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Amazing Robotics

August 24th, 2009 owen No comments

Just a short post today because the videos below don’t need any explanation. I just came across this next video while searching for something else this afternoon. The short video shows an amazing robot hand that can throw, catch, dribble a ball, twirl a pen and more! There is an enormous amount of research and development that has led to this and you may not realise just how hard it is to get a robotic device to do these things, but it is!

Here is the video, hope you enjoy it.

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For more information check out the home site in Japan of the Ishikawa Komuro Laboratory

While on this topic another great robotics company is Boston Dynamics

Here are some videos of their robots: Boston Dynamics Robot Videos

Until next time

Owen

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Innovative Internet Videos

June 27th, 2009 owen No comments

Recently I came across another really innovative educational video that has nothing to do with internet business but everything to do with education, information exchange and presentation and just what can be done with imagination and the right tools.

The following extract explains the video: “Tomas Nilsson, a graphic design student from Linköping University, tells the story of Little Red Riding Hood with animated infographics. The video (below) was inspired by Röyksopp’s Remind Me and has that ever so familiar European electronica music moving things along. Covering topics from grandma’s nutritional value to the aerodynamics of the traveling bus, the video is very tongue in cheek and totally worth the three minutes of your life.”

Have a look, you need sound on as well and just think what can be done with that sort of video. Then compare with the great Common Craft videos I mentioned in the previous blog. Both styles are interesting, innovative, imaginative and engaging. I hope you like this. I wrote about this originally on my old blog but like it so much that I decided to put it here as well, and remember to turn the sound up!


Slagsmålsklubben – Sponsored by destiny from Tomas Nilsson on Vimeo.

To read more go their site: Flowing Data Website”

Recently they added another innovative article, this time entitled: “27 Visualizations and Infographics to Understand the Financial Crisis“.

Now another example of innovative educational video being used for business.

Have you heard of the company: “Common Craft”. They are a small company that develop wonderful training videos that you can watch at home for free, but if you need to use them for business of course there is a fee.

Here are a couple of their videos for your pleasure – simple, clear, effective and very creative.

How does the Internet Work?


How to improve the way you search on the Internet


Aren’t they great?

Here is a link to their website: Common Craft Website

Now what has that all to do with Business?

Looking at those examples, and there are many many more on other sites, probably gives you ideas on how in your business you could present information better, how you could use different types of media or the combination of different types of media to get your message across much more effectively. Whether in a business presentation, a sales presentation or as an educator or trainer. Not only does the information get transferred in a more interesting and clearly innovative way but in a way that enables people to see connections that perhaps they couldn’t see before. If you look at different pieces of data about something such as a product, or a project, or a team performance, or business figures it can be hard to put it all together and see the connections and just how one metric or chart relates to another. But when presented in a new and powerful ways then all sorts of new insights can be gained.

Certainly makes one think doesn’t it?

Enjoy

Owen

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