Technology meets fashion
This is what happens when fashion and technology come together — a look at the DVF Spring 2013 show through the eyes of the models, the designers and Diane von Furstenberg herself. All…
Dancing chromatophores
Music has the ability to get these pigmented cephalopod cells moving to the beat.
Colour-changing robot inspired by octopus
The cephalopod’s impressive camouflage led scientists to create a rubbery new robot.
What makes Paris look like Paris?
Visual data mining of Google identifies cities’ distinctive details.
Snow leopards found in den
Mother snow leopards and their cubs have been filmed in their den in Mongolia’s Tost Mountains for the first time.
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)…
Remembering Ray Bradbury
Ray Bradbury, the absolute master of science fiction, shares some of his memories in this video produced by Expanded Books.
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…
