The Beast File: Google (HUNGRY BEAST) Hungry Beast - Serco. The LXD: In the Internet age, dance evolves ... | Video on TED.c. Augmented Reality Brings a Shadowy Fantasy Land to Life | Fast C. For her master's thesis at Parsons, designer and programmer Joon Moon created "Augmented Shadow," a "fantasy ecosystem" rendered on an augmented reality tabletop. Users interact with the project using blocks, which are followed by realistic, shadowy animations of houses. These appear to emanate from a single source of light--but are actually projected from overhead. Then things get interesting: As the shadows touch, they set off a series of interactions, in what Moon calls a "fantasy ecosystem. " As you can see from the video, trees grow up around light, and the animated characters take chunks of light to bring life to their homes: Brilliant stuff. We've seen lots of AR games and such, but few have layered so much fantasy and story telling into such a simple, elegant interface.
Multicolr Search Lab - Idée Inc. Scientists Use 3D Printer to Create First "Printed" Human Vein | 3D Printing technology has recently leapt into a new realm — we’ve seen printers that can create entire buildings out of stone, delicious meals out of simple ingredients, and now — perhaps weirdest and coolest of them all — a printer that can build body parts from cells! Scientists working on the Organovo NovoGen printer recently created the first “printed” human vein.
This technology could replace other toxic and carbon-heavy medicinal practices like using artificial parts in the human body. The printer is meant to be used in regenerative medicine. Instead of borrowing body parts from someone else — or yourself — the printer will just make a new part for you. The printer is loaded with cartridges of “bio-ink” a substance that acts as a kind of scaffolding for the cells to retain their shape.
A sophisticated computer is linked to the printer that is pre-programmed with the 3D blueprint of whatever is being made. . + Organovo Via NPR.