Chatroulette Speed Painting

Israeli artist Paz Bernstein uses a Wacom tablet to create speed paintings of people that he meets on Chatroulette. This video is a compilation of some of those encounters.


Artist’s Website

Underwater Atomic Explosion Swamps Ship

A presumably abandoned ship near a US nuclear test is swamped by the resulting massive wave. The video is courtesy of Atom Central, a site filled with pictures, videos, and information about nuclear weapons.

Make an Invisible Bottle

A great video explaining how to make a bottle invisible. Cool trick.

Darth Vader Opens The New York Stock Exchange

Today, Darth Vader rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange. He was accompanied by stormtroopers as R2-D2 worked the floor.

The Clever Hamsters Jazz Band

Did you ever think you’d see hamsters playing musical instruments?

Skiing Robot

Bojan Nemec of the Jožef Stefan Institute in Slovenia developed an AI-enabled robot that can maneuver on skis without falling over:

The laptop control center plans the robot’s trajectory, using a camera to measure its distance from the race gates. Gyros and force sensors help the bot stay stabilized on the slopes.

The robot carries a GPS unit, but it’s used to help measure speed, not for trajectory planning. That makes sense, if you’re trying to build a robot that works more like a human, relying on vision.


Source: spectrum.ieee