Orbital Debris

A satellite animation of orbital debris by the Aero Space Corporation. "Orbital debris generally refers to material that is on orbit as the result of space missions, but is no longer serving any function."

NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter

Sugar Batteries

A look at powering gadgets with sugar.

Hele-Shaw Ferrohydrodynamics for Rotating

"A fluorocarbon-based ferrofluid, with about 400-G saturation magnetization and low field magnetic susceptibility of 3, is placed within a glass Hele-Shaw cell of 1.1-mm gap. " See Scitation for more information.

Hair-Sized Robot

A remote control robot only 250microns long x 60microns wide.

Umbrella Puppet

Very expressive, this urban friendly umbrella is also very fexible (via).

Ancient Commodore 64 Factory

Commodore 64 home computers were were one of the most popular of the first home computers.

The Beauty of Sorting

Camus would shun it as absurd but this is a late night party for some people. Put together with footage from the early 1980's, I would 'reckon the dress was casual: pocket protectors and T.I. calculators. Sort of. From The University of Toronto.

T-Shirt Folding Gets Funding

Looks like someone went pro with the famous T-shirt folding trick.

Pearl The Nursebot

"NurseBot is an autonomous mobile robot that 'lives' in a private home of a chronically ill elderly person. The robot provides a research platform to test out a range of ideas for assisting elderly people, such as: What would you like to have a robot help out with around the house? . . .Some observers noted that having a more expressive countenance seems to be an advantage, but if the robot becomes 'too humanlike, it can creep people out.'
The question of 'how human should a robot look' has great implications on how effective and accepted robotic assistants can be.' (via)

A Whale of a Problem

Paul Linnman reporting for Channel 2, Florence, Oregon.

Halo 2 Talk Show

Fantastic, super-duper interview style conference with Bob Stein created by ThisSpartanLife.com within Halo 2. Welcome to the next reality (via).

Full Body Video Tracking Game

Kick Ass Kung Fu is the name of the game. Immersive play with video tracking.

Deep Impact to Tempel 1 Comet

This short animation created for NASA by Maas Digital portrays the end of Deep Impact as it smashes a comet Tempel 1 this July. During it's final moments, the impactor will take the closet images of a comet's surface ever. [source]

Magic Robo Carpet Ride

Walking Robo Floor. From Wired NextFest.2005, captured by: David Ayman Shamma

Esoteric DJ Bot in Field of Records

From Wired NextFest.2005, captured by: David Ayman Shamma

Visual Sound Barrier

F14 Breaking at the speed of sound.

Touchy Humanoid

From the intelligent robotics laboratory, the ReplieeQ1 touch-sensor Android is appearing this week at World Expo 2005.

Plaza Moon Walking

Innovations in technology continue to bring new realms to the human experience. This anti-gravity machine can be yours, from oooms (makes a great gift for NASA).

Elaborate Musical Machine

From Boing-Boing: "Director Peter Jackson reportedly paid $100,000 for a contraption made of computer-controlled musical instruments".

Jump

Nickelodeons, calliopies and player pianos, Ragtime West serves all your automated music needs. Sure makes 'Garage Band' look lame. Here's another one that got me dancing, Smooth.

AeroFly Pro Lawn Mower

A new flying lawnmower video is out! This video of the Sky Cutter V2 uses no editing tricks - this is a real kit.

Dragon Runner Mobile Ground Sensor System

Designed primarily to "sneak-a-peak" (see around the corner), this portable mobile reconnaissance/scout robot travels up to 20 miles per hour and is controlled with a PSP controller. (via)

Tetra

Tetra is a commercial demo for a look at the future of robotic surveillance. One of the most realistic animation/reality combinations I have ever seen.

Mental Robot Commitments

A cat robot that is designed to gain the mental and emotional commitment of humans and other animals. Robotics Dept, MEL, AIST, MITI, Japan.

The Time Traveler Convention at MIT

Steve Garfield's excellent citizen journalism coverage of the MIT Time Traveler Convention for RocketBoom this last weekend. (via)

The Khronos Projector - emerging technology

From a presentation for SIGGRAPH 2005. "The Khronos Projector is an interactive-art installation allowing people to explore pre-recorded movie content in an entirely new way [...] by touching the projection screen, the user is able to send parts of the image forward or backwards in time."

Poultry Internet

Bi-conditional peer-to-peer chicken robot interface from Mixed Reality Lab in Singapore.