A robot that flies like a bird | Markus Fischer

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http://www.ted.com Plenty of robots can fly — but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings. A soaring demo fresh from TEDGlobal 2011.

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Road To Romania with Chris Birch – e6 – Red Bull Romaniacs 2011

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In this episode, it’s the final day and crunch time.

Graham Jarvis still maintains his lead from the first day but Chris is gaining some time on him.

It’s a race to the finish in Sibiu to see who will be crowned the champion of Red Bull Romaniacs 2011.

http://RedBullRomaniacs.com
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MTB Track explanation – Red Bull Joyride 2011 – Crankworx

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This weekend, Red Bull Joyride will be redefining freeride mountain bike riding as we know it in Whistler BC, during the largest mountain bike festival in the world, Kokanee Crankworx. Watch the track explanation here.
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The Keep – “Slow in Reverse” (Western Action!)

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An epic western tale of love, glory, and revenge. Also, hot she-devils and zombies!

A big thanks to Arthur To (http://youtube.com/paperisdelicious) for shooting this piece.

Another huge thanks to Alex Reeves (http://pobstudios.com) for recording and mixing

And Catie Lidstone!

We had an amazing crew as well. Spencer, Amanda, Max, Ivy, Sarah… couldn’t have done it without your help!

And Karina, your presence took the video to the next level!

Thank you everybody!