LightSpace combines elements of surface computing and augmented reality research to create a highly interactive space where any surface, and even the space between surfaces, is fully interactive. Our concept transforms the ideas of surface computing into the new realm of spatial computing. [Via Microsoft Research]
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Apple has been ordered to pay $208.5 million for violating a patent, despite holding a patent on the same technology. The patent, on the Cover Flow system for browsing albums visually, is one of three patents held by Mirror Worlds that Apple was found to have infringed. The others were for the Time Machine backup […]
Holy crap! This guy’s balls must be so massive I’m surprised they aren’t dragging him down to crash on one of those cliffs! [Via noob.us]
ENVISION : Step into the sensory box was created by French media agency Superbien and shown at the last Mobile World Congress. The public was invited to enter the “box” to discover the philosophy behind the 2010 edition of the congress: Transforming the Mobile Experience.
It’s once again the time of year for rewarding some of the most truly remarkable efforts in various fields of science and other research. And no, I don’t mean the Nobel Prizes. I mean the Ig Nobel Prizes. Now in their 20th year, the prizes are awarded by the magazine Annals of Improbable Research. Unlike […]
Sintel is an independently produced short film, initiated by the Blender Foundation as a means to further improve and validate the free/open source 3D creation suite Blender. With initial funding provided by 1000’s of donations via the internet, it has again proven to be a viable development model for both open 3D technology as for […]
A few days ago, we wrote about Samus Aran parading at a burlesque show somewhere in LA, and now, here she is dressed as a bunny. But “why would Samus wear something as ridiculous as bunny ears” I hear you ask. And the answer is: this particular incarnation of Samus Aran is cosplayed by Jessica […]
Warning: clip contains strong language. Gameplay footage starts at 2:45. [Via [H]]
Robot Art? Yes, indeed, you read that right. Starting October 23, 2010, visitors to MASS MoCA in North Adams, MA, are in for a big surprise: a work of art conceived and created without human hands. From designbloom: …diaz’s ‘geometric death frequency—141’, a sculpture made from 420,000 black spheres made and assembled by robotics. the […]