Canada’s pro continental cycling team – Team SpiderTech – uses a computerized training system to monitor its performance over time.
Subjects: General
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Bonneville Salt Cat
This extreme high-speed machine sets land speed records at the Bonneville Salt Flats with an engine that’s more than 60 years old.
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Fargo Fireworks
The best firework builders on the continent – including the “Wayne Gretzky of fireworks” – gather in North Dakota once a year to compete by lighting up the night sky.
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Aeros Blimp
Aeros is building a more maneuverable blimp the size of a football field that should revitalize the blimp business.
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Wave Glider
The Wave Glider unmanned research vessels are robotic explorers designed to monitor the world’s oceans and accumulate data.
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Custom Aquariums
Looking Glass Aquariums has built a reputation of creating saltwater aquariums in any size, shape or form that can be installed anywhere you like.
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RYNO
The RYNO is part unicycle, part motorcycle, part Segway that Chris Hoffman built at his daughter’s suggestion.
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Hurricane Simulation
Dan visits a hurrican research centre where he’s placed in a wind tunnel to see what it’s like to be caught in a hurricane.
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U-Boat Worx
This Dutch company personal submersibles that allow 2 to 5 people to explore the oceans in a unique way.
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Quadrotor
A high-tech team of students at UC Berkeley have developed a helicopter-like machine that uses learning-based model predictive control to predict where a falling object will land.