January 2011
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WatchVideo of the day: Computer balances a pencil, scientists try to distract it.
In robotics research, balancing a pole is a well known task, as it requires a computer system to constantly update its environment and move quickly according to what it can see. These robots used video cameras for vision, meaning their speed was limited by the FPS of the camera.
This new system uses artificial retinas...
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WatchVideo of the day: Playing Pacman with a paramecium.
Physicists at Stanford University have been recreating classic arcade games including Pacman, Pinball and Pong, using biological organisms as the players. Sound weird? It is, but check out how it’s done in the video.
The researcher suggests in this video that this sort of work could have uses in making biology and science sound fun to the...
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Want to see the future? Try Cryonics.
A company in Arizona called Alcor claims to be the “world leader in cryonics, cryonics research, and cryonics technology”.
Cryonics is the science of using ultra-cold temperature to preserve human life with the intent of restoring good health when technology becomes available to do so.
They have almost 1000 customers signed up for the service, and currently have around 90...
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