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Concordia's 3-D innovation revolutionizes visual art

What happens when visual art comes into close contact with computer science? Stereoscopic magic.

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Largest flexible color organic light emitting display produced

(Phys.org) -- The Flexible Display Center at Arizona State University announced that it has manufactured the world’s largest flexible color organic light emitting display (OLED) prototype using advanced ...

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created 19 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Teaching tree-thinking through touch

A pair of new studies by computer scientists, biologists, and cognitive psychologists at Harvard, Northwestern, Wellesley, and Tufts suggest that collaborative touch-screen games have value beyond just play.

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created 14 hours ago | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Autonomous-driving Volvo convoy takes road in Spain

(Phys.org) -- In the annals of “whatever happened to that big idea” is the 2009 announcement of road trains linking cars in a convoy, a scheme planned for Europe’s motorways. The lead vehic ...

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created May 29, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

New eyeglasses allow you to adjust prescription yourself

(Phys.org) -- A new kind of eyeglasses is now available from a British company that allows the wearer to adjust the prescription anytime, anywhere, via small thumb-dials on the sides. Called, Eyejusters, the ...

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created May 31, 2012 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (8) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

ShakeID tracks touch action in multi-user display

(Phys.org) -- How do you determine who is doing the touching with a multi-user touch display? Microsoft Research has published a paper that presents a technique for doing so. The researchers make their attempt ...

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created Jun 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Research shows cue-giving robots help students learn

(Phys.org) -- The well-known fact is that humans can teach robots, but the newer turn in educational circles is all about how robots can teach humans. The stepped-up robots are “animated” and "adaptive" agents that ...

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created May 30, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

Company uses Kinect to create a touchscreen out of any surface (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Ubi Interactive has developed a display system that will convert virtually any surface to a touchscreen display using a conventional projector, a Microsoft Kinect device, and proprietary software ...

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created May 28, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Leap Motion creates finger-happy gesture control (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- Developers and end users both have been indicating they are ready to start saying long goodbyes to mouse and keyboard. In this touchscreen generation of mobile users, the big stir among gadget ...

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created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (9) | comments 10 | with audio podcast report

SpotterRF debuts Radar Backpack Kit (w/ Video)

(Phys.org) -- SpotterRF has announced a special radar backpack kit designed to enhance situational awareness for soldiers on the ground. The company says its special radar is designed for warfighters as part ...

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created May 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 13 | with audio podcast report

Google patent sends ring signals to Project Glass

(Phys.org) -- Google's September 2011 patent that was filed for a wearable display device was granted this week, which suggests that its envisioned heads-up display device can be controlled by infrared markers ...

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created May 19, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 8 | with audio podcast report

Researchers develop disposable paper-based touch pads

(Phys.org) -- Today, electronic touch pads are widely found on laptops, tablets, and other computing devices. Less common uses, but gaining in popularity, are book covers and food labels. These and other low-tech ...

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created May 10, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 22 | with audio podcast report

Electric Imp serves up plants-thirsty, lights-on control

(Phys.org) -- Electric Imp wants to revive the dream of All Things Internet with its new device launched this week. Its Imp is able to connect devices to the Internet, where you can monitor and control information ...

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created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Brainput system takes some brain strain off multi-taskers

(Phys.org) -- A research team made up of members from Indiana University, Tufts and MIT and led by Erin Treacy Solovey, a has built a brain monitoring system that offloads some of the computer related activities ...

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created May 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast report

Robotic hand nearly identical to a human one (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- When it comes to finding the single best tool for building, digging, grasping, drawing, writing, and many other tasks, nothing beats the human hand. Human hands have evolved over millions ...

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created Feb 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (30) | comments 8 | with audio podcast feature