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Our Place - A Photographic Celebration of the Worlds Heritage Research Highlights - Foundation for Research and Technology - Hellas Researchers of the Institute of Computer Science - FORTH received the First Award in software contest organized in Japan Nov 27, 2012 Researchers at the Institute of Computer Science (ICS) Foundation for Research and Technology – Hellas (FORTH) received the First Award in the “Gesture Recognition Challenge” contest with their work titled “Giving a hand to Kinect”. The contest was organized in conjunction with the “International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR) 2012” in Tsukuba, Japan, 10-11 November 2012 and was sponsored by Microsoft Research, Redmond, USA. The gesture recognition challenge is part of the initiative “CHALEARN - Challenges in Machine Learning” which aims at developing computational methods that enable computers to improve their problem solving capabilities as they gain more experience. The awarded work is part of the Computer Vision research that is carried out at FORTH-ICS. Contact Information: Antonis Argyros, e-mail: argyros@ics.forth.gr

Neuroscience For Kids - neuroethics Neuroscience is making discoveries about the brain at an incredible pace. For example, new drugs and treatments for mental and neurological disorders are being developed rapidly and imaging methods can see the living, working brain. Is neuroscience moving too fast? Scientists, physicians, journalists, lawyers, politicians, philosophers, clergymen and teachers are people interested in neuroethics. Neuroethics - Some Questions What if... machines could read your mind? Existing brain imaging methods provide researchers and physicians with important tools to investigate the structure and function of the living brain. Could machines also read your thoughts, plans and memories? Inventors of a "brain fingerprinting" machine think they have a device that can reveal a person's knowledge of events. If a device could accurately measure hidden knowledge and detect lies, how could and should it be used? Should people suspected of committing a crime be forced to have a brain scan? The Future

Carnegie Mellon University - CMU Graphics Lab - motion capture library ceriscope OSCeleton - GIThub M. W. Cole Motion capture data BVH tools and files For everybody who is interest in using motion capture data, here is a list of services which could be useful to you. Most of them are free or are very affordable. Free Motion Capture Data Files: Over 2500 files at CG Speed: This site features a large data base of motion capture files from the Carnegie Mellon University Motion Capture Database The original site can be found here Advanced Computing Center for the Arts and Design: Commercial online Motion Capture Rig/Animate tool with Motion request option: Mixamo is an online system where you can either buy models or upload your own and apply pre-recorded motions. It is not free however the system runs very well and you can also request the team to record a special motion for you. Free BVH File editor and previewer: Bvhacker 1.6.1-

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