Trek the world with Google Maps
Adults TechnologyGoogle is now looking for applicants to help it continue to expand its Trekker efforts. Think you have what it takes?
Raffaello D'Andrea: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters
Adults TechnologyIn a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together -- and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads.
FLIP marine research vessel
Adults TechnologyThe FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform) is a research vessel that can rotate to a vertical position. It is currently owned by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
All eyes on the S4
Adults TechnologyFind out how people in Zurich used their eyes to win a Samsung Galaxy S4 of their own. It's inbuilt Smart Pause function means the S4 knows when someone is looking at it. The longer a participant stares at the screen, the bigger the discount is. But watch out! The game ends the moment eye contact ends. An S4 was handed out for free after 60 minutes.
GoPro HERO3: Black Edition - Smaller, Lighter and 2X More Powerful
Adults TechnologyThe Wi-Fi enabled HERO3: Black Edition is the most advanced GoPro, ever. No expense was spared during its development, resulting in a GoPro that is 30% smaller, 25% lighter & 2X more powerful than previous models. New resolutions and frame-rates include 4Kp 15, 2.7kp 30, 1080p 60, 1440p 48, 960p 100, 720p 120 and 12MP burst photo capture at 30 fps. Yes, for real.
Windows Project Glass: One day too...
Adults TechnologyMicrosoft released their augmented reality glasses prototype right away...
A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie
Adults TechnologyScientists from IBM today unveiled the world's smallest movie, made with atoms. Named "A Boy and His Atom," the movie used thousands of precisely placed atoms to create this ~250 frames stop-motion, first of its kind classic.
Flyboard
Adults TechnologyWelcome to Rocky Mountain Flyboard, home of the hottest new extreme watersport to hit the Wasatch Front. Whether you want to rocket 45 feet out of the water, swim like a dolphin, or soak the top deck of your group's houseboat at Lake Powell, riding a Flyboard is an experience like none other! Website
How Liquipel Will Make Your Phone Waterproof
Adults TechnologyWe check in with the team at Liquipel, a company that impressed us last year with its water-resistent nano-coating for smartphones. Dunking an iPhone into a tub of water and watching it still work perfectly is still amazing and something our brains struggle to comprehend.
3D sound "Holophonics"
Adults Technology3D 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.
The Official Ultra-Ever Dry Product Video
Adults TechnologyUltra-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.
Crazyflie Nano Quadcopter pre-release video
Adults TechnologySo we have all seen a quadrocopter before, but just look at the size and agility of this one. Needless to say that sound is quite scary when it just comes out of nowhere! Turn your volume up for a jumpy ride.
Google Maps Panoramic Imagery
Adults TechnologyGoogle Maps is releasing panoramic imagery of one of the world's most spectacular national monuments: the Grand Canyon. These Street View images cover more than 75 miles of trails and surrounding roads, making our map of this area even more comprehensive, accurate and easy to use than ever before.
I think we underestimate the impact of technology.
Adults TechnologyWe know that it will get us our email faster or help us navigate smarter with GPS/Maps or apply special filters to our photos and send them and the world instantly.
Watch the World's Highest Resolution Drone-Mounted Camera in Action
Adults TechnologySure, your phone can take a decent picture, but it's not even in the same universe as the best camera the government's got. At 1.8 pixels, the DARPA-developed ARGUS-IS the highest resolution surveillance platform in the world, and, when mounted to a drone, can single-handedly do the work of an army of 100 predator drones watching the area of one medium-sized city.
Animatronic Robot
Adults TechnologyHanson Robotics collaborated with researchers at the University of California at San Diego to create this boy robot they've named Diego-San. The face was built by Hanson Robotics, and the body was built by Japan's Kokoro Co. Diego-San can see with HD cameras in his eyes, and uses artificial intelligence software "modeled on human babies" so that he learns.
Futuristic highways in the Netherlands glow in the dark
Adults TechnologyA futuristic highway that can save energy and improve road safety is set to be installed in the Netherlands by mid-2013.
Here's the Surface tablet I really want!
Adults TechnologySome Australian dude upgraded his Surface table (which ran a special version of Windows 7) to regular Windows 8 -- and here's what it looks like. What's the matter with you, Microsoft? Are you going to wait until Apple has a giant touch desktop on the market for four years before you try to enter the market?
The Killer Whale Submarine
Adults TechnologyThis is the streamlined, two-person watercraft that breaches and submerges just like the Orcinus orca after which it is designed. A pilot protected beneath its watertight 1/2"-thick acrylic canopy pushes and pulls twin control levers to articulate the whale's pectoral fins for rolls and stealthy dives. With a finger on the right lever's throttle trigger, steering is provided by dual foot pedals that control the vectored thrust of the craft's 255-hp supercharged Rotax axial flow engine, enabling realistic behaviors such as porpoising or skyhopping.
Felix Baumgartner's supersonic freefall from 128k'
Adults TechnologyAfter 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.