Rise of the Machines: Close Up Tuesday 13 December

In view of next year's FLL theme on the elderly, you might like to check out 'Rise of the machines' on Close Up 13 December, about the use of a small army of 'healthbots' in NZ's largest retirement village:

Close Up: Tuesday, December 13 (TVNZ On Demand)

Testing the Robotic Hand - Science and Technology Movie

Image from The Future Channel

The Futures Channel: Testing the Robotic Hand

Designing a robotic hand that can match even some of the capabilities of the human hand is an engineering feat. But even that challenge can be met through an application of the basic problem solving strategies that every engineer learns.

Running time 2:46 minutes (You need Flash 9 or better to view this movie)