Amazing skills on the Glass Harp
Watch the performance by Jamey Turner playing "Ode to joy" on a glass harp. Happy Easter / Holidays to all!
Sand Flea – Jumping Robot
Sand Flea is an 11-lb robot with one trick up its sleeve: Normally it drives like an RC car, but when it needs to it can jump 30 feet into the air. An onboard stabilization system keeps it oriented during flight to improve the view from the video uplink and to control landings. Current development of Sand Flea is funded by the The US Army's Rapid Equipping Force. For more information visit www.BostonDynamics.com.
#moon and #venus in London
Managed to take a couple of pictures of the Moon and Venus from my area in London. I've used my Tamron 80-200mm f/4.5-5.6 Lens and a tripod
I've also taken another one (thumbnail below) which is a bit brighter. There are several objects that can be seen, so the Moon of course, Venus in the top right corner. There is also a moving object which left a trail (a satellite?) plus some greenish blob just on the top left of the moon, not sure what that could be? I've also made a small video.
Repairing an antenna – extreme #climbing
This man surely has a lot of balls to climb so high on an antenna to repair it. I wonder how scary it would be with wind or bad weather!
The last part is mental!
Darth Vader and the Imperial March on Bagpipes and Unicycle
Watch out this awesome guy playing the Imperial March on bagpipes while on his unicycle ...
He calls himself "The UniPiper" and has a facebook page. As the parking lot was not enough for him, he also went for a stroll on the high road ...
10 Hours TechnoViking and other goodies…
I was trying to read some Italian politics articles but I quickly got very very bored and found out something much more interesting and mentally challenging to appreciate. Have a look at 10 Hours of Technoviking, one of my favourites superheroes ...
If you still have another 10 hours left to spare, you can also have a look at 10 Hours Nyan Cat - HD Version, another unmissable masterpiece from you tube. In this one you will find quite good acting, and the sound track surely can compete with classics tracks from Howard Shore or Hans Zimmer for example. If you still have time (and you understand Italian) you can also watch Brunetta and the Report journalist, another masterpiece of the art of deception.
DIY – Extract your DNA
Here you are a cool video which shows how you can extract a DNA strand using an easy method and things that are available in pretty much every household!
Cool isn't it? Now if you have a powerful microscope as well you may want to take a look!
Robot Quadrotors Perform James Bond Theme
Quite impressive video from the University of Pennsylania
Flying robot quadrotors perform the James Bond Theme by playing various instruments including the keyboard, drums and maracas, a cymbal, and the debut of an adapted guitar built from a couch frame. The quadrotors play this "couch guitar" by flying over guitar strings stretched across a couch frame; plucking the strings with a stiff wire attached to the base of the quadrotor. A special microphone attached to the frame records the notes made by the "couch guitar".
These flying quadrotors are completely autonomous, meaning humans are not controlling them; rather they are controlled by a computer programed with instructions to play the instruments.
Penn's School of Engineering and Applied Science is home to some of the most innovative robotics research on the planet, much of it coming out of the General Robotics, Automation, Sensing and Perception (GRASP) Lab.
This video premiered at the TED2012 Conference in Long Beach, California on February 29, 2012. Deputy Dean for Education and GRASP lab member Vijay Kumar presented some of this groundbreaking work at the TED2012 conference, an international gathering of people and ideas from technology, entertainment, and design.
The engineers from Penn, Daniel Mellinger and Alex Kushleyev, have formed a company called KMel Robotics that will design and market these quadrotors.
More information: http://www.upenn.edu/spotlights/penn-quadrotors-ted
Video Produced and Directed by Kurtis Sensenig
Quadrotors and Instruments by Daniel Mellinger, Alex Kushleyev and Vijay Kumar
Soundgarden – The Day I Tried to Live #video
One of the best songs of Soundgarden. Have a look at the video!
Lyrics (from the album "Superunknown"):
I woke the same as any other day
Except a voice was in my head
It said seize the day, pull the trigger, drop the blade
And watch the rolling headsThe day I tried to live
I stole a thousand beggar's change
And gave it to the rich
The day I tried to win
I dangled from the power lines
And let the martyrs stretch
SingingOne more time around
Might do it
One more time around
Might make it
One more time around
Might do it
One more time around
The day I tried to liveWords you say never seem
To live up to the ones
Inside your head
The lives we make
Never seem to ever get us anywhere
But deadThe day I tried to live
I wallowed in the blood and mud with
All the other pigsI woke the same as any other day you know
I should have stayed in bedThe day I tried to live
I wallowed in the blood and mud with
All the other pigsAnd I learned that I was a liar
Just like you
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