News tagged with 3d objects
Personal electronics' next revolution: Home printers that make 3-D objects
Just imagine: Instead of sending Grandma a holiday photo of the family for her fridge, you call up the image on your computer monitor, click "print," and your printer produces a three-dimensional plastic model ready for hanging ...
Nov 16, 2011 |
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Holodesk prototype puts life in computers (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- A research project at Microsoft Research Cambridge has brought forth a prototype called Holodesk, which lets you manipulate virtual objects with your hand. You literally "get your hands on" ...
Reach out and touch 3D characters with RePro3D (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Lonely gamers who have felt the pain of being separated by a screen from their favorite personalities now have a way to reach out and touch their game characters, and that new way is RePro3D. ...
Researchers seek to understand the complexity of crumpled paper balls
(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes the simplest of things become complicated and complex when looked at more closely. Gravity is but one example. Another is the mechanics involved in creating a crumpled ball from ...
Queens University students hack Microsoft Kinect to make a 360-degree display
(PhysOrg.com) -- It seems like lately everyone is playing around with the Microsoft Kinect to make something different than the in the box configuration. This time the modifications are coming students at ...
The world's smallest 3D printer
A research project at the Vienna University of Technology (TU Vienna) could turn futuristic 3D-printers into affordable everyday items.
May 17, 2011 |
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Virtual reality you can touch (w/ Video)
Researchers at the Computer Vision Lab at ETH Zurich, Switzerland, have developed a method with which they can produce virtual copies of real objects. The copies can be touched and even sent via the Internet. ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Aug 19, 2010 |
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3-D printing coming in reach of consumers
It may sound like a prop from a sci-fi movie, or some garage inventor's holy grail: a device that converts a computer file into a three-dimensional physical object.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Feb 04, 2010 |
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History in 3D
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three-dimensional computer graphics is moving into museums. Works of art are being digitally archived in 3D, simplifying research into related artifacts and providing the public with fascinating ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Nov 02, 2009 |
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Capturing images in non-traditional way may benefit AF
New research in imaging may lead to advancements for the Air Force in data encryption and wide-area photography with high resolution.
Jul 14, 2009 |
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IBM Creates Software for Holding Face-to-Face Meetings in Virtual Worlds
IBM is making it easier for widely dispersed businesspeople to interact and collaborate without the time and expense of in-person meetings.
Mar 04, 2009 |
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