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Dean Kamen\ Dean Kamen's Robotic "Luke" Arm
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Video duration: 335 seconds

Segway inventor Dean Kamen is looking to re-invent the prosthetic arm. IEEE Spectrum caught up with Kamen and one of his "test pilots," to see the robotic arm (named after Luke Skywalker's articficial limb) in action.

Related: amputee, arm, artificial, dean, deka, gadget, kamen, luke, prosthetic, robotic, skywalker

Maker Faire 2008: Guitar Zeros Maker Faire 2008: Guitar Zeros
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Video duration: 367 seconds

The Guitar Zeros use Guitar Hero controllers to produce a range of synthesized sounds.

Related: 08, 2008, diy, electronics, fair, faire, guitar, hero, ieee, maker, mateo, midi, san, spectrum, synthesizer, zeros

Lasers In Your Living Room Lasers In Your Living Room
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Video duration: 147 seconds

Mitsubishi hopes their new LaserVue TVs will give LCD and Plasma screens a run for their money. The screens use three lasers to scan the screen at 1080p. The main sacrifice is depth-the TV's are about ten inches thick. IEEE Spectrum http://spectrum.ieee .org caught up with Mitsubishi at NYC's Digital Experience in July.

Related: def, electronics, gadget, hi, ieee, laser, laservue, lcd, mitsubishi, plasma, spectrum, television, tv, video, vue

Vernor Vinge: How to Prepare for the Singularity Vernor Vinge: How to Prepare for the Singularity
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Video duration: 293 seconds

Sci-fi author Vernor Vinge talks about the run-up to a technological singularity and what we can do to engineer the best outcome for humans. The interview is part of IEEE Spectrum's Singularity Special Report: http://spectrum.ieee .org/singularity
In the report, Vinge also updates his ideas in an article called "Signs of the Singularity": http://www.spectrum. ieee.org/jun08/6306

Related: artificial, future, futurist, ieee, intelligence, report, sci-fi, signs, singularity, special, spectrum, technological, vernor, vinge

Maker Faire 2008: R2-D2 Builders Maker Faire 2008: R2-D2 Builders
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Video duration: 186 seconds

It's everyone's favorite droid! IEEE Spectrum talked with R2-D2 builder Steve Simmons at Maker Faire to find out how the Star Wars droids work. (For more, check out http://www.artoo-det oo.net/)

Related: 08, 2008, android, d2, diy, droid, electronics, fair, faire, ieee, maker, mateo, r2, r2-d2, robot, robotics, san, spectrum, star, wars

Warehouse Robots at Work Warehouse Robots at Work
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Video duration: 231 seconds

IEEE spectrum (http://spectrum.iee e.org) takes you inside Kiva Systems' robotic warehouse, where orange robots make inventory move instead of workers. Over time the system becomes increasingly efficient, with the robots learning from the wisdom of the crowd.
To read more about Kiva Systems and how their robots work, check out the article at http://www.spectrum. ieee.org/jul08/6380.

Related: automation, computer, electronics, engineering, gadget, ieee, inventory, kiva, robot, robotics, spectrum, systems, vision, warehouse

KOTA: When Pleo Just Isn\ KOTA: When Pleo Just Isn't Big Enough
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Video duration: 153 seconds

Two kid testers get a sneak peek at KOTA, Hasbro's dinosaur that you can ride (sort of-it doesn't actually go anywhere). Although it doesn't really buck or move, the kids weren't too disappointed.

Related: dinosaur, electronics, gift, holiday, ieee, kids, kota, pleo, robot, robotic, sensors, spectrum, touch, toy, triceratops

Maker Faire 2008: Light-Seeking Mouse Robots Maker Faire 2008: Light-Seeking Mouse Robots
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Video duration: 92 seconds

IEEE Spectrum looked around Maker Faire for some of the coolest projects. These mouse robots follow a beam of light and have bump-sensing whiskers and tails.

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Maker Faire 2008: Voxhead, the Babbling Robot Maker Faire 2008: Voxhead, the Babbling Robot
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Video duration: 204 seconds

Anyone can hook up a speaker to make a robot talk, but Mike Brady wants his Voxhead to use it's own vocal cavity. What's more, he really made Voxhead to explore learning, so the bot has to listen to itself to correct its speech (which, at this point, is more like singing).
For more info, visit http://www.fluidbase .com/mike/projects/V oxHead

Related: 08, 2008, artificial, brain, diy, fair, faire, ieee, learnin, maker, mateo, research, robot, san, spectrum, speech, tract, vocal, voxhead

NYC Soldering Championship NYC Soldering Championship
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Video duration: 302 seconds

IEEE Spectrum http://spectrum.ieee .org stopped by Ignite NYC, where Bre Pettis and the NYC Resistor hacker collective hosted a contest to see who had the fastest soldering iron in the city. The contestants all raced to build a TV-B-Gone kit http://www.makershed .com/ProductDetails. asp?ProductCode=MKAD 4, and the first to turn off the TV won.

