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Sort by A Shrewdness of Apes (Free subscription) - yesterday - YouTube
Carngie Mellon Computer science professor Randy Pausch passed away this morning, from pancreatic cancer. PITTSBURGH (July 25) -- Randy Pausch, a Carnegie Mellon University computer scientist whose "last lecture" about facing terminal cancer became an Internet sensation and a best-selling book, has died. He was 47. Pausch died early Friday at his home in Virginia, university...
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From Carnegie Mellon: Randy Pausch, the professor at Carnegie Mellon University who inspired countless students in the classroom and others worldwide through his highly acclaimed last lecture, has died of complications from pancreatic cancer. He was 47. Also a Carnegie Mellon alumnus, Pausch co-founded the Entertainment Technology Center and led researchers who ...
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Sort by Wired Science (Free subscription) - 04/17/2008 - YouTube
Randy Pausch's new book, The Last Lecture, shot to number one on several online bestseller lists, including Amazon.com, after it was released last week. Pausch, a terminally-ill Carnegie Mellon computer science professor, became a national celebrity last year after a...
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Sort by Obama HQ (Free subscription) - 06/27/2008 - YouTube
This morning, Senator Obama concluded a two economic tour with an Economic Competitiveness Summit at Carnegie Mellon in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Before the question and answer session began, Barack spoke about some of his experiences over the past fourteen days: For the last three weeks, I've been traveling around the country, talking about how we can change our economy so that it works for...
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Sort by MAKE: Blog (Free subscription) - 06/23/2008 - YouTube
On Johnny Lee's website, he discusses (and shows video off) his latest computer-human interaction research at Carnegie-Mellon using the Wiimote. In the above video, he gives a presentation on different types of flexible, foldable displays using the motion tracking of the Wiimote and IR LEDs (and projection) to simulate the displays. On his page is also a Cambridge video on how to do 3D motion...
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Sort by siimteller (Free subscription) - 06/21/2008 - YouTube
Technology authors Jim McCann and Nancy Pollard (Carnegie Mellon University). They are also the copyright holders of this video. I make it available here only because the authors don't offer a version that you can embed to different sites (and thus spread the word of this amazing technology).
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Sort by anatolie334 (Free subscription) - 02/27/2008 - YouTube
<span >Carnegie Mellon was the final stop on Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates' recent tour of several nationally recognized universities.<br/> <br/>As founder, chairman and former CEO of Microsoft, Gates revolutionized personal computing in the digital information age. His talk
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Sort by [Geeks are Sexy] technology news (Free subscription) - 07/15/2008 - YouTube
Yep, you read that right. A robotic sheep that will mow your lawn while you lie down in the sun sipping a delicious strawberry daiquiri. The Sheep, named Mower, has been designed by Osman Khan, a visiting assistant professor at Carnegie Mellon’s, with Philip K. Dick’s “
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep
” in mind.
The robot features GPS navigation, obstacle...
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Sort by technabob (Free subscription) - 06/18/2008 - YouTube
The girls of Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) are undoubtedly some of the dopest chicks you’ll ever encounter. Not only do they do they possess mad algebraic skillz and could probably kick your ass in World of Warcraft, they have the only finest taste in tech blogs...
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Sort by Hack A Day (Free subscription) - 06/13/2008 - YouTube
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Researchers at Carnegie Mellon University's NanoRobotics Lab have developed
a robot that is capable of running on the surface of a pool of water
. Like their wall climbing
Waalbot
, the Water Runner was inspired by the abilities of a lizard, in this case, the basilisk. The team studied the motions of the basilisk and found morphological features and aspects...
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Sort by Hack A Day (Free subscription) - 06/13/2008 - YouTube
Filed under: robots hacks The Carnegie Mellon NanoRobotics Lab uses external magnetic fields to precisely control their nanosoccer players . The micro robots are just 300x300 micron specs of neodymium-iron-boron permanent magnets that have been laser machined. The working volume is surrounded by five electromagnetic coils. Four coils are used for position while the fifth provides clamping force...
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Sort by designengineeducatio (Free subscription) - 06/11/2008 - YouTube
http://www.designengine.com & http://www.proetools.com :. using Wildfire 4.0 new ISDX with several examples from the bionic labs at Carnegie Mellon University design engine developed a multitude of techniques to model the bionic hand. This video demonstrates index finger manipulations using
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Sort by carnegiemellonu (Free subscription) - 05/26/2008 - YouTube
Professor Randy Pausch made a surprise return to Carnegie Mellon University to deliver an inspirational speech to the Class of 2008 at the Commencement ceremony on May 18, 2008.
Pausch was included in TIME Magazine's 2008 list of the world's 100 most influential people. His book, "The La
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Sort by Medgadget (Free subscription) - 05/29/2008 - YouTube
Researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University have managed to configure an implanted electrode array in the brain of a monkey to control a robotic arm. The Daily Mail is reporting on research published in the journal Nature... Researchers implanted a grid of tiny electrodes into the animals' brains, in the area which controls movement. They then used sophisticated...
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Sort by SpoutBlog (Free subscription) - 05/29/2008 - YouTube
... It sure wouldn’t be “film criticism.” And not just because that’s actually two words. Thornton Mellon (Rodney Dangerfield) in Back to School - As a 30-year-old college student, this is the character I most identified with over the past two years. If only I’d had enough dough to hire Lars von Trier or Hou Hsiao-hsien to write my papers on their respective works. Then again, in Back to School...
