Multimedia
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.
Opening up a 1935 Weston Selective Analyzer
December 10, 2009 10:49 am Videos CommentsECN Editor-in-Chief Alix Paultre opens up an old radio test device, the Weston Model 665 Selective Analyzer.
An Overview of the Virgin Galactic Spaceliner
December 9, 2009 5:00 am Videos CommentsRichard Branson unveiled his Virgin Galactic spaceliner for tourists willing to pay 200,000 dollars a ticket Monday for a trip into the weightlessness of space in a craft designed to make the perilous return home "like a giant shuttlecock."
Adding Connections in a Schematic in CADSTAR 12
December 8, 2009 3:30 am Videos CommentsThis video demonstrates how to add connections within a Schematic using CADSTAR 12.
On Keypads and Design Philosophy
December 3, 2009 5:15 am Videos CommentsECN Editor-in-Chief Alix Paultre looks at numeric keypads and what they tell us about design philosophy.
HIS HD 5970 2GB GDDR5 Video Card Review
December 3, 2009 3:22 am Videos CommentsThe HIS HD 5970 2GB GDDR5 Video Card has a core speed on this product is 725MHz and the 2GB of GDDR5 256 bit memory is 4GHz DDR. It comes with 3200 stream processing units for vertex, pixel and geometry data, 160 texture units and 64 raster operators.
Collin's Lab: Infrared heart sensor
December 2, 2009 4:34 am Videos CommentsThe beating of the heart is often recorded via sound or simply with touch - but there's also another interesting and somewhat lesser known option - light. An infrared emitter/detector pair can be used along with a programmable microcontroller, to effectively visualize the effects of the human body's hardest-working muscle
Ohio State Buckeye Bullet 2 tops 300 mph
December 1, 2009 3:22 am Videos CommentsFor the second time this week, Ohio State's Buckeye Bullet 2 team has exceeded the international speed record it set in 2007. Late yesterday (9/25), the Bullet set an average speed of 302.877 mph, which is pending certification by the Federation Internationale de l'Automobile before it can be called an official record.
Join the debate on ECN Online
November 25, 2009 5:59 am Videos CommentsAlix Paultre, Editor in Chief of ECN, discusses website editorial policy and invites participation.
Augmented Reality and You
November 24, 2009 2:45 am Videos CommentsI remember going to a demonstration of virtual tagging technology at the Kihara Research Center in Tokyo several years back, and the researchers frankly weren't quite sure what to do with the tech at the time.
ECN's New Site
November 23, 2009 6:46 am Videos CommentsOur Editor-in-Chief, Alix Paultre, discusses the new ECN site, along with several of its most noteworthy features.
Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles
November 19, 2009 6:57 am | by ecnmagazine Videos CommentsA primer on Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles, a variation of Advanced Technology Vehicles.
Chevy Volt - How It Works
November 19, 2009 6:57 am | by ecnmagazine Videos CommentsA primer on the Chevy Volt, one of the hottest advanced technology vehicles, and the subject of much controversy.
Driving a Car with an iPhone Part 2 - How To Waterloo Labs Episode 03
November 19, 2009 6:57 am | by ecnmagazine Videos CommentsA group of engineers from National Instruments, called Waterloo Labs, created an iPhone app that can drive a car and give a detailed explanation of how they designed and implemented our control system.
Driving a Car with an iPhone Part 1 - Overview Waterloo Labs Episode 03
November 19, 2009 6:57 am | by ecnmagazine Videos CommentsA group of engineers from National Instruments, called Waterloo Labs, created an iPhone app that can drive a car and turned an Oldsmobile Delta 88' into a remote control car in just a few weeks.
