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Soft Touch: Squishy Robots Could Lead to Cheaper, Safer Medical Devices: Scientific Ame... - 0 views

  • Hard robots require a sophisticated feedback mechanism to help them determine how much force to apply during surgery so they do not damage our delicate tissues and organs. Soft robots could take advantage of their rubbery appendages to reduce the likelihood of surgical damage
  • Soft robots can be 3-D printed in a day or two from silicone and other materials that cost about $20.
Ryan Beneck

The 10 Most Weirdly Specific Movie Cliches | NextMovie - 1 views

  • sometimes Hollywood takes it a bit further, hitting us with cliches that are so oddly specific (and frequently divorced from reality) that they make you wonder if they've been written by a random plot-generating robot with limited resources and a tenuous grasp on the human experience.
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    Interesting article about how the art filmmaking tends to repeat itself.
Ryan Beneck

Will We Ever Run Out of New Music? - 0 views

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    Are there a finite amount of songs that can exist? This is an interesting video that looks at the arts in a mathematical way.
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Future Timeline - 0 views

  • Welcome to the future! Below, you will find a speculative timeline of future history. Part fact and part fiction, the timeline is based on detailed research that includes analysis of current trends, long-term environmental changes, advances in technology such as Moore's Law, future medical breakthroughs, the evolving geopolitical landscape and more.
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Why Are Bad Words Bad? - 0 views

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    This is an interesting video about the power and evolution of language.
Ryan Beneck

Connecting the Mind to the Internet | Futurescape - 0 views

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    Is this the future of information distribution?
Ryan Beneck

Consider the Lobster - 0 views

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    This article asks an interesting question: is pain just a physical sensation, or is it emotional? Do other animals feel pain in the same way that humans do?
Ryan Beneck

We Are All Related - 0 views

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    This is a fascinating video that talks about ancestors and distant relatives.
Ryan Beneck

Testing Pyramid Power - 0 views

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    Here is an attempt to test (and disprove) pyramid power. Is it truly possible to test? Popper would argue that this is not a scientific theory. Also, I could not find part 1 of the video.
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False Memories | Through the Wormhole - 0 views

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    I remember seeing this on television a while ago. It is an interesting experiment that reveals flaws in human memory.
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