sockification
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footage of some preliminary results obtained at uc berkeley which were compiled for willow garage039s one-minute pr2 quick start video contest the pr2 is presented with two socks it then classifies each sock as either quotinsidequot or quotoutsidequot and flips accordingly once both socks are in the proper orientation it pairs them team: ping chuan ted wang stephen miller mario fritz trevor darrell pieter abbeel

occupy cal video: police brutally beat arrest berkeley students
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video courtesy: http:wwwyoutubecomusermilesmathews caltv - http:wwwcaltvorg and http:wwwyoutubecomusercaltvinfous police in riot gear have clashed with student protesters at the university of california berkeley after they refused to dismantle their camp tents were erected following a march against tuition fee increases for students - which was part of the broader occupy wall street movement several activists were arrested some were beaten by police with batonsrt on twitter http:twittercomrt_com rt on facebook http:wwwfacebookcomrtnews

myshake earthquake app
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university of california berkeley scientists released a free android app that taps a smartphones ability to record ground shaking from an earthquake with the goal of creating a worldwide seismic detection network that could eventually warn users of impending jolts from nearby quakesfor the full myshake story visit: http:newsberkeleyedu20160212new-app-turns-smartphones-into-worldwide-seismic-networkthe app called myshake will be available to the public friday feb 12 2016 from the google play store and runs in the background with little power so that a phones onboard accelerometers can record local shaking any time of the day or night for now the app only collects information from the accelerometers analyzes it and if it fits the vibrational profile of a quake relays it and the phones gps coordinates to the berkeley seismological laboratory for analysis once enough people are using it and the bugs are worked out however uc berkeley seismologists plan to use the data to warn people miles from ground zero that shaking is rumbling their way an iphone app is also plannedvideo by roxanne makasdjian and stephen mcnallyhttp:wwwnewsberkeleyeduhttp:wwwfacebookcomucberkeleyhttp:twittercomucberkeleyhttp:instagramcomucberkeleyofficialhttps:plusgooglecomberkeley

berkeley ridiculously automated dorm brad
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during my freshman year at uc berkeley i set out to create the most ridiculously automated dorm room in the school ever three months and several hundred dollars later brad has been completedfaqsthat party musicavicii - levels ampamp sebastian ingrosso ampamp alesso - calling w dimitri vegas ampamp like mike - generation xmy screen went crazy during the strobe lights what kind of black magic is thisthe camera records at 2997 fps slower than the frequency of the strobe lightwhy does the motor make my ears bleedit was designed to move drapes up to 35 lbs

2011-12 angel amp venture capital financing overview sponsored by fenwick amp west llp
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the beginning of 2011 saw very strong growth in the level and strength of early stage financings a trend which has continued throughout the year 2011 is being viewed by some as the year of the founderentrepreneur and by others as the year of the quottech bubblequot and excess valuations against this backdrop the vc industry is undergoing profound changes and seedangel funds have become more active than ever before our panel of expert angel and venture capital investors took a look at early stage investing during the past year and what the future investment environment holds speakers:sam angus fenwick ampamp west llp moderatorsteve bengston pricewaterhousecoopershoward hartenbaum august capitaljoe kraus google venturesaydin senkut felicis venturesvideo by http:avconsultantscom

a tale of two protests
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two protests took place on november 9 2011 one was at penn state and the other at uc berkeley interestingly the police responded very differently to each i shot the footage of berkeley at night

pro- and anti-trump protesters clash in berkeley
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as demonstrators took to the streets demanding president trump039s tax returns on saturday marchers in berkeley california got into a series of scuffles police arrested at least four protesterssubscribe to the quotcbsnquot channel here: http:bitly1re2mgswatch quotcbsnquot live here: http:cbsnws1pllpz7follow quotcbsnquot on instagram here: http:bitly1po0dkxlike quotcbsnquot on facebook here: http:onfbme1o3deb4follow quotcbsnquot on twitter here: http:bitly1v4qhiuget the latest news and best in original reporting from cbs news delivered to your inbox subscribe to newsletters here: http:cbsnws1rqhw7tget your news on the go download cbs news mobile apps here: http:cbsnws1xb1wc8get new episodes of shows you love across devices the next day stream local news live and watch full seasons of cbs fan favorites anytime anywhere with cbs all access try it free http:bitly1oqa29b---cbsn is the first digital streaming news network that will a

uc berkeley students occupy wheeler hall
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students refuse to sign pledge to pay individual share of the national debt
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uc berkeley students -- who reject cutting spending -- refuse to sign our petition and pledge to pay their individual share of the national debt they do offer some perplexing ideas however on how we can eliminate our nation039s enormous debt

