http://www.smartplanet.com/videos en-us Copyright © 2011 CBS Interactive, Inc. All Rights Reserved SmartPlanet.com CBS Interactive's SmartPlanet features thought-provoking progressive ideas on diverse topics that intersect with technology, business, and life, and matter to the world at large. Whether you are making technology decisions for your business, or eco-conscious decisions for your home, SmartPlanet will give you the 360° coverage you need to feel informed and connected to the news and information that matters to you. SmartPlanet.com smartplanet.editors@gmail.com SmartPlanet.com After witnessing women in desperate conditions delivering babies in African hospitals, Dr. Laura Stachel knew she needed to help. She and Hal Aronson have designed a solar kit that is portable and permanent and can provide electricity during labor and bi http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0430_WeCareSolar_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 5 Jul 2012 12:03:00 PDT 6360731 182 Electricity,Hospital,SmartPlanet,Healthcare,Gender And Diversity,Human Resources SmartPlanet.com We use bandages to protect our wounds, but what if they could accelerate our recovery? Or better yet, make our injuries hurt less. Procellera bandages accomplish that by creating a tiny electric current. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das explains. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0427_Procellera_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 28 Jun 2012 13:11:00 PDT 6360972 98 Injury,Wound,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com In the hundreds of millions of Asian, Latin American, and African households where water is only available once every week or two weeks, families lose both time and potential income waiting to fill their buckets. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das talks to a f http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0327_NextDropINTV_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 21 Jun 2012 13:12:00 PDT 6356162 257 Family,SmartPlanet,Text Messaging/SMS/MMS,Telephony,Operational Accounting,Personal Finance,Cellular Phones,Consumer Electronics,Personal Technology,Online Communications,Networking,Finance SmartPlanet.com Moms of wee ones are always wishing they had a pair of free hands. The Origami stroller from 4Moms doesn't offer extra limbs, but it does make the dreaded chore of collapsing and unfolding a stroller painless. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das takes it http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0411_Origami_Stroller_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 14 Jun 2012 12:44:00 PDT 6359643 147 Mom,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com Silicon Valley-based Tonic Health is developing software to make medical data collection more patient-friendly. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das sits down with CEO Sterling Lanier for a demo of some of the gamification features inside. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0413_TonicHealthINTV_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 7 Jun 2012 08:20:00 PDT 6358142 363 Software,Patient,Apple iPad,Gamification,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com Looking for ways to keep your kids with short-attention spans, more engaged? You might want to try, Kiwi Crate, a subscription service designed for busy parents. Here's how it works. Sign up for a monthly subscription, and get a box full of crafts d http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0404_KiwiCrateINTV2_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 31 May 2012 12:59:00 PDT 6356235 317 CEO,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com SRI researcher Phil Vahey is studying why many students flounder in math when they enter middle school. SmartPlanet visits the research organization and gets a tutorial on a more visual approach to learning math. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0409_DigitalMath_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 24 May 2012 09:32:00 PDT 6356682 180 Math,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com Whether it is analyzing your heart rate, controlling stress, or tracking your sleep patterns, Silicon Valley-based Azumio is using smartphone technology to give users a better and more accurate picture of your health. SmartPlanet gets a demo from Azumio http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0412_AzumioINTV_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 17 May 2012 09:02:00 PDT 6358139 312 Phone,Smart Phone,SmartPlanet,Smart Phones,Cellular Phones,Handhelds,Consumer Electronics,Personal Technology,Hardware SmartPlanet.com Grabit, a spin-off from research institute SRI International has developed a way for robots to pick up objects using electroadhesion. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das finds out how the technology works. