Spectrum Videos

A Manhattan Project for the Prosthetic Arms Race

Researchers are looking for a way to connect prosthetics directly to the brain

Bug Labs: How an Open Source Gadget Works

How open source software and hardware interact in the Bug.

CES 2008: Bug Labs-Build Your Own Gadget

Bug Labs generated some of the biggest buzz at CES with their infinitely hackable and customizable gadget

CES 2008: Eye-Fi Card for Wireless Photo Uploads

This SD card has built-in Wi-Fi to get photos from your camera to your computer.

CES 2008: Ford and Microsoft Show Off Voice-Activated Sync

Spectrum editors hopped in a Ford Focus for a live demo of Sync.

CES 2008: Ford and Sirius Team Up for In-Car Navigation

Ford's new navigation system uses Sirius to stream information like gas prices, movie times, and weather updates directly to your car.

CES 2008: Herman Miller's C2 Climate Control for the desktop

This device aims to end inter-office temperature squabbles.

CES 2008: The first "Works with iPhone" Speaker and Dock

Altec Lansing unveils the first dock/speaker system designed specifically for the iPhone.

CES 2008: Whirlpool Lets You Geek Out Your Refrigerator

A new docking system allows you to customize kitchen real estate formerly reserved for magnets and school papers.

Crusher Field Demonstration

The Defense Department's autonomous, hybrid electric ground combat vehicle undergoing field trials at Fort Bliss, Texas.

Dean Kamen's Artificial Arm

Segway inventor reinvents the prosthetic arm.

Enjoy the Ride

An animated music video from semicon engineer Rajeev Bajaj that's part of his plan to make engineering hip.

Feeding the Machine

The Institute of Food Research has built the worlds most sophisticated artificial stomach—now it is dinner time.

Five Questions for Inventor Dean Kamen

Kamen talks about the hype of the Segway, robotics and education, and the future of human enhancement.

Flood or Hurricane Protection?: The New Orleans Levee System and Hurricane Katrina

Why was the New Orleans levee system so vulnerable to failure in Hurricane Katrina?

How To Build a Robotic Fly

Robert Woods builds his tiny robots to mimic insect flight.

Katrina Health Aftershocks 1

Part I: The toxins unleashed by Katrina are wreaking havoc two years later

Katrina Health Aftershocks 2

Part II: The health impacts of Katrina are finally becoming apparent

Learning from Katrina

Hurricane Katrina can teach engineers a lot about the unintended impact of technology as well as what can be done to prepare for the next catastrophe. In this video, Denise Wilson introduces a series of videos about the lessons engineers can draw from the Hurricane Katrina disaster.

Learning from Katrina: Search and Rescue Robots for Natural Disasters

Thaddeus Roppel of Auburn University looks at how teams of robots can work together with humans during search and rescue operations.

Maker Faire 2008: Light-Seeking Mouse Robots

Herbie the Mousbot follows a beam of light and senses bumps with its whiskers and tail.

Maker Faire 2008: Spectrum's Digital Clock Contest Winner

How Keith Bayern built a digital clock with almost 200 transistors but not a single integrated circuit.

Maker Faire 2008: The Guitar Zeros

This band uses Guitar Hero controllers to play real music with a range of synthesized sounds.

Maker Faire: DIY Contest Winning Digital Trail Camera

Don Kirk shows off how he uses his DIY trail camera for infrared photography of his backyard wildlife.

Maker Faire: DIY Showcase of Vehicles Harnessing Human Power

Among the pedal powered vehicles at Maker Faire, the huge Big Wheel attracted the most attention.

Maker Faire: Mentos and Diet Coke Demonstration

The You Tube sensations explain and perform their Mentos and Diet Coke experiment.

Maker Faire: Preview of Pleo, the Robotic Dinosaur

A look under the skin of pleo, the robotic toy that's sure to be a hit of the 2007 holiday season.

Maker Faire: The Life Size Mousetrap

The Rube Goldberg contraption from Mousetrap, the board game, takes on epic proportions.

Micro Mosquito Flying Helicoper

The Micro Mosquito flying helicopter is the world's smallest flying helicopter. It retails for under $80.00!

One Web Day: Jimmy Wales, Founder of the Wikipedia Encyclopedia

Jimmy Wales talks about Wikipedia's global impact and its ability to catalogue pick up lines.

Renewable Power for Refugee Camps

Reporter Dean Adams follows the Border Green Energy Team as they install solar panels and microhydro turbines for villages at the Thai-Burma border.

Ride with the Teams at the World Solar Challenge

Solar cars take on the Australian outback in the most grueling eco-race on the planet

Robot Redux: Mindstorms NXT in action

Lego's 2006 overhaul of its Mindstorms system, dubbed Mindstorms NXT, features improved motors, new sensors, and a much more powerul processor.

Robotic Photographers

The Gigapan takes the tedium out of shooting panoramas

Surgeons Got Game

Video games might make surgeons better at their jobs.

The Full Spectrum

Episode 1: Turning thought to action, powering and protecting the Galapagos, & teaching tiny robots to fly

The Full Spectrum: COSMIC Satellites Use GPS to Forecast Weather

Episode 3: How two satellite systems combine to give meteorologists a better view of the atmosphere.

The Full Spectrum: Robot Kit Rundown

Episode 4: Spectrum robotics blogger Mikell Taylor reviews the latest robot kits to find the right one for you or your kids.

The Full Spectrum: Top Tech Cars at the NY Auto Show

Episode 2: Find out why the Jaguar XF, BMW X6, and the Lincoln MKS made this year's list and see them in action

The Rocket-Powered Prosthetic Arm

Vanderbilt engineers trade in batteries for rocket fuel in the robotic arm they are developing for amputees.

Video Game Workout

Researchers have found that video game workouts helps kids get more exercise.

Vision Research Video

Take a peek at the new Phantom high speed camera from Vision Research that shoots 500,000 frames per second