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Paul MacCready flie...
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01:23:00 09/26/07

Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career.

Paul MacCready flies on solar wings

Added 09/26/07
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Paul MacCready flies on solar wings

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Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career.

John Maeda: Designi...
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08:38:00 09/20/07

The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.

John Maeda: Designing for simplicity

Added 09/20/07
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John Maeda: Designing for simplicity

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The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.

Paul MacCready flie...
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13:24:27 09/18/07

Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career.

Paul MacCready flies on solar wings

Added 09/18/07
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Paul MacCready flies on solar wings

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Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career.

Paul MacCready flie...
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11:24:27 09/18/07

Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career.

Paul MacCready flies on solar wings

Added 09/18/07
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Paul MacCready flies on solar wings

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Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career.

John Maeda on the s...
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19:48:06 09/10/07

The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.

John Maeda on the simple life

Added 09/10/07
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John Maeda on the simple life

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The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.

John Maeda on the s...
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14:48:06 09/10/07

The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.

John Maeda on the simple life

Added 09/10/07
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John Maeda on the simple life

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The MIT Media Lab's John Maeda lives at the intersection of technology and art, a place that can get very complicated. Here he talks about paring down to basics.

Theo Jansen: My cre...
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10:00:00 09/06/07

Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- ...

Theo Jansen: My creations, a new form of life

Added 09/06/07
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Theo Jansen: My creations, a new form of life

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Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own.

Hod Lipson builds "...
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14:57:58 08/20/07

Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate.

Hod Lipson builds "self-aware" robots

Added 08/20/07
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Hod Lipson builds "self-aware" robots

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Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate.

Theo Jansen creates...
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14:51:07 08/20/07

Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- ...

Theo Jansen creates new creatures

Added 08/20/07
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Theo Jansen creates new creatures

[LESS INFO] 24 VIEWS | ADDED 14:51:07 08/20/07
Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own.

Hod Lipson builds "...
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12:57:58 08/20/07

Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate.

Hod Lipson builds "self-aware" robots

Added 08/20/07
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Hod Lipson builds "self-aware" robots

[LESS INFO] 32 VIEWS | ADDED 12:57:58 08/20/07
Hod Lipson demonstrates a few of his cool little robots, which have the ability to learn, understand themselves and even self-replicate.

Theo Jansen creates...
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12:51:07 08/20/07

Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- ...

Theo Jansen creates new creatures

Added 08/20/07
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Theo Jansen creates new creatures

[LESS INFO] 43 VIEWS | ADDED 12:51:07 08/20/07
Artist Theo Jansen demonstrates the amazingly lifelike kinetic sculptures he builds from plastic tubes and lemonade bottles. His creatures are designed to move -- and even survive -- on their own.

David Bolinsky: Vis...
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08:31:00 07/22/07

Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell.

David Bolinsky: Visualizing the wonder of a living cell

Added 07/22/07
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David Bolinsky: Visualizing the wonder of a living cell

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Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell.

David Bolinsky anim...
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08:32:31 07/16/07

Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell.

David Bolinsky animates a cell

Added 07/16/07
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David Bolinsky animates a cell

[LESS INFO] 33 VIEWS | ADDED 08:32:31 07/16/07
Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell.

David Bolinsky anim...
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06:32:31 07/16/07

Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell.

David Bolinsky animates a cell

Added 07/16/07
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David Bolinsky animates a cell

[LESS INFO] 44 VIEWS | ADDED 06:32:31 07/16/07
Medical animator David Bolinsky presents 3 minutes of stunning animation that show the bustling life inside a cell.

Deborah Gordon digs...
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12:33:20 07/10/07

With a dusty backhoe, a handful of Japanese paint markers and a few students in tow, Deborah Gordon digs up ant colonies in the Arizona desert in search of keys to...

Deborah Gordon digs ants

Added 07/10/07
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Deborah Gordon digs ants

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With a dusty backhoe, a handful of Japanese paint markers and a few students in tow, Deborah Gordon digs up ant colonies in the Arizona desert in search of keys to understanding complex systems.

Deborah Gordon digs...
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10:33:20 07/10/07

With a dusty backhoe, a handful of Japanese paint markers and a few students in tow, Deborah Gordon digs up ant colonies in the Arizona desert in search of keys to...

Deborah Gordon digs ants

Added 07/10/07
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Deborah Gordon digs ants

[LESS INFO] 46 VIEWS | ADDED 10:33:20 07/10/07
With a dusty backhoe, a handful of Japanese paint markers and a few students in tow, Deborah Gordon digs up ant colonies in the Arizona desert in search of keys to understanding complex systems.

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Paul MacCready flies on solar wings
09/26/07

Paul MacCready -- aircraft designer, environmentalist, and lifelong lover of flight -- talks about his long career.