How Much Boston Dynamics' Technology Has Improved In Ten Years
This is a short side-by-side comparison of Boston Dynamics' humanoid leg technology in 2009 and 2019. As you can see, it's improved *putting on cool guy shades*...
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Yesterday's Technology, Today: Woman Builds Herself A Rotary Cellphone
This is the rotary cellphone built by Brookhaven National Laboratory engineer Justine Haupt. Looks pretty sweet doesn't it? Reminds me of the good ol' days when I...
Oh Wow: Man Converts Basement Into A 1980's Video Rental Store To Display His Movie Collection
This is a half hour video tour of Nostalgia Video, a 1980's themed video rental store constructed in the basement of the owner's home to display his...
Blue Screen Of Death Strikes Fancy Mall Display
This is a shot from a mall (does anybody recognize it? And does it have an arcade and Orange Julius?) where the computer operating a fancy twisted...
Well That's Something: A Four Neck Electronic Guitar Played With A Barcode Scanner
This is a video of James Bruton demonstrating and discussing his Barcode Guitar, an electronic guitar with four necks covered in barcodes that's played using a regular...
Visions Of The Future: Nine Of MIT's Mini Cheetah Quadruped Robots Playing Outside
This is a video from MIT's Biomimetic Robotics Lab of nine of their mini cheetah quadruped robots romping around in the fall weather. They stretch, run in...
Video Of A 'Smart Summoned' Tesla Driving The Wrong Way To Pick Up Owner
These are two short videos from a parking lot in Richmond, British Columbia of a Tesla Model 3 that was Smart Summoned by its owner from a...
Man Paralyzed From Neck Down Walks Again With Brain-Controlled Exoskeletal Suit
This is a video of a 28-year old tetraplegic man walking again thanks to a prototype full-body exoskeletal suit controlled by his brain. The future, ladies and...
This Message Will Self Destruct In Five Seconds: Scientists Develop Polymers That Rapidly Disintegrate In Sunlight
Developed for the Department Of Defense, researchers at the Georgia Institute Of Technology have developed rigid polymers that disintegrate within minutes when exposed to the UV rays...
An Impressive Pair Of Teleoperation Robotic Hands That Provide Tactile Feedback To The User
This is a video demonstration of the teleoperation robotic arms and hands developed by Shadow Robot along with Haptx (developers of haptic technologies) and Syntouch (developer of...
We've Gone Too Far: Mike Tyson Deepfaked As Every Character In The Opening Of 'Family Matters'
This is a video from Youtuber DrFakenstein of Mike Tyson's face deepfaked onto every character in the opening of Family Matters. Admittedly, the deepfaking was very well...
Man Builds AI-Powered Pet Door That Prevents His Cat From Bringing Dead Animals Into The House
This is a video of Amazon engineer Ben Hamm's presentation during Ignite Seattle (please don't actually burn the city to the ground) in which he discusses the...
Boston Dynamics Spot Robot Takes A Spill During Live Demo
In other, much more promising robotics news, this is a video of a Boston Dynamics Spot quadruped robot taking a rather unpleasant spill during a live demonstration...
Two 17-Year Olds Challenged To Dial A Number With A Rotary Phone In Less Than 4 Minutes
This is a video of two 17-year old boys (born circa 2002) who were challenged to dial a specific phone number with a rotary phone in less...
A Glitch In The Matrix: Programmer's First Attempt At Having Cars Removed From Video Footage Using Machine Learning
This is a video of programmer Chris Harris's first attempt at having an artificial intelligence system using neural networks remove cars from some footage he shot (links...
Microsoft HoloLens 2 Live Demo Fails To Live Demo
Just look -- look at all the nothingness we've created with this technology. This is a video from Microsoft's annual Build developer conference of a live demo...
Boston Dynamics' Latest, A Giant Bird Inspired Box-Carrying Robot
This is a video from Boston Dynamics of Handle, a "mobile manipulation robot designed for logistics." Some more info while I imagine it's a giant drinking bird...
Recording The Speed Of Light At 10 Trillion Frames/Second
Note: picosecond= one-trillionth of a second. A picosecond is to one second as one second is to approximately 31,689 years. This is a video of the Slow...