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A robot learns how to tidy up after you

(Phys.org) -- Sooner than you think, we may have robots to tidy up our homes.

Electronics / Robotics

created May 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

'Anywhere, anytime' 3D motion capture technology is child's play in Edinburgh

Revolutionary technology that creates 3D computer animations from real-life movements without the need for expensive 3D cameras will be tested by children visiting this year's Edinburgh International Science ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

OrcaM is new kid on block for 3-D data capture

(PhysOrg.com) -- Call it automated photograph station, seven-camera system, 3-D model showcase, or digital reconstruction tool. OrcaM is being described as all these things. Whatever the tag, the "OrcaM" name ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 21, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

Clever math could enable a high-quality 3-D camera for cellphones

When Microsoft’s Kinect -- a device that lets Xbox users control games with physical gestures -- hit the market, computer scientists immediately began hacking it. A black plastic bar about 11 inches wide ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (13) | comments 8 | with audio podcast

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. ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 17, 2011 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (7) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

3D television without glasses

When the boundaries merge between the action and the viewer, television becomes a special experience. Fraunhofer research scientists are optimizing the technologies that make it possible to watch TV in 3D ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Kinect bringing interactive ads to Xbox 360

Microsoft announced Tuesday it will bring interactive ads to Xbox360 consoles using the voice- and gesture-recognizing capabilities of Kinect controllers.

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Microsoft Kinect makes moves on computers

Microsoft on Thursday began letting software developers imbue computers with voice and motion-sensing technology from its Kinect controller for the Xbox 360 videogame console.

Technology / Software

created Jun 17, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

2-D photos spring to 3-D life

You’re interested in purchasing a car you’ve seen on the web. It’s the right make, model and vintage. It seems to be in great shape, and it’s just the right color. The price seems reasonable. So what’s ...

Technology / Software

created Jun 16, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new automated system to monitor potentially dangerous vehicles whilst in motion

A European research project has tested the use of 3D cameras alongside the highways and sensors embedded in the roadside to detect dangerous, overloaded trucks as they move. The system enables a reduction ...

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

A 360 degree camera that sees in 3D (w/ Video)

Surround sight has come to the camera. Inspired by the eye of a fly, EPFL scientists have invented a camera that can take pictures and film in 360° and reconstruct the images in 3D.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 01, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Microsoft scrambling to keep up with Kinect demand

Microsoft said Tuesday that it sold more than 2.5 million Kinect for Xbox 360 devices worldwide in the 25 days after that the gesture-sensing videogame controllers hit the market.

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Microsoft sells one million Kinects in 10 days

Microsoft said it sold one million Kinect motion-sensing controllers for the Xbox 360 videogame console in 10 days and is on pace to sell five million by the end of the year.

Technology / Business

created Nov 16, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Nintendo 3D videogame console to miss Christmas

(AP) -- Nintendo slashed its earnings forecast by more than half Wednesday after announcing that its 3DS game machine, packed with glasses-free 3-D technology, won't be ready to go on sale for Christmas.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

World's smallest animation character shot with smartphone camera and microscope (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The title character in a 90-second film called "Dot" has broken the Guinness World Record for being the smallest stop-motion animation character in a film. The 9-mm-tall Dot (whose head is ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 24, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (14) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report