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‘Scientists understand only 4% of universe’ (Video Report)

July 29, 2012 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

Photo: Hubble Sees the Needle Galaxy, Edge-on and Up Close. Posted: 07.13.12 SOURCE NASA (Public Domain)

from youtube

Published on Jul 29, 2012 by 

“Despite all the scientific breakthroughs and Nobel Prizes for discoveries, scientists seem to be no nearer to a possible answer to their main question – why did the universe appear? ­RT sat down to talk to Aleksey Filippenko, an American astrophysicist and professor of astronomy at the University of California, Berkeley, CA.

“He was the member of the team that received 2011 Nobel Prize for discovering the dark energy that is speeding up the expansion of the entire universe. And he believes that it could have sprung into existence without any divine help whatsoever” …. Text posted w/video

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Floating robots use GPS-enabled smartphones to track water flow (w/video)

May 17, 2012 / dgcrenshaw / No comments

from Berkeley News Center

By Sarah Yang, Media Relations | May 9, 2012

BERKELEY – A fleet of 100 floating robots took a trip down the Sacramento River today (Wednesday, May 9) in a field test organized by engineers at the University of California, Berkeley. The smartphone-equipped floating robots demonstrated the next generation of water monitoring technology, promising to transform the way government agencies monitor one of the state’s most precious resources. . . . Read Complete Report w/Video

Dig DEEPER: Testing: Direct Guidance

See more video tests of the “Floater Robot”

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Leaping lizards inspire new robot design

January 6, 2012 / dgcrenshaw / One comment

from gizmag.com

Leaping lizards inspire new robot design

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13:53 January 5, 2012

For some time now, scientists have assumed that dinosaurs’ tails didn’t simply drag on the group behind them, but were instead held out to serve as a counterweight for the giant reptiles’ heavy front ends when running. More recently, however, researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, have discovered that modern-day lizards also use their tails to control the orientation of their bodies when leaping through the air. It’s a discovery that could be applied to devices such as search-and-rescue robots, and in fact already has been. Based on their observations, the UC Berkeley team created a small, tailed robot known as Tailbot. . . read complete report

Youtube video: UC Berkeley Leaping Lizard & Robot

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