Cool tech

The Blackbird - a car that can become any car through CGI.

Big arm - haptic control from your arm to a huge robotic strong arm.

Road printer - insert bricks and it arranges and lays them down on the road.

Tunnel-boring arm can be steered and manipulated into the rock face.

Introducing PhotoScan by Google Photos

Because a snapshot of an old photo from your phone has reflections of the flash, this software combined several snapshots of the old photo into one image.

https://youtu.be/MEyDt0DNjWU

Timelapse: Building the world's biggest ship

I'm watching a show about building the world's biggest ship.

https://youtu.be/vxeREd3s_UE

The steel as described by the naval architect, is the same thickness as a beer can if you scale it down. It's designed to flex as waves pass under it. 

The steel, in places 100mm thick, is described here:

http://www.worldsteel.org/media-centre/Steel-news/Triple-E-Container-Ships.html

It has since been surpassed by a yet bigger ship, though these ships are approaching an absolute maximum - "About 22,500 seems to be the size that people believe is the ultimate. Lack of port access becomes a problem after that stage."

http://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-30696685

Haptic Controller for Backhoe

I don't know why this has taken so long to develop. It's seems so intuitive to me. No need to relearn all the joysticks on a different machine.

https://youtu.be/_R0W0ATEuCM

The concept is explained a little more here.

https://youtu.be/oQ5HzV4doXY

And the engineering that began it all is explained here

https://smartech.gatech.edu/bitstream/handle/1853/4980/frankel_joseph_g_200405_mast.pdf

Coordinated control paradigm for hydraulic excavator with haptic device. 2019

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/333519891_Coordinated_control_paradigm_for_hydraulic_excavator_with_haptic_device

https://re.public.polimi.it/bitstream/11311/1188884/3/Configuring_a_VR_simulator_for_the_evaluation_of_advanced_Human_Machine_Interfaces_for_hydraulic_excavators.pdf

Interactive Dynamic Video

Making objects come to life so you can manipulate them with your mouse.  All based on just a few seconds of video.

https://youtu.be/4f09VdXex3A

World's largest container port.

I was watching a show about the world's largest ship, and they mentioned this port. It's built 30km offshore from Shanghai in order to accommodate the deeper draft of these massive vessels. Have a look at this link with the satellite view. Massive!

https://goo.gl/maps/7NTdk46sEpQ2

Here's a video describing the massive construction project
https://youtu.be/GvK7utRInww

World's largest container port.

I was watching a show about the world's largest ship, and they mentioned this port. It's built 30km offshore from Shanghai in order to accommodate the deeper draft of these massive vessels. Have a look at this link with the satellite view. Massive! I count 65 of those massive gantry cranes.

https://goo.gl/maps/7NTdk46sEpQ2

Here's a documentary about the massive construction project to make it:
https://youtu.be/GvK7utRInww