Published on Nov 19, 2012 by linktv
They can dance, check your heart rate, vacuum your room, make dinner, or wash the dishes — all without complaining, or asking for a raise. A new generation of robots not only looks human, but is taking on human tasks. Constantino De Miguel reports from Europe’s largest robotics expedition in Lyon, France, where it’s clear that it’s only a matter of time before robots populate our homes, schools, hospitals, and cities. Earth Focus reports.
Uploaded by TEDtalksDirector on Apr 4, 2011 http://www.ted.com In a moving and madly viral video last year, composer Eric Whitacre led a virtual choir of singers from around the world. He talks through the creative challenges of making music powered by YouTube, and unveils the first 2 minutes of his new work, “Sleep,” with a video choir of 2,052.
Uploaded by EricWhitacresVrtlChr on Mar 21, 2010
COMPOSED AND CONDUCTED BY:
Eric Whitacre
PRODUCED BY:
Scott Haines
TEXT BY: Charles Anthony Silvestri
Representing 12 Countries:
Austria
Argentina
Canada
England
Germany
Ireland
New Zealand
The Philippines
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
United States of America
The 2011 Virtual Choir video features 2052 performances of ‘Sleep’ from 1752 singers in 58 countries, individually recorded and uploaded to YouTube between September 2010 and January 2011. http://virtualchoir.org
Composed and Conducted by Eric Whitacre
Poetry by Charles Anthony Silvestri
Directed by rehabstudio/Cake
Design and Animation by Thiago Maia, David Pocull and Sebastian Baptista
Produced by Christophe Taddei
Audio produced by Floating Earth
Music published by Walton Music
Virtual Choir 2.0 managed by Tony Piper
Eric Whitacre managed by Claire L…
A recent study by the Pew Research Center reveals that, for the first time, Asians outpaced Hispanics as the fastest growing immigrant population in the United States. As VOA’s Kane Farabaugh reports from Chicago, job seekers of South Asian origin make up the bulk of that Midwestern city’s new immigrant community, filling a critical demand for highly skilled technology workers.
Advancing digital technology is bringing major changes to higher education, after upending journalism, the music business, manufacturing and many other industries. In a few cases, this digital revolution means tens of thousands of students can sign up for one class taught by top professors. Experts tell VOA’s Jim Randle, the pace of change in higher education is getting faster, and will affect teaching, student evaluation, and access to knowledge.
QUIRKY AND SHAPEWAYS are putting the tools of manufacturing into the hands of the masses using 3D printers and social networks. New products, designs and fortunes will follow
Many people across the globe have found comfort and companionship in robots. According to some experts, sex robots that look and act like humans will be more common than you think in the next 40 years. Here is our report.
Nov. 1, 2011 – Nearly 150 years ago Charles Darwin used photographs to study how humans use their expressions to show emotion. Now scientists at Cambridge University are using videos, and the power of the internet, to update his experiments. They believe the results could help them develop emotionally-aware computers capable of understanding their users’ emotions. Stuart McDill reports.
Chinese state media has deleted a video from the Internet revealing telltale signs of the People Liberation Army’s cyber attack efforts. Some foreign military and Internet security experts are saying the video indirectly exposes the Chinese regime’s involvement in hacking attacks on US-based websites.
Chinese state-run CCTV has deleted a video episode of the “Military Science and Technology” program from the Internet.
The video called—The Internet Storm is Coming—is on cyber warfare. It explains different kinds of Internet attacks—including an onscreen demonstration on how to launch an attack.
According to a New York Times report published on August 26th, foreign military and Internet security experts are saying the video reveals telltale signs of the People Liberation Army’s cyber-attacks on US-based websites.
The CCTV episode shows software launching a cyber-attack via an invalid IP address belonging to the University of Alabama.
But web experts found the actual target on the onscreen pull-down menu is for American web sites of Falun Gong—a spiritual practice persecuted by the Chinese regime.
The New York Times referred to a China SignPost online story by two military analysts—Andrew Erickson and Gabe Collins. The writers question whether it’s a simulated cyber-warfare demonstration or real hacking software and an actual cyber attack.
According to New York Times, the writers say “It’s significant that an official Chinese state television channel showed even a symbolic representation of a cyber-attack, particularly one on entities clearly located in a foreign sovereign nation.”
Chinese authorities have repeatedly denied any involvement in the hacking of US-based entities.
The telling footage and CCTV deleting the video from the Internet seems to prove otherwise.
Nicholas Bryan, who researches music, computing and design at Stanford University, has developed an app that uses an iPod Touch or iPhone’s accelerometer and gyroscope to detect a DJ’s scratching motion. These sensors aren’t very precise, but because scratching is limited to a circular motion it is easy to extract the centripetal force and thus the rotational velocity of the scratch. The data is then wirelessly transmitted to the DJ’s computer to manipulate its audio playback.
Tuesday’s World Intellectual Property Day celebrates the role of design in the market-place, in society and in shaping the innovations of the future. The music industry in particular has gone to great lengths to combat illegal downloads.
We love their iPhones, iPods and computers but just how much love is Apple giving back to their third-world workers, charitable organisations and iTunes music publishers?
