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Mask-bot: A robot with a human face

Robotics researchers in Munich, Germany, have joined forces with Japanese scientists to develop an ingenious technical solution that gives robots a human face. By using a projector to beam the 3D image of ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Nov 07, 2011 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (7) | comments 5 | with audio podcast

Dome screen puts Canadian audiences in the action

The audience finds itself inside a giant uterus. Or it flies around cathedral ruins. Or it is transported to a dark, lonely forest.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Nov 03, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Microsoft research shows augmented projectors (w/ video)

Microsoft's Holodesk video was a hit so here's another video from our Microsoft Research team in Cambridge of some similarly cool Kinect related work. ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Nov 02, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

SideBySide projection system enables projected interaction between mobile devices

Researchers at Disney Research, Pittsburgh, and Carnegie Mellon University have devised a system called SideBySide that enables animated images from two separate handheld projectors to interact with each other ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fighter jet training dome shows 360-degree view

(PhysOrg.com) -- The word "simulation" can never be taken lightly in preparing fighter-jet pilots for combat. Training needs to provide simulated experiences that can bring the pilot closer to the scenarios ...

Technology / Engineering

created Oct 16, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 37 | with audio podcast report

Hitachi demos 3D real-world object projector

(PhysOrg.com) -- In a feat of technical wizardry combined with several doses of panache, Hitachi has demoed a 3D projector that can project images onto real-world objects in stunning fashion. For the demo, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 05, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (7) | comments 19 | with audio podcast weblog

Casio shows off bulbless 3D-capable projectors

(PhysOrg.com) -- Casio is currently showing off a line of lamp free projectors, designed for work in corporate and educational settings. The system eliminates the lamp by relying on a system that combines ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0 weblog

FRAVE: Flexible virtual reality system

Product developers, vehicle design engineers and trainee pilots increasingly utilize 3-D worlds, operating in a virtual space created by realistic images in real time. Researchers at the Technische Universitaet ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 31, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

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 ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 19, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

AnatOnMe: Doctor patient communication enhanced with new Microsoft device (w/ video)

(Medical Xpress) -- Microsoft researchers announced this week a new handheld device that they hope will work as an aid for doctors and patients to better communicate injuries and recommended therapy treatments. ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (8) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Pico projector used in eye based video gaming system

(PhysOrg.com) -- Students at the University of Texas in Austen are playing video games. Honestly, that is really not news. Students all over the country are playing video games, usually when they should be studying. In this ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created May 03, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog

New Fujitsu Lifebooks: no optical drive but a projector instead

(PhysOrg.com) -- With the way that the world of mobile devices has opened up in the past few years, as dozens of netbooks and tablet PCs make their way into the market, the optical drive is no longer really ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 22, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2 | with audio podcast weblog

Diffused light control can project in fully lit room

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the Uchida Research Laboratory at Tohoku University, have created a high visibility projector screen that works on the principle of Diffused Light Control (DLC). The long and ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 20, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

Stereolize creates a 234-inch touch screen (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Touch screens are nothing new. The odds are that if you have a smart phone, then you probably have one in your pocket or purse right now. Have you ever seen one that is taller than you?

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 31, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 4 | with audio podcast weblog

3D, 360-degree fog display shown off (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Any fan of Star Trek knows about the joys of the holodeck. The idea of a 3D, 360-degree immersive digital environment, projected on demand, is an enticing one that has thus far been confined ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Mar 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (11) | comments 8 | with audio podcast weblog