ECN Magazine Videos

My 90 year old grandmother tries the Oculus Rift

Jason Lomberg — Mon, 20 May 2013 13:11:05 +0000

From the author's YouTube description: "My 90 year old grandmother tries the Oculus Rift. We were using the Tuscany demo."

RapidFire: Human ear 3D printed with embedded electronics

Jason Lomberg — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:16:51 +0000

Space Oddity

Jason Lomberg — Wed, 15 May 2013 13:01:52 +0000

A revised version of David Bowie's Space Oddity, recorded by Commander Chris Hadfield onboard the International Space Station. This is believed to be the first music video recorded in space (and as Internet memes go, it beats silly cat videos). Captioning kindly provided by CHS (www.chs.ca)

Engineering Newswire 37: Boeing makes hypersonic history

Jason Lomberg — Mon, 13 May 2013 13:24:30 +0000

Engineering Update #10: Smart home robots & the printable bionic ear

Jason Lomberg — Thu, 09 May 2013 15:20:06 +0000

Engineering Newswire 36: Electric car charge time cut in half

Jason Lomberg — Wed, 08 May 2013 13:54:14 +0000

NVision scans sniper rifle from fallen hero

Jason Lomberg — Mon, 06 May 2013 13:53:21 +0000

With 160 confirmed kills, Chris Kyle is one of the most prolific snipers in American history. The best-selling author of American Sniper was recently killed on a shooting range by a fellow vet, and Kyle's wife graciously donated his sniper rifle to NVision for them to scan for a project.

TriggerSmart Childproof RFID Smart Gun

Jason Lomberg — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:12:08 +0000

TriggerSmart has developed and patented a user-unique Childproof RFID Smart Gun. Basically, only the authorized user can fire the weapon, and the gun is harmless in the hands of a child or an intruder in the home. This video demonstrates their technology.

HotSpot Episode 10: Numi, The King of Toilets

Jason Lomberg — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:09:27 +0000

Engineering Update #9: The gossiping Pinoccio and the power line inspecting Skysweeper

Jason Lomberg — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:09:39 +0000