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Saturday, October 15, 2016

TED Talks - FACEBOOK And GOOGLE customize what search results you see.

Point: automated filtering of results by websites can severely limit your view of the world.

https://youtu.be/p6vM4dhI9I8

Wednesday, October 12, 2016

DJI Phantom 4 Obstacle Avoidance: Trees

https://youtu.be/ngTHTbX4fls

Monday, October 10, 2016

F-15 lands with one wing

Wow! Footage of actually managing to land a plane with one wing missing.

https://youtu.be/M359poNjvVA

I thought this would interest you. These little drone remote control helicopters are becoming very popular despite the $1000-and-up price tag. This video illustrates how clever they are becoming. With a single click, the helicopter can visually identify you, determine its position relative to you, and follow you. This video is a little tedious but shows you some glitches when it loses "capture" of the target. The helicopter has sensors to avoid obstacles along the way.

https://youtu.be/FDkWAVs791U

Here is a smoother video showing the end result of a tracking video.

https://youtu.be/WG9wNNX1O9U

When the controller loses communication with the helicopter, it returns to its starting point. It even avoids obstacles as it flies autonomously to its starting point, as this videos demonstrates.

Amazing technology.

Saturday, September 24, 2016

Introducing Google Trips

Cool idea - offline access to destination maps and sights. Other apps have approximated this, but I think this one nails it.

https://youtu.be/ign2GmVEflw

Saturday, September 17, 2016

What Happens When You Put a Hummingbird in a Wind Tunnel? | Deep Look

https://youtu.be/JyqY64ovjfY

Interesting concept, and worrisome.
It represents the day of the year in which humanity enters an ecological deficit spending for that year. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earth_Overshoot_Day

I suppose the curve would move to the right if crop yields could be increased, or vertical farms proliferated near cities, or deserts were farmed and so on.