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0509_GrabIt_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 9 May 2012 16:16:00 PDT 6362741 71 SmartPlanet,Robots,Emerging Technologies SmartPlanet.com http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0509_RobotConf2012B_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 9 May 2012 16:07:00 PDT 6362739 197 SmartPlanet.com Robert Full, a professor at University of California at Berkeley, believes that by studying the motion of animals, we can better design robots for search and rescue missions. SmartPlanet visits his lab to look at its robot, Tailbot, and the Agama lizard http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0314_LizardRobots_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 3 May 2012 15:00:00 PDT 6351241 189 Search And Rescue,SmartPlanet,Robots,Emerging Technologies SmartPlanet.com At the Silicon Valley-based company, CEO Matt Bell and co-founders Dave Gausebeck and Mike Beebe are developing a consumer-friendly system to capture physical environments into three-dimensional images with the use of a handheld scanner and software. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0502_MatterPort_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 2 May 2012 12:25:00 PDT 6361273 170 Silicon Valley,Co-founder,3D,Tech,CEO,SmartPlanet,Matterport,Handheld Scanner,Scanners,Handhelds,Hardware,Peripherals SmartPlanet.com Laser cutting, machine sewing, wood-working -- they're some of the skills used to build today's latest tech product. And more and more entrepreneurs are getting hands-on training to make their ideas a reality. Mark Hatch, CEO of TechShop, talks http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0330_TechShopINTV_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 26 Apr 2012 15:53:00 PDT 6354655 338 SmartPlanet,Entrepreneurship,Training And Certification,Education & Training,Training And Development,Workforce Management,Management,Human Resources SmartPlanet.com We all know that leaving a device plugged in wastes significant amounts of electricity over time. But is anyone motivated enough to unplug all their gadgets and appliances while they're not in use? SmartPlanet's Sumi Das takes a look at a new http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0322_SmartPick_GreenZero_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:31:00 PDT 6352609 105 Device,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com Taking a trip but don't want to drive by yourself? Ride-sharing startup Zimride enables drivers to sell empty seats in their cars. Passengers can buy rides with people already driving to where they want to go. SmartPlanet looks at how the company us http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0326_Zimride_sd_DL.m4v Mon, 9 Apr 2012 08:53:00 PDT 6353427 186 Car,Passenger,Ride,SmartPlanet,Automotive SmartPlanet.com Tony Conrad and Ryan Freitas started About.me as a way to aggregate social media content like Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter into a single hub. Since launching the site, they've grown to more than 1 million users. Now, they are making their site av http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0305_AboutMe_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 5 Apr 2012 12:38:00 PDT 6349180 153 Mobile,Site,Mobile App,App,SmartPlanet,Mobile Security,Social Media,Mobile Applications,Wireless And Mobility,Security SmartPlanet.com At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, chief scientist of the Rocky Mountain Institute talks about strategies to make oil-free automobiles. He believes that cars would be simpler and cheaper to build if they were made out of ultralight materials like http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0329_Cleantech_Lovins_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 29 Mar 2012 11:59:00 PDT 6354495 288 Car,Fiber,SmartPlanet,Network Technology,Networking SmartPlanet.com At the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco, NRG Energy CEO David Crane discusses how smart meters, distributed-solar projects, and plug-in electric vehicles could potentially cause disruptive change in the energy industry. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0327_Cleantech_Crane_sd_DL.m4v Tue, 27 Mar 2012 13:28:00 PDT 6353505 278 Cleantech,Green Technology,Electric Vehicle,SmartPlanet,Plug-in Electric Vehicle,Energy Industry,Sustainability,Automotive SmartPlanet.com SkyLight's eponymous adapter mounts on a microscope and lets users magnify things such as flowers, insects, and pathogens with their smartphone and a microscope. SmartPlanet visits SkyLight co-founders Andy Miller and Tess Bakke to get a hands-on wi http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0229_Skylight_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Mon, 26 Mar 2012 08:40:00 PDT 6348256 156 Microscope,SmartPlanet,SkyLight,Smart Phones,Cellular Phones,Handhelds,Consumer Electronics,Personal Technology,Hardware SmartPlanet.com Let the sun's energy take care of charging your e-reader with this product. Just make sure you don't do what our SmartPlanet team did - crack the Kindle screen while trying to remove it. