Things that are powered by the wind are fascinating. Especially sailing and flying. Every time we go to gasworks park I think of bringing a kite and lifting my GoPro camera up there to take some cool shots. Looking around the web I discovered this is no new idea, and that people are taking amazing [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Technology’
Excited about a new kind of photography (video)
Posted in Randomness, Robotics, tagged inspiring, KAP, kite, kite aerial photography, Photography, Robotics, Technology on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
#VirginVolcanic sounds like a great adventure…. maybe
Posted in Adventure, tagged Adventure, April Fool, Exploration, Technology, Virgin on March 31, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
But I can’t help but notice the date. In a recent post I expressed excitement over the fact that technology is allowing us to go anywhere on the planet. But I was wrong. If you want to dive into a volcano, and really explore the magma below, you’ll need one of these. See Richard Branson’s [...]
50 years = too long.
Posted in Adventure, Aquatics, tagged #DeepSeaChallenge, Challenger Deep, Deep Sea, Exploration, Future, inspirational, James Cameron, Mariana Trench, NOAA, Science, Submarine, Technology, United States on March 25, 2012 | 1 Comment »
As we anticipate James Cameron’s safe return from today’s #DeepSeaChallenge mission, the US is facing a real challenge to maintain access to the deep ocean. The future of our manned submarine program is in worse shape than our space program. As Cameron leads the way to inspire our youth and give America a new technological [...]
Now I see that an unmanned test was made with Cameron’s sub
Posted in Adventure, Aquatics, Robotics, tagged #DeepSeaChallenge, Deep Sea, Mariana Trench, Technology on March 24, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Earlier I figured that the visit to the Challenger Deep site, and no news of a dive, meant that landers were dropped in preparation for Cameron’s final mission. Now I understand, from a few spots of news here and there (this one in particular), that the team ran a test with the vehicle while on [...]
This #DeepSeaChallenge Suspense is killing me
Posted in Adventure, Aquatics, tagged #DeepSeaChallenge, Adventure, Deep Sea, Deep Sea Challenge, Exploration, Ocean, Submarine, Technology on March 22, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
From what I can tell, Cameron and team are on site (or at least very close to the Mariana Trench) and waiting for the weather to allow an attempt. There haven’t been any reports from the ship in a few days, so for all I know they’ve already done it, or tried, and we’re just [...]
Mariana Trench Dive
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adventure, Deep Sea, Exploration, Mariana Trench, Ocean, Submarine, Technology on March 14, 2012 | 3 Comments »
First attempt in half a century… will it happen in the next few weeks?
Musical Robotic Helicopters
Posted in Robotics, tagged James Bond, Quadrotor, Robotics, Technology on February 29, 2012 | 1 Comment »
These guys are having too much fun. The University of Pennsylvania’s GRASP lab has received a lot of press lately for their successful implementation of formation control of mini helicopters in the lab. This is over the top though! Check out this clip of a group of quadrotors playing the James Bond theme song.
A great play by play of the cruise ship disaster
Posted in Aquatics, Robotics, tagged Boat, Costa Concordia, Disaster, Seamanship, Ship, Technology on January 28, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
This film, produced by gcaptain.com, covers each step (according the ship heading, location, and speed) that lead to the disaster of the Costa Concordia. It seems to me that technology could have prevented this. Who knows what the full story is, who made what mistake, or whether equipment failure was involved, but there is an [...]
More Kinect stuff
Posted in Robotics, tagged Kinect, projects, Robot, Robotics, Technology on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
the punchline is – I’m getting one. This is a must have, and something I’m planning to use in an upcoming robotics project. Here’s a great example of a robot that uses the Kinect for both recognizing objects it manipulates and also interfacing with an operator:
Pretty cool use of the Kinect
Posted in Robotics, tagged Kinect, music, Robotics, Technology on January 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
The Kinect is a pretty exciting tool that has grabbed a lot of attention in the robotics community. People are using it to navigate spaces autonomously, recognize objects, and of course read human input (as an interface). In this music video some creative artists used Kinect images (which provide you with a 3D point cloud) [...]
