Browsing the archives for the Invention category
Pleo the robot dinosaur acts like a living pet — exploring, cuddling, playing, reacting and learning. Inventor Caleb Chung talks about Pleo and his wild toy career.
Caleb Chung dreams up toys that interact with children. He’s the inventor of Furby, a talking (and listening) robotic furball that sold some 50 million units in the late ’90s. His newest plaything: Pleo the adorable robot dinosaur.
No Comments Tom Shannon shows off his gravity-defying, otherworldly sculpture — made of simple, earthly materials — that floats and spins like planets on magnets and suspension wire.
On January 30th, the BBC will begin airing a multi-part documentary about the internet and how it has changed the way people interact and communicate and how it’s continual expansion is changing the lives of people today..
It looks really interesting.
I’m looking forward to this series going on air.
The passion of a social entrepreneur in India has created a solution that will dramatically improve the quality of life for countless people.
Design like you give a damn.
A person can make a difference.
A building can make a difference.
A simple idea that can change the world most profoundly.
Synopsis of the video India: Design Like You Give a Damn
Click here to learn more about Cameron Sinclair and Architecture for Humanity.
The passion of one social entrepreneur in Africa has created a solution that will dramatically improve the quality of life for countless people.
A simple idea that can change the world most profoundly.
Kids play - Water pumps
National Geographic Feature on PlayPump Water Systems.
To learn more about the PlayPumps project:
PlayPumps Project Receives Major US Funding
“We get what we celebrate and we are celebrating the wrong things.” - Dean Kamen.
Dean Kamen gives a talk at the 2008 Aspen Ideas Festival.
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Segway inventor Dean Kamen discusses the prosthetic arm his company invented for recent war veterans who had lost limbs.
Dean Kamen also describes three other life-changing heartfelt projects his company has been working on.
Do yourself a favor, take the time to watch all three videos of this talk.
It will touch you and move you.
Discovering what one person has done with technology will touch you and move you.
But the project he describes at the end will inspire you.
NOTE: The YouTube videos only show a shortened version of his talk. The ending of his talk is chopped off. The ending is worth watching.
You can view the complete talk as:
You can also read the complete talk by downloading the transcript in PDF format.
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Robert Lang is a pioneer of the newest kind of origami — using math and engineering principles to fold mind-blowingly intricate designs that are beautiful and, sometimes, very useful.
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Jun 19, 2010 
