Teaching Robots New Tricks Monday, September 29, 2008 An autonomous helicopter performs a slew of tricks using a flight path based on video analysis of the maneuvers. The helicopter automatically adjusts its course during flight to account for changes in wind speed. • Article: Teaching Robots New Tricks  Video by Stanford University Helicopter Project

Craig Mundie's Cloud Vision Thursday, September 25, 2008 Microsoft's chief research and strategy officer discusses ways to transform personal computing. • Article: Craig Mundie's Cloud Vision  Video by Conrad Warre

Building a Self-Assembling Stomach-Bot Monday, September 22, 2008 The team at ETH Zurich tested a single and double magnet setup to see which works better for robotic capsule self-assembly. The hope is to eventually construct a self-assembling, surgical robot that can investigate the intestines. • Article: Building a Self-Assembling Stomach-Bot   Video by Zoltán Nagy, Christina Haupt, and Raymond Oung

Stomach-Bot in Action Monday, September 22, 2008 The modules stay securely linked by the magnets at the ends of the capsules. • Article: Building a Self-Assembling Stomach-Bot   Video by The CRIM Lab of the Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Arianna Menciassi and Paulo Dario

How Obama Really Did It Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Jascha Franklin-Hodge, cofounder and chief technology officer of Blue State Digital, describes how the company helped create and manage Barack Obama's highly successful online social network. • Article: How Obama Really Did It  Video by Conrad Warre

Does the U.S. Need a CTO? Tuesday, August 19, 2008 Mitch Kapor explains why the country needs a CTO. • Article: Does the U.S. Need a CTO?   Video by Greg Tennant

A Secret Tool for the U.S. Swim Team Friday, August 15, 2008 Swimmer Ariana Kukors presses her fingers into a device built to measure the force she generates with her freestyle kick. (She doesn't hold on to anything.) The red vertical line shows the amount of force at a point in time. Kukors's kick is strong and consistent, which is why the wave signal generally has the same amplitude throughout the recording. • Article: A Secret Tool for the U.S. Swim Team  Video by Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Digging a Smarter Crowd Tuesday, July 08, 2008 Digg's new recommendation system relies on the wisdom of crowds. • Article: Digging a Smarter Crowd  Video by Digg/Vimeo/Kevin Rose

Who Owns Your Friends? Monday, June 23, 2008 Social-networking sites are fighting over control of users' personal information. • Article: Who Owns Your Friends?  Video by Robert Brilliant

Your Medical Data Online Monday, June 23, 2008 Google and Microsoft are offering rival programs that let people manage their own health information. • Article: Your Medical Data Online  Video by AMPS/MIT Libraries

Jennifer Chayes Tuesday, April 22, 2008 The director of the new Massachusetts-based Microsoft Research lab wants to use mathematics to design better search engines, recommendation systems, and online auctions. • Article: Jennifer Chayes

The Making of a New Collider Tuesday, April 22, 2008 The biggest physics experiment ever, CERN's new particle accelerator, goes live this summer. • Article: The Making of a New Collider

Taking Apart the Livescribe Pulse Tuesday, April 22, 2008 See the inner workings of the Livescribe Pulse, a computerized pen that gives handwritten notes audio support. • Article: Taking Apart the Livescribe Pulse

Microsoft's Shiny New Toy Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Photosynth is still a work in progress. It is dazzling, but what is it for? • Article: Microsoft's Shiny New Toy

Art Games Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Digital artists are using game technologies to create bold new works. • Article: Art Games

Amazon Kindle Tuesday, February 19, 2008 The online giant hopes it's created the ipod of digital books. • Article: Amazon Kindle

Knee Power Friday, February 08, 2008 A new human-powered generator tries to capture walking energy. • Article: Knee Power

TR10: Reality Mining Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Sandy Pentland is using data gathered by cell phones to learn about human behavior. • Article: TR10: Reality Mining

TR10: Offline Web Applications Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Adobe's Kevin Lynch believes that computing applications will become more powerful when they take advantage of the browser and the desktop. • Article: TR10: Offline Web Applications

TR10: Modeling Surprise Tuesday, February 19, 2008 Combining massive quantities of data, insights into human psychology, and machine learning can help manage surprising events, says Eric Horvitz. • Article: TR10: Modeling Surprise

Electromagnetic Railgun Blasts Off Wednesday, February 06, 2008 A supersonic bullet is fired with a record-breaking 10 megajoules of muzzle energy. • Article: Electromagnetic Railgun Blasts Off

The Building, Digitally Remastered Tuesday, December 18, 2007 In this era, the rectilinear glass box has become a quaint relic of the predigital past. • Article: The Building, Digitally Remastered

Twitter and Ambient Intimacy Thursday, November 15, 2007 How Evan Williams helped create the new social medium of microblogging. • Article: Twitter and Ambient Intimacy

A Smarter Web Thursday, March 01, 2007 New technologies will make online search more intelligent--and may even lead to a "Web 3.0." • Article: A Smarter Web

Soul of a New Mobile Machine Tuesday, May 01, 2007 From conception to buzz, from three-way spring to soft-touch paint: inside the design of a multimedia communications gadget. • Article: Soul of a New Mobile Machine

Touch Screens for Many Fingers Thursday, January 18, 2007 Researchers have bigger plans for multi-touch screens than the novel interface on Apple's iPhone. • Article: Touch Screens for Many Fingers

The Art of the Possible Friday, September 01, 2006 Can Eric Bonabeau's Hunch Engine expand your mind? • Article: The Art of the Possible