Demonstration

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See VideoUse Google Earth to explore the solar system

In Google Earth you can navigate the solar system just like you navigate though Earth. It also has images from the Hubble Space Telescope.

01:1020 Aug 2007200048.7
See VideoSodium Acetate Sculptures (Hot Ice)

This experiment demonstrates instant crystallization in a supersaturated solution of Sodium Acetate and water. A second demonstration shows how to make ice sculptures (or pillars) with Sodium Acetate.

02:254 Jun 2007115938.3
See VideoDrinking coffee in space

Dr. Don Pettit demonstrates a zero-gravity coffee cup aboard the International Space Station.

02:4123 Nov 2008105518.1
See VideoDesktop Virtual Reality using the WiiRemote

With a Wii remote and a head mounted sensor bar you can transform your screen into a portal to a virtual environment.

04:4521 Dec 2007102048.0
See VideoCrazy Nuts - Impossible Object Optical Illusion

A simple but mind-boggling optical illusion of the impossible object type. This illusion shows two independently moving nuts that seem to defy the laws of geometry.

00:481 Jan 2010513808.0
See VideoAutonomous Quadrotor Helicopter - Aggressive Maneuvers

A very impressive demonstration of a small autonomous helicopter performing precise aggressive maneuvers - flips, flight through windows, and quadrotor perching.

01:2721 May 2010398228.0
See VideoTouchable Holography

It does not get much more futuristic than this: a demo of holograms one can actually touch. The holographic tactile display uses ultrasound to exert a pressure field - for example, it will exert pressure on the surface of your palm when virtual raindrops fall on it. 

02:3716 Jul 200967767.4
See VideoColor Change Reaction - Periodic Table of Videos

This miraculous looking 'traffic lights' experiment shows a solution changing color (blue, red, green, red, yellow). The color can then be reversed to red through the addition of oxygen, by pouring it into a another container.

04:1122 Feb 201063767.3
See VideoTracking fingers with the Wii Remote

Using an IR led array and some reflective tape, you can track fingers in thin air using the Wii Remote by Johnny Chung Lee, Carnegie Mellon University. The grid software is a custom program written using a C# wiimote library and DirectX.

04:078 Nov 200758627.2
See VideoThe Machine Is Using Us - Web 2.0

A visual explanation / demonstration of Web 2.0 in less than five minutes.

04:3331 Jan 200798687.0
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