A First Drive
Adults TechnologyAiming to improve road safety and help those who can't drive themselves, Google's self-driving car can get you where you need to go without a steering wheel, accelerator, or brake.
Google Self-Driving Car on City Streets
Adults TechnologyJaywalking pedestrians. Cars lurching out of hidden driveways. Double-parked delivery trucks blocking your lane and your view. At a busy time of day, a typical city street can leave even experienced drivers sweaty-palmed and irritable. We all dream of a world in which city centers are freed of congestion from cars circling for parking and have fewer intersections made dangerous by distracted drivers. That's why over the last year we've shifted the focus of the Google self-driving car project onto mastering city street driving.
Nissan develops first "Self-Cleaning" car prototype
Adults TechnologyWashing a car can be a chore - and a costly one at that. In response, Nissan has begun tests on innovative paint technology that repels mud, rain and everyday dirt, meaning drivers may never have to clean their car again.
Larry Page: Where's Google going next?
Adults TechnologyOnstage at TED2014, Charlie Rose interviews Google CEO Larry Page about his far-off vision for the company. It includes aerial bikeways and internet balloons ... and then it gets even more interesting, as Page talks through the company's recent acquisition of Deep Mind, an AI that is learning some surprising things.
1st solar plane to fly around the world
Adults TechnologyThe Solar Impulse 2 is to be officially presented today, but its construction didn't happen in a day. Watch this video and understand the steps that had to be taken when you're looking towards attempting the First #RTW Solar Flight!
Facebook Will Use Drones and Lasers to 'Beam' Internet to the World
Adults TechnologyAfter announcing Internet.org last year, an initiative to improve Internet access across the globe, Mark Zuckerberg unveiled the Connectivity Lab, a new team of scientists that has been working on the ambitious project. He said that the Connectivity Lab would develop "new platforms for connectivity on the ground, in the air and in orbit," according to a post on Internet.org on Thursday. How are they going to do it?
The Duel: Timo Boll vs. KUKA Robot
Adults TechnologyMan against machine. The unbelievably fast KUKA robot faces off against one of the best table tennis players of all time. Who has the best technique?
Welocome To The Future Of Realtiy Gameing
Adults TechnologyThis ping pong robot took two years to develop, and finally plays like a worthy opponent! The 'UHTTR-1? plays the ball back independently with quick response time. Now you can tell those friends you hate to get the hell out of your garage, you don't need them anymore!
Google Announces "Project Tango"
Adults TechnologyProject Tango is an exploration into giving mobile devices a human-scale understanding of space and motion. So cool!
Concrete Tent
Adults TechnologyWatch 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.
MiniDrone And Leaping Sumo Rolling Bot
Adults TechnologyParrot 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.
These Japanese Scientists Discovered A Way To Levitate Objects Using Sound
Adults TechnologyDroplets, pellets, a stick of wood, nuts, screws, diodes, if the object in question is small enough, than this machine can not only lift them into the air and hold it in place, but move them around on all three axes
A quick tour of Tesla's electric car factory in California
Adults TechnologyTesla 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.
Google Just Bought This Company Which Makes Robots Like This One
Adults TechnologyWildCat 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.
Sulfur Hexafluoride Gas
Adults TechnologyA model boat floating on sulfur hexafluoride (gas significantly denser than air) at the Physikshow of the University of Bonn!
3Doodler Kickstarter Video - The World's First 3D Printing Pen
Adults TechnologyIt'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
Adults Technology3D 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.
The Copenhagen Wheel
Adults TechnologyKnown as the Copenhagen Wheel, the device is comprised of a self-contained motor and batteries that snap onto the back of an ordinary bicycle, instantly transforming it into a hybrid electric vehicle with social media capabilities.
iPad Art - Morgan Freeman Finger Painting
Adults TechnologyUsing only a finger, an iPad Air and the app Procreate, artist Kyle Lambert has painted a photorealistic portrait of actor Morgan Freeman.
Amazon Prime Air
Adults TechnologyWe're excited to share Prime Air - something the team has been working on in our next generation R&D lab. The goal of this new delivery system is to get packages into customers' hands in 30 minutes or less using unmanned aerial vehicles.