Search results for interactive multimedia

Environment Oct 20, 2014

Students create interactive tool that tells the story of global change

An innovative project led by Stanford students harnesses the power of first-person and local news stories – presented in an interactive online map – to help people grasp the science of global environmental impacts on ...

Hi Tech & Innovation Oct 14, 2014

Houston: We have a problem...but no worries, our virtual therapist is on it

Hiking in the mountains or lying on the beach are good ways to relieve stress on Earth, but on spaceflights there's no way to get back to nature. Astronauts feeling stressed on long-duration flights, however, may soon find ...

Archaeology Sep 11, 2014

Shark-munching Spinosaurus was first-known water dinosaur

There once was a dinosaur, bigger than a T. rex, that swam with the sharks—and ate them for dinner.

Social Sciences Aug 15, 2014

Digital revolution is changing what it means to be an author, says Stanford professor

Between LOLs, emoticons and 140-character rants, it may seem like digital communication has only served to stunt young people's writing abilities.

Hi Tech & Innovation Jul 4, 2014

Why your next job interview might be conducted by a computer

Milena Head envisions a not-so-distant future in which hiring managers won't need to perform job interviews.

Ecology May 5, 2014

New website engages viewers in herring story

Like a fishing net, a new website, created by a Simon Fraser University archaeologist and a multimedia consultant, captures viewers and draws them into an interactive multimedia window onto Pacific herring's past, present ...

Hi Tech & Innovation Apr 17, 2014

Sound expert works with Imogen Heap on musical gloves project

UWE computer music expert Dr Tom Mitchell is part of the team working to make musician Imogen Heap's pioneering Mi.Mu gestural gloves more widely available. The team has recently started a Kickstarter campaign to develop ...

Internet Mar 7, 2014

Snowden, Assange top bill at Texas tech gathering (Update)

Surveillance. Online privacy. Robots. Food processing. Wearable computers. To get a sense of what's on the minds of the tech industry's thinkers, leaders and tinkerers, it's a good idea to head to Austin, Texas, rather than ...

Hi Tech & Innovation Feb 17, 2014

TU Dresden using Europe's largest interactive display wall for research purposes

Following a very successful testing phase, a high-resolution interactive display wall by Finnish company MultiTouch Ltd. is being used for research and education in one of the labs of the Chair of Multimedia-Technology (Interactive ...

Other Jan 30, 2014

Creating digital maps to help preserve cultural heritage of Russian community

Indigenous communities from Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula are dealing with an issue of great concern – the possible impending loss of the Itelmen language, which, in the community of 4,000, is only spoken by roughly one ...

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