That’s fine, DoD. Let’s just see what happens next time Galactus comes a-calling; think you can protect “the homeland” all by yourselves?
Sad day for the world of literature: Maurice Sendak has passed away at age 83. Hilariously irreverent until the end, Sendak’s last public appearance was on The Colbert Report, where he gave advice to Colbert on his new children’s book:
A great loss, indeed.
Qumarion 3D modeling mannequin coming soon for $750, still won’t play with your kid (video)Engadget
Trying to get convincing, natural poses out of 3D models can be tricky, so it’s a relief that two Japanese universities’ joint ventures, the University of Electro-Communications’ ViVienne and the University of Tsukuba’s SoftEther, are close to wrapping up work on their posable mannequin. Now called Qumarion, the model formerly known as QUMA uses 32 sensors across 16 body joints to translate the humanoid statue’s pose to the computer screen simply by bending limbs, much like you would the legion of action figures you had when you were eight. Neither you nor your kids will be using Qumarion to storm Fort Barbie anytime soon, but the 120 frames per second sample rate over USB does mean that poses are mirrored in your modeling tools almost instantly. You also won’t have much longer to wait to buy one for your fledgling anime production: the mannequin and custom modeling software from Celsys should be bundled together sometime within the summer for a comparatively frugal $750.
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And it was made by a college student, too. Very impressive.
Heartbeat visualizer lets your ticker power a light show (video)Engadget
It may look like something that’d be at home in iTunes, but this visualizer developed by NYU student Phan V is linked to something even more unique to you than your music collection. With the aid of a mic’d up stethoscope, it’s able to visualize a person’s heartbeat in a manner that has quite a bit more punch than the usual means — the person’s pulse rate determines the speed of the animation, while the volume of the heartbeat captured determines the brightness. Practical? Maybe not, but you can check it out in action in the video after the break.
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Heartbeat visualizer lets your ticker power a light show (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 08 May 2012 12:03:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Good on this mom for taking matters into her own hands when her son’s school failed to properly address the serious bullying problem her son was facing. Usually stories like this happen in the opposite direction- schools trying to compensate for a lack of parenting.
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