The ScanPyramids Project will use thermal imaging, drone-mounted scanners and radiographic
muons to create 3D models and hopefully figure out exactly how the pyramids were built.
And research from Ohio University attempting to solve a dinosaur nose mystery - suggests
nasal passages were designed for airflow to cool blood on the way to dino brains.
Vsauce!
Kevin here.
This is Mind Blow.
This acoustic hologram is tractor beam that uses sound.
Developed by researchers at the Universities of Britol and Sussex in collaboration with
Ultrahaptics - it can lift and manipulate objects in mid air.
Acoustic levitation like that mentioned in Mind Blow #50 had previously been hampered
by limited maneuverability but this new system uses 64 miniature loudspeakers emiting high-frequency
sound with controllable output for manipulating levitating objects.
Potential uses include zero-gravity environments for optimizing cell-growth, container-less
transportation to move parts in factories and targeted drug delivery by manipulating
particles inside our bodies.
The hurdles to clear for using this to move people include the amount of power that would
require and not killing them.
Scientists at Lehigh University are controlling fruit flies' heart with lasers.
Optogenetics was first developed to control neurons with light and researchers are applying
it to cardiology in an attempt to create a non-invasive pacemaker.
But bringing this to humans would require a great deal of further research including
what type of light to use how to actually deliver that light source.
The vOICe sunglasses are designed to allow blind people to see with sound.
The device translates video to sound with vertical position being frequency, left-right
position to scan time and brightness to loudness.
So for example, dark pixels at the bottom of the video would be heard quietly and with
a low pitch while bright pixels at the top of the video would sound high-pitched and
loud.
The system requires sensory substitution training and they hope to further develop it by studying
sensory integration in the brain.
Prieto battery is a 3D porous lithium-ion battery.
In development for nearly five years, they recently created the first successful 3D battery
that can be charged, discharged and hold a charge and just announced a partnership with
Intel.
Traditional batteries are two dimensional which limits speed and direction of energy
which causes long charge times and fast discharge.
A three dimensional architecture would increase surface area, allow for multi-dimensional
movement and ultimately lead to fast charging and longer battery life.
Their goal is to have this available by 2018.
Researchers at Okayama University have created a tube-free pneumatic rubber actuator.
The system has no moving parts - it uses electricity during the gas generation stage to create
hydrogen and oxygen gas from water and reverses the process during the gas absorption stage
to simply become water again.
And this gas generator could be used to power soft robots.
The Gest controller looks to replace the keyboard and mouse for augmented and virtual reality.
There’s a race to develop intuitive ways to interact with virtual worlds and the Gest
not only allows for natural gesture controls but also typing.
The first device kits plan to ship in 2016.
Earlier this month, Sharp teased RoBoHoN - the robot smartphone.
It can walk, sit down, dance and features voice and facial recognition.
It’s pretty big and heavy for a smartphone but it’s a robot friend in your pocket.
So yeah.
It’ll be on sale in Japan in 2016.
Finally, Andy Thomas captured various bird sounds and visualized them with particle effects.
I’m gonna leave you with a tensegrity robot climbing up a duct.
And as always - thanks
for watching.