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Evolution of Technology – HQ (Saturn Commercial)

swictech — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 17:09:30 +0000

The evolution of technology, beginning in the early stone age and evolving to the most powerfull technology of all times. Client: SATURN Advertising Agency: scholz&friends, Berlin, Germany (www.sf.com) Creative Director: Oliver Handlos Art Director: James Cruickshank, Michael Hess Copywriter: Felix Fenz, Sebastian Plum, Bastian Engbert Management Supervisor: Uli Schuppach Account Supervisor: Sandra Ortmann, Jürgen Fink TV-Producer: Claudia Knipping, Nina Heyn, Mathis Rekowski Director: Carl Erik Rinsch Executive Producer: Lutz Müller Producer: Tobias Steinhauser dop: Javier Aguirresarobe Postproduction: Alex Grau Charakter-Design: Jeff Julian, Big Lazy Robot Sounddesign: Audioforce

Nano Technology

swictech — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 17:11:07 +0000

Nanotechnology, sometimes shortened to nanotech, refers to a field of applied science whose theme is the control of matter on an atomic and molecular scale. Generally nanotechnology deals with structures 100 nanometers or smaller, and involves developing materials or devices within that size. Nanotechnology is an extremely diverse and multidisciplinary field, ranging from novel extensions of conventional device physics, to completely new approaches based upon molecular self-assembly, to developing new materials with dimensions on the nanoscale, or the scale of nothing, even to speculation on whether we can directly control matter on the atomic scale. There has been much debate on the future implications of nanotechnology. Nanotechnology has the potential to create many new materials and devices with wide-ranging applications, such as in medicine, electronics, and energy production. On the other hand, nanotechnology raises many of the same issues as with any introduction of new technology, including concerns about the toxicity and environmental impact of nanomaterials, and their potential effects on global economics, as well as speculation about various doomsday scenarios. These concerns have lead to a debate among advocacy groups and governments on whether special regulation of nanotechnology is warranted.

Ancient Technology (Part 1)

swictech — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:13:35 +0000

2007 Lecture by Jason Martell

Did you know? Technology.

swictech — Mon, 25 Jan 2010 17:08:43 +0000

This is an amazing video about stuff we never knew. Hope you enjoy! By the way, the song used in the video is "Right Here, Right Now" by Fat boy Slim. Rate, Sub, Comment :D

50 Cent – Ayo Technology ft. Justin Timberlake

swictech — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 17:11:54 +0000

Microsoft NEW Technology Microsoft Surface

swictech — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 17:07:57 +0000

No more Keyboards

Katerine – Ayo Technology

swictech — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:12:22 +0000

Katerine - Ayo Technology

Milow – Ayo Technology

swictech — Tue, 19 Jan 2010 17:09:46 +0000

Speed up your internet connection

swictech — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 18:59:03 +0000

If you want try to Speed up your internet connection, watch this... if any question of this video please contact the video's outhor.

Robots to Fight Autism

swictech — Sat, 11 Apr 2009 09:51:14 +0000

One little yellow robot is a hot contender for cutest medical device

Two years ago, a yellow spongiform robot named Keepon became a minor YouTube sensation when one of its creators programmed it to do a squishy, twisty dance in time to the Spoon song "I Turn My Camera On." The video has garnered more than 2 million hits. Now Keepon's keepers, Marek Michalowski, a Ph.D student in robotics at Carnegie Mellon University, and Hideki Kozima of Miyagi University in Japan, are turning Keepon's attention to a more serious task: to study how children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) interact socially and to see if the robot may be able to help in therapy.

Keepon is just one of the many new robots that researchers are using to study and to help children with ASD. The robots do everything from studying the children's social interactions and their emotional states to drawing them out socially.

Children with ASD often have trouble with the "dance" of body language and facial gestures needed to have successful conversations and social contact with others. Both reading the intentions of others and knowing their own emotions can be a struggle, and children often become stranded both emotionally and socially.

One baby in every 150 born today in the U.S. is diagnosed with ASD. Treatment involves a combination of therapies -- behavioral, educational, physical, occupational, and speech -- that is costly and not always effective. After finding that children with ASD interact more easily with robots than with people, researchers began developing expressive and interactive robots that can assist them in studying and creating effective therapy for the children.

Keepon's gentle boogieing and its simple, innocuous appearance (five inches tall, rubbery, resembling two tennis balls stacked one on top of the other) make it perfect for interacting with socially withdrawn children. Armless and legless and only possessing two eyes and a nose, Keepon expresses itself mainly through its four movements: nodding, turning, rocking and bobbing.

However, Keepon does have a camera behind those eyes and a microphone hidden in its nose. Researchers Michalowski and Kozima have studied preschool children with ASD in Japan and have found that interacting with the robots draws the children into a range of new social behaviors. Videos of those encounters show the children feeding Keepon imaginary food, giving it imaginary medicine when it has a Band-Aid on its head, and protecting it against abuse by other children.

The most striking video shows one girl slowly forging a relationship with the robot. At first she refuses to even directly look at Keepon, but as the days go on, she draws closer to the robot, eventually touching it with a xylophone stick, then her hand. After weeks, she can be seen looking into Keepon's eyes, putting a hat on it, and even giving it a kiss, an action she rarely performed even towards her own ...