of gas China s new bullet train is world s fastest, smashes record Video:
China unveils world s longest sea bridge Robot solves Rubik's cube in 5 seconds,
sets world record video Is this 400-mile electric car battery for real
Icon Carol Bartz, former CEO, Autodesk and Yahoo! Carol Bartz isn't afraid to get her hands dirty.
waiting in line to buy the handset had turned practically into a sport a competitive, passionate and, at times, dirty sport.
How NASA satellites unearthed Egypt s lost pyramids How satellite technology may have tracked down Bin laden Video:
using stereo microphone inputs to change the way the tree behaves based on the direction and volume of the sound, evaluates background noise
Cool Hunting, JS55 Image and Video:
ipad opens digital doors for the elderlywhat would happen if Apple seeded assisted-living homes with ipads?
and the whole thing is driven by a weakling 1 Gigahertz Apple processor. DG/One, the first clamshell notebook TRS-80 Model 100 But the ipad addresses some of notebook's biggest weaknesses:
but in the Apple introduction video (below), Steve jobs says it's almost lifesize. It's a dream to type on.
Even at UC San diego, their electronic record system has a read-only app for the ipad (which means it can't be used for entering all new information.
says another reason more hospitals aren't using tablets is that they've already invested millions into electronic record systems that aren't compatible with them.
The federal government is giving hospitals financial incentives to implement electronic medical records, but the most popular systems don't yet make apps that allow doctors to use the records on a tablet the way they would on a desktop or laptop.
Check out IBM's video on aquaponics in Milwaukee: Photo: oceandesetoiles/Flickr
Italian roses bloom under rooftop solar thermalfour generations of the Ciccolella family have relied on sunshine to cultivate the olives and roses on their farm in Puglia.
Printed electronic sensors that make it clear when food is still safe to eat could prevent such waste,
fuel efficient The world's first 3-D printed car video Bipod flying car works like a Chevy Volt Can air hybrid cars make it on the mean streets?
Leafsnap combines biometrics and botany for electronic field guidewashington--This week behind the Smithsonian Castle, a research botanist and two computer science professors unveiled Leafsnap, a free plant identification
Making sense of water consumption (Water Wednesday) The Energy star label has become an iconic way to help people identify the most energy-efficient electronics gadgets, appliances and other technologies.
The video above, a 20-year old Happy Meal commercial, is from happier times. Today you're more likely to see Ronald Mcdonald portrayed as a zombie, a demon,
Meet'Ardi,'the hottest fossil on the international scenepodcast Your browser does not support the audio element.
Please watch the Wheeler Centre s video (approx. 1. 50 mins) for the full debate.
and the end result is the Milkmaid prototype seen in the video below. Normally says FÃ Â gler,
it triggers the LEDS to turn from green to yellow. The system is paired also with an iphone
bamboo does not have semiconductor capabilities. Photos: Stalks from Piergiorgio Rossi. House from Laurent Gilet de Bambou Habitat.
Extreme electronics: Goodbye silicon, hello oxides Graphene the Sequel: Graphyne. It s flashier. Paper Cuts:
Sand-resistant solar panels for Middle east, from Siemens, Masdar Concrete thinking: New ideas for age old material Steel industry:
A first look inside the biofuels company Related video on Smartplanet: video=6343051
NASA: Road transportation a'key driver'of global warminganalyzing impact by economic sector rather than chemical species, NASA scientists have determined that motor vehicles are the greatest contributor to atmospheric warming, now and in the near term.
In a new study led by Nadine Unger of NASA's Goddard Institute for Space Studies,
Steve jobs talks innovation, legacya newly-released video of Apple cofounder Steve jobs can give today's entrepreneurs food for thought.
view the video below: Related: Apple's dream: Automaker's nightmare? Google CEO: You won't'collapse in terror'because of Google glass Apple vs.
saying that, this could be done with absolutely dirt cheap electronics, with almost no power. Â If it could reduce the amount of produce wasted from grocery stores as a result of spoiling,
because their tweets were retweeted much more often and consistenly than any other tweeter. And by much more
Check out this video to find out what else the city is doing to keep its waters clean:
Restoring Honor Rethinking the row home The future of LEED The buildings are alive Video:
Downsizing to an eco-friendly home Video: Â Prefabricated cores enable builder to churn out houses in less than 2 months Video:
 Modern, net-zero energy homes made more affordable with modular design
Q&a: Irus Braverman, author of Zooland: The Institution of Captivityirus Braverman didn't grow up visiting zoos.
Youtube video via Geobeatsnews
Reversing radiation's bad PRWOULD you eat a banana? Would you install a smoke detector in your home?
I â â¢m working on a new CD now, which is a tribute to pioneering piano players.
watch this video: via: MIT News Office photo: Top: Â The smart pebbles 10-millimeter cubes with processors and magnets built in.
Rig up a wireless receiver in the cattle yard, and you can capture that intelligence, spotting early warning signs that the animal isn't feeling so well.
Here he is in a video explaining his take: Can cities achieve such a future?
World largest underwater hotel Video: China unveils world longest sea bridge 2, 625-feet solar power supertower to rise over Arizona (video) Amazing video:
30-story hotel built in just 15 days The World tallest building The most mysterious destinations On earth:
there's always the naked scanners at airports -which is in itself, a touchy subject. Hat Tip via Popular Science Finding a needle in a haystack MIT news Related on Smartplanet:
Researchers are now designing robots for these most delicate crops by integrating advanced sensors, powerful computing, electronics, computer vision, robotic hardware and algorithms,
if these banana peel boosters were told right, he the American Chemical Society in a. What he found was that banana peels contain nitrogen, sulfur and organic compounds such as carboxylic acids.
who taught himself to repair iphones by studying Youtube video tutorials that demonstrate how to disassemble
Thomas Edison built General electric on the foundation of an improved way to transmit messages down telegraph wires,
nevertheless, an attempt to provide the equivalent of electronic components with known properties to the field
Thus, theanine appears to increase the overall level of the brain inhibitory transmitter GABA and is reported to promote alpha wave production in the brain.
it should be possible eventually theoretically to send a human being from one place to another through a matter transmitter.
or possess circuitry. They would be robotic in that they would be programmed to carry out complex and specific functions in three-dimensional space.
There's enough power in trees for University of Washington researchers to run an electronic circuit,
according to results to be published in an upcoming issue of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers'Transactions on Nanotechnology (PDF).
"Normal electronics are not going to run on the types of voltages and currents that we get out of a tree.
the boost converter and other electronics would spend most of their time in sleep mode
The electronic output could also be used to gauge a tree's health.""It's not exactly established where these voltages come from.
showing graphic hidden-camera videos of animal abuse at large farms. Jill Benson, senior vice president at JS West and Companies
Edward described the Airdrop system to Gizmag at the Australian Design Awards, in a video that we shot earlier this year
Researchers at General electric, the nation largest industrial company, are working on such applications and others. One is a smart hospital room,
and send an electronic alert to a nearby nurse. Last month, G. E. announced that it was opening a new global software center in Northern California
£200, 000 test-tube burger marks milestone in future meat-eatinglab-grown burgers will be served up in October Link to video:
Lely launched a video competition in which users produced videos showing how they use the Lely Astronaut system
and how it affects their farm. The winner announced in January, was the Smit Family farmers.
After seeing a few of the runner-up videos, it obvious to me that these guys put a lot more effort into winning points for creativity.
and in-app electronic receipts to show you're not a thief
Mixed-use 2. 0: The office building of the futuresocial forces and advances in communications technology are driving changes in how and where people work.
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