Related: championship, diy, electronics, gadget, hacker, ieee, ignite, igniteny, iron, kit, nyc, race, resistor, solder, soldering, spectrum

Maker Faire 2008: The Transistor Clock Maker Faire 2008: The Transistor Clock
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Video duration: 141 seconds

IEEE Spectrum held a Maker Faire contest for digital clock makers. Keith Bayern won with his clock made only of transistors and other discrete components, with no integrated circuits. To find out more about Keith's clock go to www.transistor-clock .com.

Related: 08, 2008, clock, contest, digital, diy, electronics, fair, faire, gadget, ieee, maker, mateo, san, spectrum, transistor

Future Combat Systems at Fort Bliss Future Combat Systems at Fort Bliss
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Video duration: 76 seconds

Preview of IEEE Spectrum video story on demonstration of technology at Fort Bliss, Texas.

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Maker Faire: Life Size Mouse Trap Maker Faire: Life Size Mouse Trap
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Video duration: 183 seconds

It's hard enough to get the mouse trap to work right in the board game, but the San Francisco crew at Maker Faire managed to pull it off on a human scale several times over the weekend. The rig apparently took 10 years to build.

Related: faire, giant, life, maker, mark, mouse, perez, size, trap

Maker Faire 2008: Babbage\ Maker Faire 2008: Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2 Replica
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Video duration: 188 seconds

The Computer History Museum was on hand with a working model of Charles Babbage's Difference Engine No. 2. The real device, essentially a mechanical, Victorian-era calculator, will go on display next week.

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Maker Faire: Sashimi Tabernacle Choir Art Car Maker Faire: Sashimi Tabernacle Choir Art Car
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Video duration: 234 seconds

It's a Volvo with more than 250 singing and dancing lobsters and fish, and was a highlight of the 2008 Maker Faire in Austin, Texas. IEEE Spectrum (www.spectrum.ieee.o rg) talked to co-creator Richard Carter to find out how the whole contraption works. For more, visit www.SashimiTabernacl eChoir.org

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Maker Faire 2008: Microfiche MIDI Controller Maker Faire 2008: Microfiche MIDI Controller
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Video duration: 112 seconds

IEEE Spectrum caught up with Andrew Turley, who had turned an archival tool into a musical instrument. Using a simple photodiode, the keyboard plays notes based on how light the center of the screen is.

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CERN\ CERN's LHC: Engineering the Big Bang
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Video duration: 256 seconds

IEEE Spectrum visited CERN for one last look at the guts of the Large Hadron Collider before it was sealed up.

Related: accelerator, atlas, cern, collider, detector, electronics, engineering, hadron, higgs, ieee, large, lhc, particle, physics, spectrum

The Full Spectrum The Full Spectrum
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Video duration: 246 seconds

Episode 1: Turning thought to action, powering and protecting the Galapagos, & teaching tiny robots to fly

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Robotic Fly Takes Flight Robotic Fly Takes Flight
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Video duration: 190 seconds

Robert Wood's robotic flies are currently featured in MOMA's "Design and the Elastic Mind" exhibit in New York. They're definitely an engineering work of art, as the first insect-sized robots with the ability to lift themselves off the ground(read more at http://www.spectrum. ieee.org/mar08/6017) .

Related: design, elastic, electronics, fly, ieee, insect, mechanics, mind, moma, rober, robot, robotic, sized, spectrum, wood

Highlights from Eyebeam: Untethered Highlights from Eyebeam: Untethered
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Video duration: 102 seconds

For more info, see www.eyebeam.org.

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CES 2008: Ford and Microsoft Show Off Voice-Activated Sync CES 2008: Ford and Microsoft Show Off Voice-Activated Sync
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Video duration: 305 seconds

At Showstoppers @ CES, Ford showed off their Sync system that lets drivers operate their phone and music systems hands-free. Sync works with any bluetooth phone, and any USB based music player: Zune, iPod, or memory stick. IEEE Spectrum hopped in the Ford Focus for a live demo of the system, which can also call 9-1-1 if your airbag goes off.

Related: bluetooth, ces, consumer, demo, electronics, focus, ford, hands-free, ipod, phone, showstoppers, sync, zune