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Ages: 14 - 18
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At TEDxNASA, Dennis Hong introduces seven award-winnning, all-terrain robots -- like the humanoid, soccer-playing DARwIn and the cliff-gripping CLIMBeR -- all built by his team at RoMeLa, Virginia Tech. Watch to the end to hear the five creative secr...ets to his lab's incredible technical success. Dennis Hong is the founder and director of RoMeLa -- a Virginia Tech robotics lab that has pioneered several breakthroughs in robot design and engineering. Robots are often inspired by nature, incorporating knowledge from biology and physics. Run time 16:15.
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July 10, 2010 at 11:40 AM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn -- and play. Watch for a...mazing demo footage of a new interactive game for kids. (14:00)
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May 6, 2011 at 09:25 PM
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Ages: 12 - 18
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America was built by makers -- curious, enthusiastic amateur inventors whose tinkering habit sparked whole new industries. At TED@MotorCity, MAKE magazine publisher Dale Dougherty says we're all makers at heart, and shows cool new tools to tinker wit...h, like Arduinos, affordable 3D printers, even DIY satellites. A technology and publishing enthusiast, Dale Dougherty founded MAKE magazine and created the world's largest DIY festival, Maker Faire. (11:47)
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May 6, 2011 at 10:42 PM
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Ages: 15 - 18
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It takes an entire civilization to build a toaster. Designer Thomas Thwaites found out the hard way, by attempting to build one from scratch: mining ore for steel, deriving plastic from oil ... it's frankly amazing he got as far as he got. A parable ...of our interconnected society, for designers and consumers alike. (10:52)
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May 7, 2011 at 01:23 PM
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Ages: 15 - 18
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Janine Benyus has a message for inventors: When solving a design problem, look to nature first. There you'll find inspired designs for making things waterproof, aerodynamic, solar-powered and more. Here she reveals dozens of new products that take th...eir cue from nature with spectacular results. The solutions to many of our problems have answers already used by living creatures and that can be sustained over time.
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April 14, 2010 at 09:33 PM
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Ages: 13 - 18
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The Inventables guys, Zach Kaplan and Keith Schacht, demo some amazing new materials and how we might use them. Look for squishy magnets, odor-detecting ink, "dry" liquid and a very surprising 10-foot pole. Keith Schacht co-founded Inventables, a ho...thouse for innovation. More recently he's brought us the JobCoin listings board, the Freshwater Venture entrepreneur map, and Facebook's Grow-a-Gift. The video challenges you to look for the unexpected and to change the way you view things. This concept could also be used for a lesson on scientific inquiry. Run time 15:50.
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July 12, 2010 at 10:45 PM
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Ages: 15 - 18
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Eythor Bender of Berkeley Bionics brings onstage two amazing exoskeletons, HULC and eLEGS -- robotic add-ons that could one day allow a human to carry 200 pounds without tiring, or allow a wheelchair user to stand and walk. It's a powerful onstage de...mo, with implications for human potential of all kinds. (06:24)
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May 1, 2011 at 04:58 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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Sebastian Thrun helped build Google's amazing driverless car, powered by a very personal quest to save lives and reduce traffic accidents. Jawdropping video shows the DARPA Challenge-winning car motoring through busy city traffic with no one behind t...he wheel, and dramatic test drive footage from TED2011 demonstrates how fast the thing can really go. (04:14)
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May 1, 2011 at 05:09 PM
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Ages: 14 - 18
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In this first-of-its-kind demo, Heather Knight introduces Data, a robotic stand-up comedian that does much more than rattle off one-liners -- it gathers audience feedback (using software co-developed with Scott Satkin and Varun Ramakrishna at CMU) an...d tunes its act as the crowd responds. Is this thing on?
Heather Knight runs Marilyn Monrobot, which creates socially intelligent robot performances and sensor-based electronic art. (06:00)
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May 7, 2011 at 12:50 PM
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Ages: 11 - 18
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Rather than demo another new technology, Tom Wujec reaches back to one of our earliest but most ingenious devices -- the astrolabe. (11:57)
December 31, 2010 at 03:24 PM
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