Practical Ninjas
Sensors and Transducers #01 | Functional Elements of Transducers | Learn under 5 min
Sensors and Transducers - Functional Elements of Transducers ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the following video, the functional elements of transducers and sensors...
Curated Video
CompTIA Security+ Certification SY0-601: The Total Course - Industrial Control System (ICS)
ICSs use computing devices to automate tasks in a fast dependable way using Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs). This episode also covers Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA). This clip is from the chapter "Securing...
Science360
Eliciting brain plasticity to keep the body moving
With support from the National Science Foundation's (NSF) Emerging Frontiers of Research and Innovation (EFRI) program, bioengineer Gert Cauwenberghs, of the Jacobs School of Engineering and the Institute for Neural Computation at the...
Science360
Greenstreets Drexel University researchers investigate urban ecosystem improvements
"Greenstreets" are specially engineered vegetated areas, such as medians and traffic islands, with benefits that go beyond beautifying a city's landscape. From managing stormwater to alleviating air pollution, greenstreets can provide...
Science360
NSF supports Array of Things prototype in Chicago - Science Nation
New urban-scale smart city technology acts as a fitness tracker for livability Description: University of Chicago scientists supported by the National Science Foundation (NSF) are collaborating with researchers at the Argonne National...
Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 23
An AI plays matchmaker for social media influencers, a flowerpot keeps the elderly company and a robot performs a backflip. Plus, Michael and Anthony speak with fitness guru Tracy Anderson about technologies that can help us get in...
Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 13
Cameras map out streets for self-driving cars, a keyboard fits into a glove and a robot installs drywall. Plus, Anthony and Michael speak with the startup turning air pollution into liquid fuel. Hosted by venture capitalist Anthony...
Science360
Smart and connected stormwater systems - Science Nation
Affordable sensors dramatically improve aging stormwater community infrastructures to handle flooding, pollution The city of Ann Arbor, Michigan, has turned to engineering research to tackle an issue facing many cities -- aging...
Science360
Small business, big stage: NSF-funded start-ups at CES 2016
The familiar phrase ""wearing your heart on your sleeve"" took on a whole new meaning during the 2016 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas. Wearable health tracking devices broke into full stride and some of them got a head start...
Weatherthings
Weather Things: Hurricane Structure
For their size and impact, hurricanes are often called the greatest storms on Earth. They expend a tremendous amount of energy through the water cycle, and through wind, to maintain the balance of the atmosphere. Known by different names...
Next Animation Studio
Carbon nanotube pencil used to draw sensor circuits
Scientists from MIT have used carbon nanotubes to make a pencil lead, which they then used to draw sensors on paper printed with gold electrodes.
Science360
Critical Zone Observatories help U.S. plan for the future - Science Nation
From treetops to rivers to the bedrock below, there is constant activity going on in what we can think of as the “skin” of our planet. It’s called the critical zone, the active layer of the Earth where life-forms, from microbes to...
Science360
Dropsondes - Work Horses In Hurricane Forecasting
Inside a cylinder that is about the size of a roll of paper towels lives a circuit board filled with sensors. It's called a dropsonde, or ""sonde"" for short. It's a work horse of hurricane forecasting, dropping out of ""Hurricane...
Practical Ninjas
Sensors and Transducers #02 | Displacement Transducers | Resisitive Techniques
Sensors and Transducers - Displacement Transducers - Resistive Technique ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the following video, we will discuss about the displacement...
Science360
Seeing Heat: The Sensory Systems Of Boas, Pythons And Pit Vipers
The goal of this research is to determine the mechanisms underlying predatory and defensive behavior guided by an extraordinarily novel sensor in snakes. Pit vipers, pythons and boas possess special organs that form images in the brain...
EarthEcho International
STEM Career Closeup: Engineering and Science for Observing and Helping the World
Pamela Emch is an engineering fellow with Northrop Grumman in Redondo Beach, CA. Her work is at the forefront of developing new technologies to answer some of our biggest questions about both Earth and space. Pam offers inspiration and...
Science360
NSF Science Now: Episode 16
WIRELESS NETWORK STORY: CALLING FOR HELP MAY SOON GET A LITTLE BIT EASIER FOR THE ELDERLY. ELECTRICAL ENGINEERS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HAVE DEVELOPED A NETWORK OF WIRELESS SENSORS THAT CAN DETECT A PERSON FALLING. THIS MONITORING...
Seven Dimensions
Understanding Crime and Upholding Safety
In this video, retired detective Colin McLaren discusses with Eve Ash how workplaces can be sitting ducks for crimes such as theft, dishonesty and cyberattacks. He advocates ramping up security, investing in the right applications and...
Science360
NEEDLES THAT HIT THE RIGHT MARK
In episode 66, Charlie and Jordan talk about a new sensor that could help anesthesiologists better place needles for epidurals and other medical procedures. Researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology designed and tested...
Science360
New LHC detector technology - Engineering the ATLAS IBL
Scientists and engineers installed a new component in the core of the ATLAS detector--one of two general-purpose detectors at the Large Hadron Collider. This new component, called the Insertable B-Layer, sits merely centimeters from the...
Science360
From This...That! Basic Research to Bridge Sensors
Mehdi Kalantari Khandani at the University of Maryland has created a sensor system that constantly monitors different types of stresses on bridge structures and, when it detects anything unusual, alerts those who need to know. But...
Curated Video
Create a computer vision system using decision tree algorithms to solve a real-world problem : Humans vs. Computers Vision system
From the section: Computer Vision Basics: Part 1. In this section, we’ll cover the basic features of Computer Vision. Computer Vision Basics: Part 1: Humans vs. Computers Vision system
Globalive Media
Beyond Innovation: Episode 18
Opening up opportunities for the world’s unbanked, developing packaging that disposes of itself and sensing health signals hidden in our sweat. Plus, Michael and Anthony discover how artificial intelligence is making it easier to learn...
Science360
Researchers develop modular robots that can autonomously adapt to changing environment.
In this week’s episode, we test a new breed of drones that can navigate without GPS; we explore changing terrain with shapeshifting autonomous robots, and finally, we examine a new 3D bioprinting technique that could someday create...