Posts made in August, 2009

So true. This really is what we do :-)

This video shows some incredible feats of robot dexterity.

As @acroll put it, “Oh look, Skynet just got its hands!”

Here is another example of how open information, spread via the Internet, protected for all by Creative Commons licence, can lead to some very cool and unexpected things…

Check the MakeZine page for the project for more details.

Here is a video of how technology that many people have in their home can be used in ways not intended by the manufacturer. This is interesting, but even more interesting is the wider trend this represents, as Johnny Lee describes – how the Internet and new media formats such as YouTube for video distribution can quickly spread ideas to thousands of people. Not just for persuasive purposes, but to do real good, allowing any teacher or parent to create their own interactive whiteboard using a Wii remote and some cheap hardware. Scientists are already starting to talk about how they can rethink the way research is done for this information-rich, hyper-connected age we live in. It’s really exciting that scientists might finally have a way to directly explain their work to the public without having to go through journalists who don’t always understand the science, or who are encouraged to take the most sensational angle.

Exciting times are ahead, I’m sure …