TED Talks
Keith Bellows: The camel's hump
Keith Bellows gleefully outlines the engineering marvels of the camel, a vital creature he calls "the SUV of the desert." Though he couldn't bring a live camel to TED, he gets his camera crew as close as humanly possible to a one-ton...
TED-Ed
TED-Ed: The ethical dilemma of self-driving cars - Patrick Lin
Self-driving cars are already cruising the streets today. And while these cars will ultimately be safer and cleaner than their manual counterparts, they can't completely avoid accidents altogether. How should the car be programmed if it...
TED Talks
TED: Good news in the fight against pancreatic cancer | Laura Indolfi
Anyone who has lost a loved one to pancreatic cancer knows the devastating speed with which it can affect an otherwise healthy person. TED Fellow and biomedical entrepreneur Laura Indolfi is developing a revolutionary way to treat this...
TED Talks
TED: How AI can bring on a second Industrial Revolution | Kevin Kelly
The actual path of a raindrop as it goes down the valley is unpredictable, but the general direction is inevitable, says digital visionary Kevin Kelly -- and technology is much the same, driven by patterns that are surprising but...
TED Talks
TED: The future race car -- 150mph, and no driver | Chris Gerdes
Autonomous cars are coming -- and they're going to drive better than you. Chris Gerdes reveals how he and his team are developing robotic race cars that can drive at 150 mph while avoiding every possible accident. And yet, in studying...
TED Talks
TED: How a driverless car sees the road | Chris Urmson
Statistically, the least reliable part of the car is ... the driver. In 2015, Chris Urmson was head of Google's driverless car program, one of several efforts to remove humans from the driver's seat. He shares fascinating footage that...
TED Talks
Dennis Hong: Making a car for blind drivers
Using robotics, laser rangefinders, GPS and smart feedback tools, Dennis Hong is building a car for drivers who are blind. It's not a "self-driving" car, he's careful to note, but a car in which a non-sighted driver can determine speed,...
TED Talks
TED: These robots come to the rescue after a disaster | Robin Murphy
When disaster strikes, who's first on the scene? More and more, it’s a robot. In her lab, Robin Murphy builds robots that fly, tunnel, swim and crawl through disaster scenes, helping firefighters and rescue workers save more lives safely...
SciShow
What Do You Learn When You Touch the Sun?
Though our Sun is something we can count on to rise and set each day, it also comes with some phenomena that can catch us by surprise: solar winds. To better predict when these winds will travel all the way to Earth, we sent the Parker...
SciShow
How Do Polarized Sunglasses Work?
The useful glare-blocking properties of polarized sunglasses are well-known to just about anyone who goes outside. What isn't so well-known is how they reduce glare in the first place. That answer is deceptively complicated!
SciShow
Your Phone and You: How Your Cell Affects You
For most of us, our bodies are interacting with phones nearly all the time, whether we're looking at screens, listening to music, or carrying them in our pockets. If you are wondering about the health implications of a world filled with...
SciShow
Is There a Safe Way to Use Your Phone and Drive
Using your phone while you're driving isn't a great idea, but people still do it all the time anyway! So why do our brains tell us it's ok to take our attention off the road? Are other distractions, like eating or talking to passengers,...
Bozeman Science
Conservation of Energy
In this video Paul Andersen explains how energy can neither be created nor destroyed but may be transferred. Energy comes in many forms (including chemical, mechanical, light, electrical, and thermal). In AP Chemistry students must be...
Curated Video
Introducing the Safety Cam Car: Preparing Young Motorists for Speed Cameras
The Safety Cam Car ride is a popular children's attraction in the UK, aimed at teaching 3 to 8-year-olds about speed cameras and road safety. Children get to experience driving while receiving interactive safety messages, and even...
Curated Video
Humans Cause Traffic Jams, AI Can Fix Them
Traffic is one of the biggest problems plaguing cities today. Idling cars cause increased emissions, more traffic means more accidents, and it is, of course, annoying. Meet traffic scientist, Dr. Alex Bayen who is working to solve...
Curated Video
World Record Hail: Water Droplet To Wrecking Ball
Have you ever wondered how hail is formed? Or just how big it can get? We learn how the IBHS Research Laboratory is using 3D printers, sophisticated potato guns, a sky-diving chamber, and other state-of-the-art equipment to help unravel...
Great Big Story
The science behind saving lives with sound, Dr. Carryl Baldwin's research
Uncover how Dr. Carryl Baldwin designs crucial car collision alarms at George Mason University.
Curated Video
Factpack: Experience Friction
An interactive demonstration of how friction is created, and its effects. Physics - Forces - Learning Points. A Twig FactPack Film. Open a discussion on what has been already learnt in a topic, or use to grab attention at the start of a...
Bedtime History
Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Robotics For Kids
Learn more about Artificial Intelligence and robotics. Also, topics such as pattern recognition, machine learning, neural networks, self-driving cars, and speech recognition.
Curated Video
Big Ideas - Episode 17 - DARPA Grand Challenge / Driverless Cars
It had long been the idea of road safety experts to have vehicles that were not controlled by drivers, but rather by computers. Automated driving systems that cruise at a set distance from the car in front, park your car for you or steer...
Curated Video
The Rise of Hybrid Cars
It s time for the SUV or Sports Utility Vehicle to move over....now it s the HYBRID s turn. New York s Mayor Michael Bloomberg has announced the entire 13,000 New York taxi cab network would be converted to Hybrid vehicles by 2012.
Curated Video
Driving Into the Future: The Evolution of Car Safety Technologies
Delve into the cutting-edge advancements in vehicle safety, from rigorous crash tests to autonomous driving technologies. This video explores how modern cars are designed to protect passengers during accidents and how emerging...
Curated Video
Building Microservices API in Go - Introduction to Hexagonal Architecture
In this video, we will explore the principles and concepts of hexagonal architecture, including ports and adapters, and how it can be used to design flexible and maintainable applications in Go. This clip is from the chapter "Application...