New Technology.

Fri Jan 09, 2009 11:12 pm » by **Towelie**

Hi, i thought id add a few vids ive seen latley, mostly experimental stuff.

Sry but youll jus have to put up with the advert before it.
The first is an autonomous helicopter(flys itself), it performs some tricks based upon video analysis of the manouvers - making constant adjustments to flight path to accomodate for wind. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1460879066/bctid1815800115

Second is a spider for exploring alien environments. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1460879066/bctid1904660735

This one is realy cool, its how the next gen mars rovers will land on mars.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1460879066/bctid1877503380

Electromagnetic railgun Totaly Awesome. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1827871101/bctid1399285844

Better cheaper more efficient wind turbines. http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1827871101/bctid3138302001

Tue Jan 13, 2009 10:24 am » by **Stevestv65**

GOOD POST

Thu Jan 29, 2009 11:22 pm » by **Towelie**

Cyborg suit, 5x stronger than a normal human.
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Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:02 pm » by **Towelie**

The Army's Remote-Controlled Beetle
A scientist sends a wireless signal from the laptop to the beetle to start and then stop flight. The beetle, seen in the upper part of the frame, is tethered for practical purposes. The insect is attached to a clear plate, so that its flight pattern can be better observed. An oscilloscope shows the electrical signals as they are delivered: a short oscillating pulse triggers the animal to flap its wings, and it continues flapping until a short single pulse tells it to stop.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1460879066/bctid9472269001
Research paid for by Military.

Beetle Boat Runs on Surface Tension
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1827871101/bctid8754908001
A tiny bioinspired boat is powered by the surface tension of water as seen in this video. The second half of the video shows the rudder capability.

Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:22 pm » by **Wrathofkahn**

Thank You towelie. Love the remote control beetle. I dont know why the army would turn to a beetle insted of a robot ornithopter, which they already have in hummingbird size. maybe the beetle is stronger that the robot equivalent.

Fri Jan 30, 2009 11:25 pm » by **Towelie**

You get the addition of bug intelligence lol, turn the power off and its a bug itll hide from people untill you need it, turn the power on and bring it out again.

Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:06 pm » by **Towelie**

A Robomedic for the Battlefield.
Scientists at Carnegie Mellon have engineered a snakelike robotic arm that can monitor health signs and potentially administer treatments. The robot is equipped with sensors and a small camera, which wirelessly relays video to a laptop. A researcher watches the video onscreen and wirelessly controls the robot’s movements with a joystick. The robot can move anywhere along the length of the body, and can lower itself to administer oxygen or monitor a person’s breathing.http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1827871101/bctid9562708001

Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:25 pm » by **Dirtyrabbit**

Cognitive Computing Project Aims to Reverse-Engineer the Mind

http://blog.wired.com/gadgets/2009/02/c ... compu.html

a computer that can process text, video and audio in an instant, solve problems on the fly, and do it all while consuming just 10 watts of power.

It would be the ultimate computing machine if it were built with silicon instead of human nerve cells. Compare that to current computers, which require extensive, custom programming for each application, consume hundreds of watts in power, and are still not fast enough. So it's no surprise that some computer scientists want to go back to the drawing board and try building computers that more closely emulate nature.

"The plan is to engineer the mind by reverse-engineering the brain," says Dharmendra Modha, manager of the cognitive computing project at IBM Almaden Research Center.
In what could be one of the most ambitious computing projects ever, neuroscientists, computer engineers and psychologists are coming together in a bid to create an entirely new computing architecture that can simulate the brain's abilities for perception, interaction and cognition. All that, while being small enough to fit into a lunch box and consuming extremely small amounts of power.

The 39-year old Modha, a Mumbai, India-born computer science engineer, has helped assemble a coalition of the country's best researchers in a collaborative project that includes five universities, including Stanford, Cornell and Columbia, in addition to IBM.
The researchers' goal is first to simulate a human brain on a supercomputer. Then they plan to use new nano-materials to create logic gates and transistor-based equivalents of neurons and synapses, in order to build a hardware-based, brain-like system. It's the first attempt of its kind.

In October, the group bagged a $5 million grant from Darpa 'darpa.mil'
-- just enough to get the first phase of the project going. If successful, they say, we could have the basics of a new computing system within the next decade.

youtube/google keyword: MK-ULTRA DARPA

Mon Feb 09, 2009 6:31 pm » by **Towelie**

Heres a link to an article, along those lines evolving computers.
http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20126946.600-unnatural-selection-robots-are-starting-to-evolve.html

Mon Feb 09, 2009 7:32 pm » by **Towelie**

NASA's New Planetary-Exploring Robot .
NASA's newest exploration rover, dubbed Axel for its design, can climb steep and rocky terrain and explore deep craters on planets like Mars. It uses only three actuators to operate upside down, right side up, turn in place, and follow illogical paths. Axel can maneuver autonomously using cameras, sensors, and wireless communication, or be tethered to a larger spacecraft.
http://link.brightcove.com/services/link/bcpid1460879066/bctid10338060001