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0320_Solar_Kindle_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 21 Mar 2012 09:40:00 PDT 6352210 122 Solar Panel,built-In,Amazon Kindle,SmartPlanet,Built-in Solar Panel,E-books & E-Readers,Personal Technology SmartPlanet.com Former Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz has created a subscription-based health care site to help people to keep track of medical records for their loved ones, such as medications, doctor visits, and legal documents. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das sits down http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0315_CareZone_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Tue, 20 Mar 2012 09:45:00 PDT 6351377 404 Jonathan Schwartz,Health Care,SmartPlanet,Vertical Industries,Healthcare,Benefits And Compensation,Human Resources SmartPlanet.com Ford has been able to cut the car manufacturing process in half, from six years to three years, using virtual reality during the design phase. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi Das gets outfitted with the virtual-reality gear and steps inside the machine fo http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0312_Ford_VR_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Mon, 19 Mar 2012 08:21:00 PDT 6351100 240 SmartPlanet.com Healthcare can be difficult to access for rural residents in the developing world. Medic Mobile provides cell phones to health workers loaded with special SIM card-based software to connect them with the people they serve. SmartPlanet correspondent Sumi http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0228_MedicMobile_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 14 Mar 2012 09:31:00 PDT 6347827 265 Health Care,SmartPlanet,Medic Mobile,Vertical Industries,Healthcare,Benefits And Compensation,Human Resources SmartPlanet.com Parkinson's disease is the second-most common neurological disease after Alzheimer's. An estimated 1.5 million Americans suffer from the condition, which causes slowness of movement, tremors, and loss of balance. Physical therapy eases sympto http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0229_ParkinsonsGame_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Tue, 13 Mar 2012 08:53:00 PDT 6348257 191 Game,Patient,Video Game,Video,Therapy,SmartPlanet,Parkinson SmartPlanet.com Sifteo offers a new game platform--requiring you to stack, sort, and shuffle. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das shows how these video game cubes communicate with each other for a novel way to play. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0307_Sifteo_sd_DL.m4v Mon, 12 Mar 2012 08:28:00 PDT 6349760 110 Sensor,SmartPlanet,Sifteo,Games,Personal Technology SmartPlanet.com Apple's Tim Cook and Philip Schiller unveil the company's newest iPad. The device powered by A5X chip, offers a higher-resolution Retina Display, longer battery life, plus 4G LTE. The pricing starts at $499 for a 16GB Wi-Fi model and 4G startin http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0307_iPad_Features_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 7 Mar 2012 14:54:00 PST 6350004 433 4G,Apple iPad,Apple Inc.,Pricing Strategy,SmartPlanet,Cellular Phones,Pricing,Wireless And Mobility,Consumer Electronics,Personal Technology,Marketing SmartPlanet.com Apple's Tim Cook and Eddy Cue show off the company's new Apple TV streaming video box. The new hardware has several updated features, including 1,080-pixel resolution for movies and TV shows and a redesigned user interface. The box will be avai http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0307_AppleTV_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 7 Mar 2012 12:52:00 PST 6349856 197 Streaming Video,Apple Inc.,Apple TV,SmartPlanet,Web Site Development,TVs,Web Technology,Digital Video,Tv & Home Theater,Internet,Personal Technology,Home Entertainment SmartPlanet.com Engineers are in high-demand in Silicon Valley, but their skills are also needed in the developing world. Engineers without Borders is a nonprofit working on projects big and small all over the world. SmartPlanet visits the organization's San Franci http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0123_EngineerswithoutBorders_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Mon, 5 Mar 2012 08:36:00 PST 6340469 170 Engineer,Haiti,SmartPlanet,Vertical Industries,Healthcare,Benefits And Compensation,Human Resources SmartPlanet.com Ever run your washing machine with just 1 or 2 articles of clothing and felt a bit of guilt. Running a load of laundry consumes water & electricity, but a new product can get your clothes clean with a fraction of the water and a bit of elbow grease. