The advent of the electron microscope has helped prove beyond a doubt the existence of electrons, protons and neutrons. What about subatomic particles though? They are even smaller and require further advancements in technology to be able to detect them. The team at MIT does it again and here is an excerpt from their discovery:…
Quadcopter Wow This Thing is Cool
The drone phemomenon and legion of do it yourselfers has made way for some of the awesomest flying devices in the last few years. This is an up close and in depth look at a particular quadcopter. What will the future bring for small drone style devices? More food and e-commerce deliveries and more? Here…
The Apple Watch Uses a New Hi-Tech Process for its Glass
Ok the iphone phenomenon has changed the world since 2007 (really all smartphones). Apps, mobile internet, messengers on the go, picture networks, smart cams and more it really is incredible. Now the media is pushing the wearables thing and will it really catch on? If nothing else, Apple has improved their glass making process from…
Think Drones are Different Check Out a Quadcopter
This is a pretty exciting TED talk in regards to dropne technologies and related devices. A brief intro can be found here: In 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…
Smart e-Bikes of the Future
This is a pretty cool video listing some of the e-bikes of the future. Already a lot of cities and countries outside of the U.S. bike a lot more although they are making progress in the states. Many of these e-bikes are rad in that they connect to a smartphone and also have a power…
A Folding Car This is Totally Awesome
Is this for real a folding car? This is absolutely incredible. Will from the MIT media lab explains a bit more about the prototype car in the video. I wonder if this thing would veen be street legal yet in the states. You’ll see in the video this auto actually mechanically folds as if it…
File Sharing Using Raspberry Pi Box – Awesome
Here we have yet another awesome creation using Raspberry Pi, a personal file sharing box. Wow. Many of us remember Napster the first mainstream p2p music service which eventually got shut down. And there are of course legal file sharing applications such as Dropbox, Box.com and many others. But, what if a site went down…
Could New Type of Battery Charge an iPhone in 1 Minute?
Ok who’s ready for an iPhone or Android charger that takes one minute to go to fully charge? I think about anyone who uses a smartphone can’t wait for the day, especially with older phones. Apparently some very smart researchers are on the case and may be close to that solution: Researchers at Stanford University…
Behold the Awesome Firmenportrait Volocopter VC200
Aside from looking cool what it this thing? Alexander Zosel is the CEO of e-volo and explains this awesome invention. He claims this is the green helicopter of the future. It is called the Volocopter and it can fly by remote control yet looks big enough to hold a person? They show it off in…
Are bionics the Future of Medicine and More?
The area of bionics is pretty interesting. Hugh Herr from MIT’s Media Lab discusses what he thinks the future holds and how his accident has inspired him to research this field. Here is a briefing on him: Hugh Herr is building the next generation of bionic limbs, robotic prosthetics inspired by nature’s own designs. Herr…
Are Terminator Like Robots on the Horizon?
Most of us have seen the Terminator movies about robots that go through time and mess with things (to put it nicely.) Even the RoboCop series of movies were science fiction fantasy about robotic cops using tech to fight crime. Well fantasy is coming closer to reality: The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is…
These Sensors May Shape the Future of Robotics
The teams at MIT are often incredible and their breakthroughs in the areas of optics and robotics are no exception. There is a new technology called GelSight. Originally it started as a system for imaging microscopic objects. However, they have found an interesting and potentially more disruptive application for this technology in robotics. It gives…
The World’s First Gaming Robot – Mecha Monsters
Here we have the world’s first gaming robot. Wait what? That’s right. Inventor Silas Adekunle is the founder and CEO of Reach Robotics. As an avid gamer and there are probably millions of others who would want to interact with an actual gaming bot. Behold the Mecha Monsters. They are awesome fighting robots that can…
Quantum Computing Components and the Future
Quantum computing explores a world of theoretical computing models and structure. Traditional computer chips use transistors which operate in the infamous states of 0s and 1s. Quantum computers run on qubits which are special states that span beyond 0s and 1s to other possibilities. One of the exciting areas is the potential raw power. They…
“Beyond” is an Input Device That Spans 3D Into a Screen
This is a very intelligent and cool concept that will likely progress from here. Jinha Lee who is a scientist at MIT made this really awesome video on pushing the limits on what we think input actually is in regards to a computing device. He describes this demonstration as such: When pressed against a screen,…
Inventor Makes a Flying Car..Is This For Real?
It looks like a prop from a sci fi movie. This tenacious inventor and tenacious individual has been obsessed with making a real functional flying car. When asked what it feels like to be off the ground in this thing the inventor describes it, at the risk of counding cliche as similar to “being on…
4d Printing? Wait We Just Started With 3D
Ok now if you thought 3D printing was the future they are already talking about 4D printing. What does that even mean? What is the fourth dimension? In this case they are referring to ojects being able to move after they have been 3d printed (on their own..wow) The scientist spearheading this at MIT can…
They Injected Night Vision Fluid Into Guy’s Eyeballs..Wow
Night vision goggles, aside from being a staple in military and security applications worldwide are just cool! Well a team of “biohackers” have found a way to give a person actual night vision capabilities right in your eyeballs..wait..say that again? The name of their group is ‘Science for the Masses” To do this, the group…
Guy Makes a Circuit Board Using Chemical Etching at Home
Ok this is definitely for serious hardware techies but can be enjoyable for anyone to watch or who is ambitious in home experimenting. The inventor makes 2-layer circuit boards at home using a laser cutter and chemicals. Some of the more well known players in the etching and lithography space are ASML lithography who acquired…
Guy Makes Coke Can Piano With Arduino – Totally Rad
Ok this is completely rad this guy makes a piano and beat box with Arduino. He hooks up some Coke cans and his mac showing you how to do it. Btw the debate rages on what is better raspberry pi or arduino? The comparison might not be fair. On one hand raspberry pi has a…