berkeley officer-involved shooting 12-23-2014
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surveillance video from officer-involved shooting in berkeley missouri this video shows the suspect pointing a gun at the officermore information on the incident:at approximately 11:15 pm on december 23 2014 a police officer with the city of berkeley was conducting a routine business check at the mobile gas station located at 6800 n hanley when he observed two male subjects on the side of the building the berkeley police officer exited his vehicle and approached the subjects when one of the men pulled a handgun and pointed it at the officer fearing for his life the berkeley officer fired several shots striking the subject fatally wounding him the second subject fled the scene the berkeley police department requested the st louis county police department039s crimes against persons unit to handle the investigation st louis county police detectives have recovered the deceased subject039s handgun at the scene at this time i cannot confirm the identity of the deceased subject the investigation is on-going and further details will follow as they become available

austin whitney paralysed student uses exoskeleton technology to walk in his berkeley graduation
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a uc berkeley student who is paralysed from the waist down was able to walk across the stage to receive his diploma this weekend with the help exoskeleton technology four years ago austin whitney was a senior in high school when he got in a drunk driving accident that severed his spinal chord and almost killed his best friend

vision reconstruction
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using hollywood movie trailers uc berkeley researchers have succeeded in decoding and reconstructing people039s dynamic visual experiences the brain activity recorded while subjects viewed a set of film clips was used to create a computer program that learned to associate visual patterns in the movie with the corresponding brain activity the brain activity evoked by a second set of clips was used to test the movie reconstruction algorithm this was done by feeding 18 million seconds of random youtube videos into the computer program so that it could predict the brain activity that each film clip would most likely evoke in each subject using the new computer model researchers were able to decode brain signals generated by the films and then reconstruct those moving images eventually practical applications of the technology could include a better understanding of what goes on in the minds of people who cannot communicate verbally such as stroke victims coma patients and people with neurod

giant ascent: chris sharma free climbs huge redwood w help of scientists
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in a quest to return to his climbing roots and to advance the understanding of californias giant coast redwoods chris sharma recently embarked on an unprecedented free climb in a northern california forest glade using only his hands and feet and protected from falls by a rope and harness sharma collected valuable data from a soaring redwood located in a city park in eureka to measure tree water status as an indicator of how it has been affected by the current severe drought red bull worked closely with two uc berkeley tree biologists in preparing for and executing this project the uc berkeley tree biologists are currently developing funding to evaluate the impact of the current historic drought on redwood trees and forests in the santa cruz mountains near the southern edge of the redwood range a link to their fundraising site can be found here: wingsrgaddonation offer starts 61515 offer ends the earlier of 73115 or when 100000 unique views are reached donations are not tax deductible to you excludes residents of al ma and sc void where prohibited benefiting entity: university of california berkeley foundation the university of california berkley nor its foundation are affiliated with sponsor or endorse this promotion _experience the world of red bull like you have never seen it before with the best action sports clips on the web and original series prepare for your quotstoke factorquot to be at an all time highwatch red bull tv: http:wwwredbulltvwtk=amc143108598322201see into our world: http:googlj49ured bull on facebook: http:wingsredbullfbred bull on twitter: http:wingsredbulltwittersubscribe to red bull on youtube: https:wwwyoutubecomuserredbullsub_confirmation=1get a free subscription to our magazine here us only: http:wingsytfreesign up for our newsletter here: http:wingsredbullnewsletter

why the media is wrong on berkeley protest
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a rally to protest the speech of a right-wing troll on campus got out of hand cenk uygur and ana kasparian the hosts of the young turks tell you why the media is covering this story wrong tell us what you think in the comment section below https:wwwtytnetworkcomgoa scheduled speech by controversial breitbart editor milo yiannopoulos at the university of california berkeley led to violent protests that caused the event to be called off the university saidthe university said fires were set including one caused by a firebomb that ignited a generator-powered spotlight and commercial-grade fireworks were thrown at police nbc bay area showed a group of people grab a metal barricade and smash it against a doorquotthe violence was instigated by a group of about 150 masked agitators who came onto campus and interrupted an otherwise non-violent protestquot uc berkeley said in a statement some people were attacked and police treated six people for injuries the university saidread m

how google drains americas fresh water - the real price of google039s targeted ads
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google drains 15 million gallons of water every day from coastal south carolina aquifers to cool its data center together with its 4 million gallons of tap water withdrawal google is by far the third largest consumer of fresh water resources in the counties surrounding charleston thus google uses increasingly scarce fresh water to cool its goose creek data center in berkeley county only to deliver you targeted advertisements google trades water for marketingmy bitcoin address: 1nmqcqyrzvmbcwweareigx6qzvdtgnd6mxfollow me:https:twittercomthe_hatedone_https:wwwbitchutecomthehatedonehttps:wwwredditcomuserthe_hatedonehttps:wwwmindscomthe_hatedonethe charleston aquifer is is currently non-sustainable because discharge of groundwater exceeds rates of recharge despite dropping water levels google still went ahead to tap into the aquifer further escalating the already alarming downward trends google is not the biggest consumer of fresh water but it is the one that039s mo