{"id":16644,"date":"2018-08-28T12:25:47","date_gmt":"2018-08-28T16:25:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16644"},"modified":"2018-08-28T12:25:47","modified_gmt":"2018-08-28T16:25:47","slug":"sci-tech-videos-origami-underwater-robots-tokamak-energy-a-tesla-factory-tour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hobbyspace.com\/Blog\/?p=16644","title":{"rendered":"Sci-Tech videos: Origami Underwater Robots + Tokamak Energy + A Tesla factory tour"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The latest episode of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tmro.tv\/science\/\" target=\"_d\">TMRO:Science<\/a>, a &#8220;Weekly Science and Innovation Show&#8221;, is about &#8220;<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Origami Underwater Robots&#8221;:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Lisa and Jade chat to Brennan Phillips (University of Rhode Island) and Zhi Ern Teoh (Harvard University) about an underwater self-folding polyhedral robot capable of gently capturing ocean creature and releasing them unharmed.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0ffYJpjvnzY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>A TEDx talk by Melanie Windridge of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tokamakenergy.co.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tokamak Energy<\/a> on the possibility of fusion power plants going on line by 2030:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gtmqemcErqY?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>===<\/p>\n<p>Elon Musk gives <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCBJycsmduvYEL83R_U4JriQ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Marques Brownlee<\/a> a tour of the Tesla factory in\u00a0Fremont, California and explains what tasks robots do best and where human workers do best:<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"1600\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/mr9kK0_7x08?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>See also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=MevKTPN4ozw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Brownlee&#8217;s interview with Musk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">=====<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/rcm-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/e\/cm?o=1&amp;p=12&amp;l=ur1&amp;category=primemusic&amp;banner=0EBKCF0TBP7RX7TPW482&amp;f=ifr&amp;linkID=f2f225bb85f1f80a05cfe9bea4e7785f&amp;t=hobbyspace&amp;tracking_id=hobbyspace\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The latest episode of\u00a0TMRO:Science, a &#8220;Weekly Science and Innovation Show&#8221;, is about &#8220;Origami Underwater Robots&#8221;:\u00a0 Lisa and Jade chat to Brennan Phillips (University of Rhode Island) and Zhi Ern Teoh (Harvard University) about an underwater self-folding polyhedral robot capable of gently capturing ocean creature and releasing them unharmed. === A TEDx talk by Melanie Windridge &hellip; 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