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0228_LaundryPod_sd_DL.m4v Tue, 28 Feb 2012 08:47:00 PST 6347686 149 Water,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com International travelers now have a tool to help them communicate better. Vocre, a free translation app for the iPhone and iPad, makes it possible for users to communicate with someone in another language. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das gets a demo from MyLa http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0222_Vocre_sd_DL.m4v Tue, 28 Feb 2012 16:46:00 PST 6346332 207 Mobile,SmartPlanet,Smart Phones,Consumer Electronics,Personal Technology SmartPlanet.com Santa Cruz based Plantronics, makers of wireless headsets, is giving its aging facilities a complete design overhaul. The company's head of human resources, Pat Wadors, shows SmartPlanet how the new working spaces, in addition to being more tech-fri http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0224_Plantronics_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Mon, 27 Feb 2012 08:26:00 PST 6346779 185 Culture,SmartPlanet,Human Capital Management,Wi-Fi,Human Resources,Workforce Management,Wireless And Mobility SmartPlanet.com At Stanford University's Virtual Human Interaction Lab, Professor Jeremy Bailenson has created a thoroughly convincing virtual reality environment. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das tours the lab to find out what technology makes it happen and how VR is http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0215_VirtualHILab_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 23 Feb 2012 08:57:00 PST 6345051 202 SmartPlanet,Virtual Reality,Emerging Technologies SmartPlanet.com It's a heart-stopping moment when a caregiver for an Alzheimer's patient realizes their charge has wandered away. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das looks at new shoes from Aetrex that could help find them. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0221_SmartPick_GPS_Shoes_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 22 Feb 2012 07:50:00 PST 6346175 140 Shoe,Alzheimer's Disease,GPS,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com Imagine turning your pictures into 3D models. Autodesk recently unveiled two pieces of software that allows users to create 3D objects from photos. We go behind the scenes to bring you the ABCs of 3D printing. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0209_Autodesk_sd_DL.m4v Tue, 21 Feb 2012 09:20:00 PST 6343858 134 3D,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com Lugging around a heavy, cumbersome bike lock can be a nuisance, but Kuat aims to solve that. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das tries out their new Bottle Lock. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0209_SmartPick_BikeLock_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 15 Feb 2012 08:49:00 PST 6343857 85 Bottle,Nuisance,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com Ryan Spoon, a VC with Polaris Ventures, co-founded Dogpatch Labs in 2008 as a place to foster innovation for early stage startups. SmartPlanet visits Dogpatch Labs to meet Spoon and hear from Dogpatch's newest entrepreneurs. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0210_DogpatchLabs_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:15:00 PST 6344065 183 Start-up,SmartPlanet,Innovation,Entrepreneurship,Leadership,Strategy,Management SmartPlanet.com http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0207_BackToTheRoots_sd_DL.m4v Mon, 13 Feb 2012 08:38:00 PST 6343051 134 SmartPlanet.com At a press event in Los Angeles, Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk shows off the company's new Model X sport utility vehicle. Musk says the new SUV will use the same electric power train as the Model S full-size sedan. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0210_TeslaX_sd_DL.m4v Fri, 10 Feb 2012 12:20:00 PST 6344063 93 Tesla Motors Inc.,SUV,SmartPlanet,Tesla,Automotive SmartPlanet.com Picking the perfect bunch of roses is no easy task. Pink or red? Organic or conventional? Sumi Das explains why many of the bouquets sent this February 14th may be coated with chemicals. