Google Announces "Project Tango"
AdultsSoftware EngineeringTechnologyArtificial Intelligence...Project Tango is an exploration into giving mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion. So cool!
Concrete Tent
AdultsConstructionTechnologyEngineeringWatch Richard Ambrose and Jonny Phillips quickly construct a building made of concrete canvas-a material that has all the elements of concrete, but is flexible enough to be turned into any shape. This technology allows people to erect permanent structures in a fraction of the time needed for traditional building techniques.
Ryan Holladay: To hear this music you have to be there. Literally
AdultsCreativityMusicSoftware Engineering...The music industry has sometimes struggled to find its feet in the digital world. In this lovely talk, TED Fellow Ryan Holladay tells us why he is experimenting with what he describes as "location-aware music." This programming and musical feat involves hundreds of geotagged segments of sounds that only play when a listener is physically nearby.
What is Nest? Why did Google buy it for $3.2 Billon
AdultsArtificial IntelligenceDesignMarketing...Nest builds products like this thermostat that can be remotely set via your smartphone or tablet to automatically adjust to a particular temperature. It also connects to Wi-Fi to analyze and compare the outside weather with your indoor environment in real-time. The thermostat even has a sensor with a 150-degree range to detect when you're not home, so it can adjust the temperature accordingly, and save energy.
Get Every Last Bit Out Of Bottles Of Lotion, Mayo, And Even Glue
AdultsCreativityFoodTechnology...Watch never-before-seen videos of an MIT-developed lubricant called LiquiGlide that makes anything--syrup, ketchup, paint--slide right out of the bottle so you don't waste a drop. The applications start in the kitchen, but they extend into almost every industry. More Videos
The Quest for a Better Digital Record of Our Lives
AdultsSoftware EngineeringStartupsGadgets...Have you thought about how much of life goes missing from your memories? Many fantastic and special moments become blurred together after a while and it feels like life just rushes by, too fast for us to grasp. The team at Narrative wanted to find a way to relive more of our lives in the future - and enjoy the present as it happens. Narrative Website
MiniDrone And Leaping Sumo Rolling Bot
AdultsGadgetsTechnologyParrot MiniDrone: A miniature drone piloted in Bluetooth Smart with a Smartphone or a tablet, that flies... and rolls from floor to ceiling. Parrot Jumping Sumo: The first robot-insect, controlled in Wi-Fi 2.4 or 5GHz with a Smartphone or a tablet that spins, jumps up to 80 cm and takes 90 degree turns.
A quick tour of Tesla's electric car factory in California
AdultsTechnologyTransportationAutomotive...Tesla Motors has kicked off production of the gorgeous Model S into overdrive, cranking out some 400 cars a week on one of the world's most advanced automotive production lines.
Transcendence
AdultsFilmMarketingArtificial Intelligence...Dr. Will Caster (Johnny Depp) is the foremost researcher in the field of Artificial Intelligence, working to create a sentient machine that combines the collective intelligence of everything ever known with the full range of human emotions.
Google Just Bought This Company Which Makes Robots Like This One
AdultsGadgetsTechnologyWildCat is a four-legged robot being developed to run fast on all types of terrain. So far WildCat has run at about 16 mph on flat terrain using bounding and galloping gaits.
Life Size Lego Car Powered by Air
AdultsCreativityGlobal WarmingTransportation...The Super Awesome Micro Project: A full sized Lego car, with an engine made from Lego that runs on air.
Google Zeitgeist Here's to 2013
AdultsInternet CultureSocietyMedia...Zeitgeist 2013. Discover what the world searched for with Google's year in review Google Zeitgeist
The Hour of Code is here
AdultsEducationProgrammingTechnologyHave you done an Hour of Code yet? Join millions of others at: code.org.
WestJet Christmas Miracle: real-time giving
AdultsCreativityMarketingTransportation...Thanks to a team of merry WestJetters and the power of technology, we've learned that miracles really do happen.
Helicopter Harvesting Christmas Tree Like A Boss
AdultsEnvironmentTransportationTechnology...Helicopter pilot Dan Clark harvests Christmas trees with crazy speed at Noble Mountain Christmas Tree Farm in Oregon.
3Doodler Kickstarter Video - The World's First 3D Printing Pen
AdultsArtGadgetsTechnology...It's a pen that can draw in the air! 3Doodler is the 3D printing pen you can hold in your hand. Lift your imagination off the page!
3D Printed Pasta & Chocolate
AdultsFoodTechnologyGadgets3D printing technology is moving into the kitchen. A prototype device developed by Natural Machines allows different types of food to be printed in 3D including chocolate and pasta.