Birds-of-Paradise Project
AdultsAnimalsNatureScience...This fall, the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and National Geographic are bringing the Birds-of-Paradise Project to the public. Get an advance look now...and witness diverse strategies of evolution at work and experience one of nature's extraordinary wonders - up close.
Mystery of Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps - Smarter Every Day
AdultsPhysicsScienceTechnologyBeing able to calculate the failure front velocity of a Prince Rupert's drop is a pretty big deal. For years this was a scientific mystery. High speed camera technology is only recently fast enough to provide data like this. Thanks to Vision Research for letting me use the V1610 to try to unravel this mystery for the public in general.
Escaping Earth with Morgan Freeman
AdultsSpaceTVEntertainment...An intergalactic space voyage narrated by the smoothest voice on planet Earth.
3D sound "Holophonics"
AdultsInternet CultureTechnologyMusic...3D sound must be experienced with headphones and you must close your eyes Holophonics, by inventor Hugo Zuccarelli is the aural equivalent of visual holography, a technology with the capacity to record sound exactly as it is. Spatial dimension, ambience, emotion, and the living spirit of the source are presented in such a way that our brains have little choice but to tell us that the content of the recording is, in fact, real life. No processing, no special effects, just a pure signal, blended with a healthy dose of genius.
Chicken Head Tracking - Smarter Every Day
AdultsAnimalsScienceTechnologyChickens have a great ability to keep their heads stable. Our bodies use a gyro-like mechanism in our ears which has 3 mutually orthogonal inertial measurement devices. Modern motion processors use something called an Inertial Measurment Unit (IMU). These devices provide movement data which can be used to compensate for the movement. Chickens apparently have the same type mechanism only with a higher update rate.
The Official Ultra-Ever Dry Product Video
AdultsMarketingTechnologyGadgets...Ultra-Ever Dry is a superhydrophobic (water) and oleophobic (hydrocarbons) coating that will completely repel almost any liquid. Ultra-Ever Dry uses proprietary nanotechnology to coat an object and create a barrier of air on its surface.
Quantum Levitation
AdultsPhysicsScienceTechnologyTel-Aviv University demos quantum superconductors locked in a magnetic field.
Keith Barry: Brain magic
AdultsArtCreativityPsychology...Keith Barry shows us how our brains can fool our bodies -- in a trick that works via podcast too. Then he involves the audience in some jaw-dropping (and even a bit dangerous) feats of brain magic.
The World We Dream- Hugh Herr Zeitgeist Americas 2012
AdultsBiotechnologyScienceTechnology...Do you want to have your mind blown? Watch this. (This will cost you 13.5 minutes) Hugh Herr, Director of Biomechatronics at MIT University delivers an amazing talk that will touch your soul. I was in the audience. I was almost in the back row. For the opening few minutes of the talk, I couldn't see his feet. So imagine what happened when I finally stood up and saw his legs.
Felix Baumgartner's supersonic freefall from 128k'
AdultsSpaceSportsTechnology...After flying to an altitude of 39,045 meters (128,100 feet) in a helium-filled balloon, Felix Baumgartner completed a record breaking jump for the ages from the edge of space, exactly 65 years after Chuck Yeager first broke the sound barrier flying in an experimental rocket-powered airplane.
Space Shuttle Endeavour flys over Los Angeles
AdultsCitiesTransportationSpace...The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft and Endeavour flew over the Los Angeles area on September 21, 2012. It flew directly over Malibu, Dodger Stadium, California Science Center, the Los Angeles Colosseum, downtown Los Angeles, and the Hollywood Sign before landing at Los Angeles International Airport at 12:51 pm PT.