Check out this awesome project by Yelp engineer John Boiles, where he used the kinect to control various characters in Garry’s Mod, a sandbox physics game that allows a player to manipulate objects and experiment with physics using the source engine of a Valve game. Check it out!
Modeled after professor Henrik Scharfe from Aalborg University, Geminoid DK is one of the creepiest and realistic looking humanoid robot we’ve ever seen. It is also the latest version of Hiroshi Ishiguro‘s Geminoid series of ultra-realistic androids. Check him out: [Via]
Sure, the iPad has enviable touchscreen real estate, but Apple can’t compete with this 33-foot behemoth. The University of Groningen in the Netherlands has converted a 3D theater into a 10-meter by 2.8-meter touchscreen using only free and open-source technology. The Reality Touchscreen, which curves 135 degrees along the stage wall of the theater, accepts […]
With the release of the iPad in 2010, and the termendous and unexpected success of this latest Apple innovation, there was no doubt that all of Apple’s competitors would be releasing their own tablets in the near future in order to compete with the iPad. After the first wave of releases and the initial thickening […]
Check out this interesting multitouch space invader concept demo made by the people over at multitouch-barcelona.com. [Source]
The history of computers, from 1938 to 2010, all illustrated via this informative infographic. Enjoy! [Source: Test King]
Wartime notes belonging to the “father of modern computing”, Alan Turing, have been saved from falling into private hands. They’ll now be on display in Britain’s Bletchley Park. That’s particularly appropriate because Bletchley Park is where Turing and others worked to decipher the Enigma encryption system used for German military communication. This successful work is […]
As a grad student, Cynthia Breazeal wondered why we were using robots on Mars, but not in our living rooms. The key, she realized: training robots to interact with people. Now she dreams up and builds robots that teach, learn — and play. Watch for amazing demo footage of a new kids’ game.
There are plenty of words associated with electric cars — environmentally friendly, efficient, responsible — but luxury isn’t one of them. That might be about to change with the news that Rolls-Royce is working on such a car. The company (now owned by German firm BMW) has completed work on a single demonstration car, which […]
This week, NetworkWorld has a fascinating slideshow of Presidential tech firsts. From James Monroe’s ride aboard the steamboat Savannah to Jimmy Carter’s installation of solar panels on the White House to Barack Obama’s battle to keep his beloved Blackberry while in office (a choice that already seems hilariously old-school), the list serves as a reminder that […]