Machine playing instruments
Who would have thought that machines could ‘play’ instruments. PureTune used an Atari 800XL (organ), HP Scanjet 3P (vocals), Texas Instrument Ti-99/4A (guitar) and a hard-drive powered by a microcontroller (bass drum and cymbal)…
Magnificent Vesta
A new video from NASA shows Vesta’s true colours. Vesta, according to data gathered by the Dawn mission, used to be an ancient planet; had it formed nearer to the Sun, it might…
Remembering Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, the absolute master of science fiction, shares some of his memories in this video produced by Expanded Books.
3D videoconferences
A team of researchers from Queen University, Canada, have developed a 3D cylindrical display called telehuman. The technology, which includes Microsoft kinetic sensors, a 3D projector, a convex mirror and 1.8-metre tall translucent…
Victoria’s orange army
Thousands of Giant Spider Crabs (Leptomithrax gaimardii) congregate in Port Phillip Bay every year before their winter moult.
Ocean pollution detected by robots
Robotic fish have been released in the waters of the port of Gijon, Spain, to detect marine pollution. The intelligent robotic fish developed by SHOAL, a European research project, is capable of detecting…
The after life of a whale
A whale has in interesting after life, as it feeds some deep ocean species. Check out this video directed by Sharon Shattuck and Flora Lichtman.
