TED Talks
TED: How you could see inside your body — with a micro-robot | Alex Luebke, Vivek Kumbhari
Would you swallow a micro-robot? In a gutsy demo, physician Vivek Kumbhari navigates Pillbot, a wireless, disposable robot swallowed onstage by engineer Alex Luebke, modeling how this technology can swiftly provide direct visualization...
TED Talks
Daniel Kraft: Medicine's future? There's an app for that
Daniel Kraft offers a fast-paced look at the next few years of innovations in medicine, powered by new tools, tests and apps that bring diagnostic information right to the patient's bedside.
Curated Video
Revolutionizing Surgery: The Role of Robots in Modern Medicine
The video showcases the use of surgical robots at Guy's Hospital in London, highlighting how robots have become an invaluable tool for surgeons and patients. The video illustrates how robots are revolutionizing the field of surgery,...
TED Talks
TED: My daughter, my wife, our robot, and the quest for immortality | Martine Rothblatt
The founder of Sirius XM satellite radio, Martine Rothblatt now heads up a drug company that makes life-saving medicines for rare diseases (including one drug that saved her own daughter's life). Meanwhile she is working to preserve the...
TED Talks
TED: The incredible potential of flexible, soft robots | Giada Gerboni
Robots are designed for speed and precision -- but their rigidity has often limited how they're used. In this illuminating talk, biomedical engineer Giada Gerboni shares the latest developments in "soft robotics," an emerging field that...
SciShow
Robot Surgeons and 4 Other Medical Advances That Sound Like Sci-Fi
Modern medicine is wonderful, but even in a world where open-heart surgery and brain-scanning headsets sound almost mundane, some medical advances do truly seem like science fiction. From robot-assisted microsurgery to reanimated organs,...
TED Talks
Catherine Mohr: Surgery's past, present and robotic future
Surgeon and inventor Catherine Mohr tours the history of surgery (and its pre-painkiller, pre-antiseptic past), then demos some of the newest tools for surgery through tiny incisions, performed using nimble robot hands. Fascinating --...
Science360
Engineering highly adaptable robots requires new tools for new rules - Science Nation
NSF-funded research aiming to making it easier for humans to work directly with a robotic partner in applications such as physical therapy Description: Northwestern University mechanical engineering professor Todd Murphey and his team...
Curated Video
Revolutionizing Medicine: South African Student Discovers Nanorobot Lubricants
A South African student at the University of the Free State has made a groundbreaking discovery of compounds derived from special yeasts that can be used to lubricate nanorobots. These nanorobots, smaller than ever before, have the...
SWPictures
Cutting-Edge Robotic Surgery: Augmented Reality and Future Advancements
This video showcases the use of robotic surgery and augmented reality in cancer treatment. The video also discusses the future advancements in robotic surgery, including smaller devices and potentially even autonomous movement.
Science360
Creeping Crawling Caterpillars
It's likely one day there will be robots crawling around that look a lot like caterpillars! With funding from the National Science Foundation, Tufts Biology Professor Barry Trimmer is researching the neuromechanics of caterpillars, which...
Curated Video
Robotic Revolution: The Future of Open Heart Surgery
Doctors at the University of California's Cake School of Medicine are revolutionizing open heart surgery with the use of a three-armed robot named Da Vinci. This robotic system allows surgeons to perform surgery with greater precision...
Curated Video
Robotic-Assisted Open Heart Surgery: Advancements in Medical Technology
This video highlights the use of robotic technology in open heart surgery at the University of California's Kick School of Medicine. The Da Vinci Robot System allows surgeons to perform precise and minimally invasive procedures,...
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Women in STEM
Sophia Hahn, Shelita Hall, and Emily Anderson, NASA interns from across the agency, discuss being women in STEM (science, technology, engineering, or math), their journey to work at NASA, and the unique opportunities they have...
SciShow
8 Incredible Things We Can Learn From Octopuses
Octopuses have tons of strange and amazing adaptations that help them live their best lives underwater. And those incredible traits could help us in many ways. Chapters View all 1 SUPER-STRONG SUCTION 1:29 2 HOW TO BUILD ADAPTABLE ROBOTS...
TED Talks
TED: The electrical blueprints that orchestrate life | Michael Levin
DNA isn't the only builder in the biological world -- there's also a mysterious bioelectric layer directing cells to work together to grow organs, systems and bodies, says biologist Michael Levin. Sharing unforgettable and groundbreaking...
SciShow
5 Tiny Bots Inspired by Nature
The creation of tiny robots could enable the exploration of new frontiers, from the tightest spaces in the human body to the most remote ecosystems. Here are 5 little bots that draw inspiration from nature to get the job done.
SciShow
6 Surgical Devices Inspired by Nature
From the sharp mouthparts of mosquitoes to the sticky feet of geckos, researchers have found all kinds of amazing adaptations in the natural world that could be useful in the operating room. Chapters WASPS & TISSUE EXTRACTORS 2:05...
TED Talks
TED: How augmented reality could change the future of surgery | Nadine Hachach-Haram
If you're undergoing surgery, you want the best surgical team to collaborate on your case, no matter where they are. Surgeon and entrepreneur Nadine Hachach-Haram is developing a new system that helps surgeons operate together and train...
TED Talks
Ray Kurzweil: The accelerating power of technology
Inventor, entrepreneur and visionary Ray Kurzweil explains in abundant, grounded detail why, by the 2020s, we will have reverse-engineered the human brain and nanobots will be operating your consciousness.
SciShow
A Brief History of Robotics
Why don’t we have robots taking care of our every need by now? A little history of the field of robotics might help you understand how hard it is to get machines to perform tasks, and how far we’ve come in just a few decades. Hosted by:...
National Geographic
Magnets Control These 3-D Printed Robots | National Geographic
Researchers used 3-D printing technology to embed magnetic microparticles into silicone rubber. By applying magnetic fields, they can make the robots move. In the future, the robots may be deployed inside your body to deliver medicine or...
Crash Course
Revolutions in Science and Tech: Crash Course European History
In the decades following World War II, life changed in many ways, and a fair number of those changes were for the better. Many of those improvements were driven by advances in science and technology, in fields like biology,...
Fun Robotics
Recommendation Systems and Data Analytics
Inroduce the concept of recommender systems in AI and how it is utilized by big companies