Videos
Bacteria Turn Tiny Gears
January 7, 2010 5:36 am | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | CommentsThis video demonstrates how to add connections within a Schematic using CADSTAR 12.
On Keypads and Design Philosophy
December 3, 2009 5:15 am | CommentsECN Editor-in-Chief Alix Paultre looks at numeric keypads and what they tell us about design philosophy.
