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The Guessing Game - June 25, 2010
Physicists shared their tips for making a better educated guess when it comes to mathematical estimations. For example, the common contest of guessing the number of jelly beans in a jar is not best approached by attempting to count every visible jelly bean. Instead, experts suggest counting the number of beans in one row and then multiplying that by the number of layers in the jar. A broader approach is more effective than getting tied up in the smaller details.
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Phantom Traffic Jams - May 24, 2010
Mathematicians Explain How Traffic Jams Form Without Apparent Cause
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Taking Math to the Streets - May 11, 2010
Mathematicians reveal the hidden math in everyday life, finding numerical patterns in common places like your bathroom tile and backyard fence.
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Science of Speed - December 18, 2009
Fluid Dynamics Engineers Help Potential Olympic Swimmers with Water Flow Technology
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Meet the Hexapod Robot - September 28, 2009
Matt Bunting is an Electrical Engineering student at the University of Arizona. He built his first robot when he was 11 years old. In this video he demonstrates his six legged robot known as a hexapod. He began building this hexapod when he was still in high school. It is controlled by a wireless Playstation controller with motion sensitivity.
Oh and he also wrote the background music.
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Keeping Cool on the ice - July 24, 2009
Scientists Design High Tech Hockey Jersey Using Lasers.
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Robots Helping Stroke Survivors - July 03, 2009
Using fMRI in combination with a robotic device can help monitor the progress of stroke patients' rehabilitation.
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Roboclam to the Rescue - May 08, 2009
Mechanical Engineers designed a robotic clam to mimic the digging motion of the razor clam in nature.
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Doppler Radar Tracking Babies - April 10, 2009
Electrical and Computer Engineers Monitor Baby's Breathing with Doppler Radar
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Dolphins, Bats and Scientists Help the Blind - March 27, 2009
Cognitive scientists and artificial intelligence experts constructed a device that may help the visually impaired by using ultrasonic sounds
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The Plane Truth about Birds - January 16, 2009
A radar system that alerts birds can help prevent collisions
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