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CES 2010: Cannondale bike with ADI Accelerometers
January 9, 2010 12:05 pm Videos CommentsStanley Song, Advanced Projects Engineer with Cannondale, describes a technology demo--a bike which uses Analog Devices accelerometers to detect bumps and hills, among other things.
CES 2010: AMD Radeon HD 5670
January 9, 2010 12:01 pm Videos CommentsPrasad Sristi with AMD describes the company's forthcoming Radeon HD 5670 graphics card.
CES 2010: Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner
January 9, 2010 11:55 am Videos CommentsA demonstration of the Mint Automatic Floor Cleaner from the show floor of CES 2010. The Mint uses "Northstar Guidance" to track where it cleans.
Mr Murphy and Microchip PIC Silicon Bugs
January 8, 2010 11:38 am Videos CommentsDave tangles with Murphy's Law and Microchip silicon bugs with his latest project.
Bacteria Turn Tiny Gears
January 7, 2010 5:36 am Videos CommentsSwarms of bacteria turn two 380-micron long gears, opening the possibility of building hybrid biological machines at the microscopic scale.
2010 CES Preview
January 6, 2010 5:00 am Videos CommentsNew content for mobile devices, interactive Web-connected TV, new screen sizes for portables, and apps galore are likely to be main attractions at the 2010 CES.
The First Bionic Eye Implant
January 4, 2010 3:09 am Videos CommentsIn 1949, Jo Ann Lewis began losing her sight to retinis pigmentosa, a degenerative disease that destroys light-detecting cells in the eye. Today, microelectronic implants have allowed her to recapture a vestige of vision.
Weekend Project - Beetlebot
December 28, 2009 4:13 am Videos CommentsHere is a simple robot from your parts bin that avoids obstacles.
Omron MEMS Flow Sensor Product Training Module
December 21, 2009 4:14 am Videos CommentsThis product training module offers a succinct and informative presentation of Omron's MEMS flow sensor line-up, as well as their MEMS technology.
A tip on Infrared LEDs
December 17, 2009 9:36 am Videos CommentsECN Editor-in-Chief Alix Paultre explains how to use a regular cell-phone camera to detect an LED's infrared output.
Robotics Prototyping with NI LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit
December 17, 2009 9:31 am Videos CommentsThis video runs through using the LabVIEW Robotics Starter Kit to develop a basic robotics prototype by integrating motors, encoders and a Paralax ultrasonic distance sensor with a NI Single-Board RIO embedded FPGA board.
Non-lethal Robotic Pepperball Weapon Video
December 16, 2009 3:36 am Videos CommentsThis "SWAT BOT" is designed to minimize the exposure of Law Enforcement Personnel to potentially lethal encounters by taking them out of the line of Fire, and out of harm's way. Equipped with a Wireless Barrel-Cam and Pepper Balls, it is a Non-Lethal, Wireless UGV for Riot Control, Hostage Scenarios or other Hostile Situations.
Solar Power Hope
December 15, 2009 4:30 am Videos CommentsCan solar power hope beat out the engineering reality for Dave's latest project? Was Doc Brown right?
The World's Smallest Snowman
December 14, 2009 3:03 am Videos CommentsThe snowman was made from two tin beads used to calibrate electron microscope astigmatism. The eyes and smile were milled using a focused ion beam, and the nose, which is under 1 µm wide (or 0.001 mm), is ion beam deposited platinum.
Man Controls Robotic Hand with Mind
December 11, 2009 8:55 am Videos CommentsFor a month, Pierpaolo Petruzziello's amputated arm was connected to a robotic limb, allowing him to feel sensations and control the arm with his thoughts. Rossella Lorenzi talks to him about the bionic experiment.
