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While I’ve seen the Mario soundtrack covered in numerous ways, this is the first time I’ve seen it performed in real time with the game, including all of the sound effects.
Posted by carneywilson on Jun. 18, 2010
Tea. Earl Grey, hot.
Well, not quite. But 3D printing with plastic is getting to the level where you can buy and assemble a printer for under a grand, and it’ll sit cutely on your desk.
Posted by carneywilson on Jun. 10, 2010
Split over four hundred orbits, with one million seconds of total exposure time, the Hubble Space Telescope took pictures of a tiny, tiny piece of our sky. The result? The Hubble Ultra Deep Field.
Posted by carneywilson on Jun. 09, 2010
For a bit of science today, I’d like to mention non-Newtonian fluids. Normally when you stir a fluid, it doesn’t change its viscosity based on how fast you stir it. Custard stays viscous (or thick,) and water stays relatively easy to stir. This is because they’re Newtonian fluids, which means they move as Isaac Newton’s equation predicted.
More interesting fluids, though, act in strange ways.
Posted by carneywilson on Jun. 08, 2010
In a brief Friday post about the nature of science, I would like to defer to the late Richard Feynman.
Posted by carneywilson on Jun. 04, 2010
Following on the creepy/awesome that comes from BostonDynamics and their BigDog, I’ve compiled a few more videos of robots that fall well within the supposed uncanny valley. This is a bit of a preview of neat technology, but also a view of what robots end up being when viewed in a creepy light.
To start the list, there’s a simulation robot that engineers at Kagawa University have put together. Unfortunately the simulation isn’t perfect, and the presentation (video after the jump) is downright disturbing.
Posted by carneywilson on Jun. 02, 2010
Ever wanted a robot that you can kick, march through snow and ice, and carry your cargo? Boston Dynamics can help.
Usually balance is a huge problem for robots—they generally don’t have the ability to self correct quickly enough to stay upright. With enough money and technology, though, anything is possible. (Video after the cut.)
Posted by carneywilson on May. 27, 2010
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