Emerging technologies have the potential to impact our health and well being, and we’ll be talking with Ekso Bionics’ Co-founder & CTO Russ Angold and Intuitive Surgical’s Senior Director of Research Catherine Mohr to find out how.
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Filed under: Science
If you truly were terrified during the Seven Minutes of Terror that saw the Curiosity Rover successfully land on Mars, you can blame NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory’s Tom Rivellini. As JPL’s Principal Engineer for Entry Descent and Landing Systems, Rivellini co-invented the sky crane landing system that helped the rover plant its wheels on the red planet. He met with us backstage to discuss the challenges that have been encountered with these feats of engineering, and what he’s currently working on: a new parachute and heat shield system for landing spacecraft carrying humans or larger rovers on Mars. Hit the jump for the full interview on video.
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Filed under: Science
Top honchos of 3D Robotics, Willow Garage and Boston Dynamics (yes, of BigDog fame) join us — and some mechanical pals — to discuss the past, present and future of robotics.
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Filed under: Robots
Lenovo’s ThinkPad line is now 20 years old, and we’re taking sometime to chat with Lenovo execs to discuss what’s made the brand so popular among business-minded folks. In addition, we’ll also take a look at how the outfit has kept the line relevant, and nab an exclusive glimpse of the outfit’s future plans.
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Filed under: Laptops
Toyota is no stranger to the hybrid realm and it has already introduced the fully-electric RAV4 EV SUV. Join us for this session where editor-in-chief Tim Stevens chats up Sheldon Brown, executive program manager of the product development office, Toyota Technical Center, USA, Inc. There’s sure to be some talk of hybrids and EVs — and perhaps a glimpse that what the future holds for us road warriors.
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Filed under: Transportation
We’ll be joined on stage by Toyota’s executive program manager, product development Sheldon Brown to discuss the car’s company’s presence in the hybrid market, and the RAV4 EV, which furthers its focus on electric vehicles.
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Filed under: Transportation
Science fiction? Or science fact? We explore the connection between fantastical technologies of the past and their real world analogs, along with Tekzilla’s Veronica Belmont, Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America’s John Scalzi and Robopocalypse author Daniel H. Wilson.
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You’ve seen plenty about our Insert Coin competitors on this very site — and now it’s time to see them in action. We’ve got some stage time with the finalists, who will be arguing for why they think they deserve that $20,000 grand prize.
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What’s next for television? We’ve got reps from Boxee, TiVo and Sling on hand to discuss the ways in which technology is evolving in the early 21st century.
Filed under: Home Entertainment, HD
Yes, ladies and gents, it’s time to talk mobile. We’ll be sitting down with big wigs from some of the top companies in the space, including HTC’s VP design Scott Croyle, Samsung’s Design America’s head of design studio Miloseski and Sprint’s director of product development Ryan Sullivan.
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile
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