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0203_SmartPick_Flowers_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 8 Feb 2012 08:50:00 PST 6342543 112 Chemicals,Rose,Valentine's Day,SmartPlanet,Sumi Das SmartPlanet.com Today, we browse the web by typing or tapping, pointing and clicking. Tomorrow, we'll point our mobile devices at an object that interests us and information will appear. Sumi Das explains how augmented reality will help museum paintings turn into http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0117_FO_Browsing_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Mon, 6 Feb 2012 08:27:00 PST 6339806 211 Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/opt/include/searchapi/searchapi.document.class.php on line 481, SmartPlanet.com Navigating through the maze of traffic congestion is one of life's biggest headaches. SmartPlanet visits Silicon Valley startup Waze to hear how its app enables drivers to alert one another of road conditions by sharing real-time traffic information http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/120131_Waze_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 2 Feb 2012 09:24:00 PST 6342340 183 Crowdsourcing,SmartPlanet,Social Media SmartPlanet.com Martin Griss, director of Carnegie Mellon Silicon Valley and the Disaster Management Initiative, explains how to build technologies that will make a difference for individuals and their communities. He spoke at NASA's Disaster Resiliency Panel held http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0131_NASA-CMU_CommResil_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 1 Feb 2012 11:26:00 PST 6342236 821 NASA,Carnegie-Mellon University,California,Disaster Management,Mountain View,SmartPlanet,Community Resilience,Disaster Recovery,Data Management SmartPlanet.com Solar panels are being squeezed in all sorts of places lately, even the brims of baseball hats. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das checks out this solar cap that will never leave you in the dark. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0131_SmartPick_SolarCap_sd_DL.m4v Tue, 31 Jan 2012 11:33:00 PST 6342100 105 Solar Panel,built-In,SmartPlanet,Telecom & Utilities SmartPlanet.com HybridCore Homes uses nearly all recycled construction materials to build their houses. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das takes a look at this new paradigm that combines the custom look of stick-built construction with the speed and cost-savings of factory-b http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0127_HybridCoreHomes_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Mon, 30 Jan 2012 08:09:00 PST 6341581 163 House,SmartPlanet,Construction SmartPlanet.com Listen up, cafés. No one wants a cold cuppa, but a piping hot latte can cause some serious damage. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das tests out the SmartLid cup topper which turns a different color depending on how hot the beverage. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0123_SmartPick_LID_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 25 Jan 2012 08:15:00 PST 6340531 117 SmartPlanet,Food & Beverage,Manufacturing SmartPlanet.com Gary Ingram, the golf course superintendent at Oakland Metropolitan is teaching kids about what it means to be better environmental citizens through their program, the Oakland Turf Grass Initiative. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/11s0921_Golf_Kids_sd_DL.m4v Tue, 24 Jan 2012 08:05:00 PST 6303474 188 Superintendent,Golf Course,Ingram Micro Inc.,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com Prefabricated homes conjure up images of uninspired architecture, but Simpatico Homes is constructing sustainable houses out of factory-built modules that are beautifully designed. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das takes a tour of the Simpatico's prototy http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0117_SimpaticoHomes_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Mon, 23 Jan 2012 08:21:00 PST 6339805 185 House,SmartPlanet SmartPlanet.com Modern design takes a sustainable turn with Artek's Shigeru Ban 10-unit System Chair. SmartPlanet's Sumi Das explores the possible configurations of this modular system. http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/12s0117_SmartPick_ArtekChair_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Thu, 19 Jan 2012 08:24:00 PST 6339703 133 , Warning : Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/opt/include/searchapi/searchapi.document.class.php on line 443,,Warning: Invalid argument supplied for foreach() in /var/opt/include/searchapi/searchapi.document.class.php on line 481, SmartPlanet.com New Avenue Homes founder Kevin Casey is rethinking how we live by focusing on multi-generational living, where grandparents, parents, and kids share one piece of land with two homes on it. The parents and kids live in the main house and the grandparents http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/11s1111_NewAvenueHomes_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Wed, 18 Jan 2012 08:56:00 PST 6335544 143 Downsizing,SmartPlanet,Labor Relations,Workforce Management,Human Capital Management,Human Resources SmartPlanet.com Google's Linne Ha travels the world collecting voice samples in more than 26 languages for the company's voice search engine. SmartPlanet visits the company's headquarters in Mountain View, Calif., and looks at an internal application ca http://i.bnet.com/video/itunes/11s1222_GoogleVoice_MIXED_sd_DL.m4v Tue, 17 Jan 2012 10:51:00 PST 6335596 112 Google Inc.,Voice Search,SmartPlanet