First underwater panoramas in Google Maps
Adults TechnologyWe've added the very first underwater panoramic images to Google Maps, the next step in our quest to provide people with the most comprehensive, accurate and usable map of the world. With these vibrant and stunning photos you don't have to be a scuba diver-or even know how to swim-to explore and experience six of the ocean's most incredible living coral reefs. Now, anyone can become the next virtual Jacques Cousteau and dive with sea turtles, fish and manta rays in Australia and Hawaii. Check it out
Breathtaking! - Mars Curiosity Descent
Adults TechnologyUltra-resolution, smooth-motion, detail-enhanced, color-corrected, interpolated from the original 4 frames per second to 30 frames per second. This video plays real-time at the speed that Curiosity descended to the surface of Mars on August 6, 2012. I think it's wonderful that everyone on Earth has a chance to see this amazing footage from Mars :)
Laptop for every pupil in Uruguay
Adults TechnologyUruguay has joined the small number of nations providing a laptop for every child attending state primary school. President Tabare Vazquez presented the final XO model laptops to pupils at a school in Montevideo on 13 October. Over the last two years 362,000 pupils and 18,000 teachers have been involved in the scheme. The "Plan Ceibal" (Education Connect) project has allowed many families access to the world of computers and the internet for the first time.
Camera shutter speed synchronized with helicopter blade frequency
Adults TechnologyThis is what happens when you sync your camera shutter to the speed of helicopter blades.
How to Wrap Your Heaphones Without Losing Your Mind
Adults TechnologyNow you can watch videos without fighting your crazy pile of headphones first.
The Invisible Bicycle Helmet | Fredrik Gertten
Adults TechnologyHigher Quality Video "If people say it's impossible we have to prove them wrong." Design students Anna and Terese took on a giant challenge as an exam project. Something no one had done before. If they could swing it, it would for sure be revolutionary. The bicycle is a tool to change the world. If we use bikes AND travel safe: Life will be better for all.
Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme
Adults TechnologyThese flying quadrotors are completely autonomous, meaning humans are not controlling them; rather they are controlled by a computer programed with instructions to play the instruments.
TED Ramesh Raskar: A camera that takes one trillion frames per second
Adults TechnologyTED Talks Ramesh Raskar presents femto-photography, a new type of imaging so fast it shows the world one trillion frames per second, so detailed it shows light itself in motion.