Humanoid robots, waterbeds, frog hearts, and how we say “food”… just another chat between Scirens Tamara Krinsky, Gia Mora & Taryn O’Neill! This week on #ScirensShow, we get curious about:
-MIT’s HERMES Robotic Project
-The Origin of a New Accent
-Teeny Tiny Robots Made From Frog Cells
Xo,
Gia, Tamara & Taryn
EPISODE NOTES
- MIT’s HERMES Robotics Project: https://biomimetics.mit.edu/research/mit-hermes-project
- Robot Dogs: https://www.theverge.com/tldr/2019/11/8/20954917/robot-dog-pack-frolicking-leaves-mit-mini-cheetah
- “These Are the First Living Robots: Machines Made From Frog Stem Cells”: https://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/robots/a30514544/xenobot-programmable-organism/
- “These Micro-machines Could Repair Our Bodies and Clean Our Oceans”: https://geneticliteracyproject.org/2020/04/10/video-these-micro-machines-could-repair-our-bodies-and-clean-our-oceans/?mc_cid=f589974323&mc_eid=a2cc1f0e89
- UVM Xenobots Announcement: https://www.uvm.edu/uvmnews/news/team-builds-first-living-robots
- Linguists Hear An Accent Begin:https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/linguists-hear-an-accent-begin/
- How America Preserved Shakespeare’s English: http://www.bbc.com/culture/story/20180207-how-americans-preserved-british-english
- Shakespeare Sounded Like a Pirate in OP: https://www.npr.org/2012/03/24/149160526/shakespeares-accent-how-did-the-bard-really-sound
Companion Videos
Make way for Little HERMES, the lightweight bipedal robot:
Honda’s robot Asimo:
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