Great Videos – Page 26

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Toyota’s i-Road EV concept enters production

October 10, 2013

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At the Geneva Auto Show earlier this year, Toyota showed up with a three-wheeled escape pod of an electric vehicle called the i-Road. At the time Toyota declared the diminutive vehicle production-ready. Not many “production-ready” concept cars ever actually see the light of day, but as it turns out, in the case of the i-Road Toyota has already begun producing the slick little vehicles. (Photos)

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New Ford Focus parks itself and prevents collisions

October 9, 2013

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Ford’s European researchers could one day help you avoid collisions with its new technology. I could also help you squeeze into a tight parking space with the help of radar, ultrasound, and a digital camera.

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Blizzident: A 3D printed toothbrush that cleans your teeth in just 6 seconds

October 8, 2013

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One of the most promising applications of 3D printing is the customization of everyday objects to the most personal and variable thing we possess—our bodies. A new example of this is the Blizzident toothbrush, which is made possible by two intersecting technologies—3D scanning and 3D printing.

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Cota charging system transmits power wirelessly at up to 30 feet

October 7, 2013

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Gartner Research released a report in 2008 in which it identified the number one IT grand challenge as “Never having to manually recharge devices.” Physicist Hatem Zeine has invented what he believes to be the answer to this challenge. The Cota wireless power transmission system uses intelligently steered phased array antennas to focus a beam of microwaves on a receiver module – and only on that module. The inherently safe technology can deliver electrical power up to 30 feet from a central transmitter without any line-of-sight requirement and without interfering with other devices. The system is projected to hit the market in 2015.

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The internet needs to be 100 times more affordable: Mark Zuckerberg

October 4, 2013

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wants to connect the world together to promote the “Knowledge Economy”. Internet.org, is a group that Zuckerberg started in partnership with mobile-device makers Samsung, Nokia, and Qualcomm, and they have released a video highlighting his plan to interlink the next 5 billion people.

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Stir’s Kinetic Desk learns your sitting and standing habits

October 4, 2013

Kinetic Desk

Stir, a company founded by someone who worked on the first iPods, is trying to make the Kinetic Desk fashionable. The Kinetic Desk is a standing desk. They plan to start shipping the desks in the first half of 2014. The desk has a thermal sensor that can tell when you’ve arrived, and over time, it learns how long you prefer to be on your feet before taking a break. (Videos)

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Tikker wrist watch counts down how much time you have before you die

October 7, 2013

The Tikker campaign on Kickstarter is escalating the smartwatch craze with its proposed “death watch”. The idea behind Tikker is that you calculate how much time left you have before you die, set the watch’s countdown and then have a perpetual ominous reminder to seize the day, kind of like a lower-stakes version of the Justin Timberlake movie “In Time.”

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U.S. Air Forces converts F-16 fighter jets into unmanned drones

October 2, 2013

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The U.S. Air Force goes to great lengths to train their fighter pilots. But even the best simulations lack the visceral experience of a real live fire dogfight. To give their pilots the most realist experience possible, the USAF is working with Boeing to convert some of its old F-16s into pilotless drones that can actually engage in a real dogfight with their pilots.

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3D printing will be used to construct buildings here and in outer space

September 30, 2013

An example of Contour Crafting.

Researchers at the University of Southern California believe that within a couple of years 3D printing techniques will be used to construct entire buildings in less than a day. (Video)

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Futurist at Intel shows how you’ll download and program your own robot

September 27, 2013

Jimmy, an open source robot.

If you could build your own robot, what would you have it do? If you’re the type of person who is into building stuff and coding, you may soon get your chance to answer that question for real, courtesy of an interesting project coming from the labs of chipmaker Intel. (Video)

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Japan launches affordable Epsilon rocket using artificial intelligence

September 25, 2013

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Japan has launched a rocket, Epsilon, into space in what it hopes will be the start of cheaper space exploration. The rocket is about half the size of normal rockets, and relies on artificial intelligence to do its final safety checks–meaning just eight people were at the launch site, rather than the 150 needed for previous launches. On board was the Sprint-A telescope, which was released 620 miles above the Earth’s surface, and which will be observing Venus, Mars, and Jupiter.

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Eco-cycle is an automated bike parking system

September 24, 2013

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Many urban cites don’t have enough street space for setting up proper bike storage infrastructure. The problem of overcrowding and illegal parking can cause potential hazards for emergency situations and general pedestrian navigation. In Japan, an earthquake-resistant underground bike parking system has been developed by Giken to help resolve the issue, approaching the situation through their design concept, which is based on culture above ground, and function underground. (Pics)

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