How do they do artificial diamonds?
Adults TechnologyGemesis diamonds are mostly yellow due to the Nitrogen in the atmosphere getting inside the crystal during the growing process. Apollo diamonds can be created in all colors including colorless depending on how much impurity is introduced in the growing chamber. e.g. add boron to make blue diamonds.
Jobs Official Trailer
Adults TechnologyThe story of Steve Jobs' ascension from college dropout into one of the most revered creative entrepreneurs of the 20th century.
The Pixel Painter
Adults TechnologyHal Lasko, better known as Grandpa, worked as a graphic artist back when everything was done by hand. His family introduced him to the computer and Microsoft Paint long after he retired.
New technology for parking bicycles
Adults TechnologyHere you'll experience the new technology used for parking bicycles ,its stores them underground to make space to park as much of them as possible in a small area of the land, using an electronic card you can put it in and get it back .
Trek the world with Google Maps
Adults TechnologyGoogle is now looking for applicants to help it continue to expand its Trekker efforts. Think you have what it takes?
The World's First Cloud Texting Enabled Raspberry Pi Powered Espresso Machine
Adults TechnologyThis is a video featuring the first ever Raspberry Pi powered espresso machine.
Raffaello D'Andrea: The astounding athletic power of quadcopters
Adults TechnologyIn a robot lab at TEDGlobal, Raffaello D'Andrea demos his flying quadcopters: robots that think like athletes, solving physical problems with algorithms that help them learn. In a series of nifty demos, D'Andrea show drones that play catch, balance and make decisions together -- and watch out for an I-want-this-now demo of Kinect-controlled quads.
FLIP marine research vessel
Adults TechnologyThe FLIP (FLoating Instrument Platform) is a research vessel that can rotate to a vertical position. It is currently owned by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography.
The Global Impact Challenge - A better world, faster.
Adults TechnologyThe Global Impact Challenge supports British non-profits using tech to tackle the world's toughest problems.
All eyes on the S4
Adults TechnologyFind out how people in Zurich used their eyes to win a Samsung Galaxy S4 of their own. It's inbuilt Smart Pause function means the S4 knows when someone is looking at it. The longer a participant stares at the screen, the bigger the discount is. But watch out! The game ends the moment eye contact ends. An S4 was handed out for free after 60 minutes.
GoPro HERO3: Black Edition - Smaller, Lighter and 2X More Powerful
Adults TechnologyThe Wi-Fi enabled HERO3: Black Edition is the most advanced GoPro, ever. No expense was spared during its development, resulting in a GoPro that is 30% smaller, 25% lighter & 2X more powerful than previous models. New resolutions and frame-rates include 4Kp 15, 2.7kp 30, 1080p 60, 1440p 48, 960p 100, 720p 120 and 12MP burst photo capture at 30 fps. Yes, for real.
Windows Project Glass: One day too...
Adults TechnologyMicrosoft released their augmented reality glasses prototype right away...
A Boy And His Atom: The World's Smallest Movie
Adults TechnologyScientists from IBM today unveiled the world's smallest movie, made with atoms. Named "A Boy and His Atom," the movie used thousands of precisely placed atoms to create this ~250 frames stop-motion, first of its kind classic.
How Linux is Built
Adults TechnologyWhile Linux is running our phones, friend requests, tweets, financial trades, ATMs and more, most of us don't know how it's actually built. This short video takes you inside the process by which the largest collaborative development project in the history of computing is organized.
Flyboard
Adults TechnologyWelcome to Rocky Mountain Flyboard, home of the hottest new extreme watersport to hit the Wasatch Front. Whether you want to rocket 45 feet out of the water, swim like a dolphin, or soak the top deck of your group's houseboat at Lake Powell, riding a Flyboard is an experience like none other! Website
How Liquipel Will Make Your Phone Waterproof
Adults TechnologyWe check in with the team at Liquipel, a company that impressed us last year with its water-resistent nano-coating for smartphones. Dunking an iPhone into a tub of water and watching it still work perfectly is still amazing and something our brains struggle to comprehend.
Mystery of Prince Rupert's Drop at 130,000 fps - Smarter Every Day
Adults TechnologyBeing able to calculate the failure front velocity of a Prince Rupert's drop is a pretty big deal. For years this was a scientific mystery. High speed camera technology is only recently fast enough to provide data like this. Thanks to Vision Research for letting me use the V1610 to try to unravel this mystery for the public in general.
3D sound "Holophonics"
Adults Technology3D sound must be experienced with headphones and you must close your eyes Holophonics, by inventor Hugo Zuccarelli is the aural equivalent of visual holography, a technology with the capacity to record sound exactly as it is. Spatial dimension, ambience, emotion, and the living spirit of the source are presented in such a way that our brains have little choice but to tell us that the content of the recording is, in fact, real life. No processing, no special effects, just a pure signal, blended with a healthy dose of genius.
Chicken Head Tracking - Smarter Every Day
Adults TechnologyChickens have a great ability to keep their heads stable. Our bodies use a gyro-like mechanism in our ears which has 3 mutually orthogonal inertial measurement devices. Modern motion processors use something called an Inertial Measurment Unit (IMU). These devices provide movement data which can be used to compensate for the movement. Chickens apparently have the same type mechanism only with a higher update rate.
The Official Ultra-Ever Dry Product Video
Adults TechnologyUltra-Ever Dry is a superhydrophobic (water) and oleophobic (hydrocarbons) coating that will completely repel almost any liquid. Ultra-Ever Dry uses proprietary nanotechnology to coat an object and create a barrier of air on its surface.