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Trying on clothes in a magic mirror

Technology / Engineering

created Aug 26, 2008 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (13) | comments 5

(PhysOrg.com) -- Wouldn’t it be nice if we could shop for clothes without constantly having to try them on in the fitting room? The vision could soon become a reality thanks to the “virtual mirror” presented by Fraunhofer ...





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Humans Do Not Understand Mirror Reflections, Say Researchers

Other Sciences /

created Dec 21, 2005 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (157) | comments 0

Psychologists at the University of Liverpool have found that people still find it difficult to understand how mirrors work.


Learning in the spinning room

Learning in the spinning room

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 01, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Learning from books can be a dry and boring experience for school students. The spinning room, in contrast, is highly entertaining: it combines the real world with virtual 3-D objects and explains science to ...


Hands-off shoe fitting

Hands-off shoe fitting

Technology / Other

created Mar 01, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

A new technology puts an end to the tedious business of buying shoes: Customers can now try on a variety of models in front of a virtual mirror without changing their shoes. They can navigate through the collection ...


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Is Second Life's Economy Too Big To Fail?

Technology / Internet

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (7) | comments 1

One of the more interesting developments in terms of technology is the virtual economy -- and how it translates into something that involves real money.


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Pigs learn to understand mirrors

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (9) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study of domesticated pigs has found that with just a little experimentation they can find food based only on a reflection in a mirror.


Video game Everquest 2 provides new way to study human behavior

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 27, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

A research study by a University of Minnesota computer scientist and colleagues from across the country shows that online, interactive gaming communities are now so massive that they mirror traditional communities.


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3D Display Offers Glimpse of Future Media

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 10, 2008 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (82) | comments 14

(PhysOrg.com) -- The 3D objects in the display box may at first look like a product of smoke-and-mirrors trickery. That impression would be about half right, as a rapidly spinning mirror is one important component ...


Mirror images united: Simultaneous binding of both enantiomers of a drug to an enzyme

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- In the binding pockets of enzymes their natural binding partners fit exactly. The principle by which many pharmacological agents work also relies on the fact that these substances fit exactly into the pockets ...


Virtual reality games could help bullying victims

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- Virtual reality games could help children to escape victimisation and bullying at school, according to researchers at the University of Warwick.


Crushing cigarettes in a virtual reality environment reduces tobacco addiction

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Oct 27, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Smokers who crushed computer-simulated cigarettes as part of a psychosocial treatment program in a virtual reality environment had significantly reduced nicotine dependence and higher rates of tobacco abstinence than smokers ...



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