Augmented Reality Project

Solar Powered Animal Sensors Posted on December 4, 2009 by saya The panther is one of the most famous endangered animals in the world and has been long protected in Florida. However, from 1978 to 1994, about 20 panthers met their ends in car accidents; and in 2001, merely in 3 months, 7 panthers were killed by cars when they were running cross the road. Designer: Sungi Kim & Hozin Song Knife Can Freeze Organs | DarkGovernment It looks like an ordinary knife but this blade can explode and instantly freeze a victim’s organs. Wasp Knife With High Pressure Cartridges The Wasp knife ejects a high-pressure gas through a needle in the blade at the touch of a button and the Met Police now fear it could end up on the streets. ‘This knife will almost certainly kill and the Met must have intelligence that they are in circulation,’ said a police source. The £200, US-made weapon is designed to kill sharks and bears and is normally sold to hunters and pilots. However, the internet has made such weapons much easier to find and buy over in the U.K. This weapon injects a frozen ball of compressed gas approximately the size of a basketball at 800psi nearly instantly. wasp knife cutaway Wasp Company Site reddit

100-downloads.com More than Meets the Eye – The LED Contact Lens/title> <style type="text/css">  </style> <ti Babak Parviz wears contact lenses. But he's not yet using the new contact lenses he's made in his Seattle laboratory. Containing electronic circuits, they look like something from a science fiction movie. He's now going to add some extremely small light emitting diodes (LEDs), helping turn his prototype contact lenses into a sophisticated personal display - the tiniest one possible. A researcher holds one of the completed contact lenses Image credit: The Guardian As an assistant professor of electrical engineering at the University of Washington, Parviz works on bio-nanotechnology, self-assembly, nanofabrication and micro-electro mechanical systems. So how did he think of making a "bionic" contact lens? Looking ahead Making the connection wasn't hard, as Parviz had also been thinking about unconventional displays. Parviz argues that ironically, the current display sizes in mobile computers and phones hinder rather than help miniaturisation. Power isn't the hardest problem. Vision on

Augmented Reality: does it have a place/future in education? Augmented Reality (AR) is still in its infancy, but as people like me look further afield to find interesting technology to use in (and out of) the classroom, it has been on my radar a bit recently. So, what is it? “Unlike Virtual Reality (VR) that aims at replacing the perception of the world with an artificial one, Augmented Reality (AR) has the goal of enhancing a person’s perception of the surrounding world. Being partly virtual and real, the new interface technology of AR which is able to display relevant information at the appropriate time and location, offers many potential applications; these include aiding in education, training, repair or maintenance, manufacturing, medicine, battlefield, games and entertainment.” Check out this YouTube video that demonstrates AR from the SMLXL blog; It is also worth watching this video, this time from TED Talks: “Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos augmented-reality maps“. But what of AR in the classroom? Further reading:

Forum > Lego Mario designed using modo I recently built this Lego model of Mario using a NextEngine 3D scanner, modo and big pile of Lego. Hope you like it!Cheers,Keith I scanned a Mario action figure using the excellent NextEngine scanner... The resultant mesh in the scanning application... Imported into modo as OBJ and scaled to the size of the model I wanted to build (75cm). In a new layer I created a large array of Lego sized cubes which were approximatley the shape of the Mario mesh... Using Solid Drill>Stencil, I was able to select only the cubes which intersected the Mario mesh... The building begins... Completed Lego model in all its 75cm glory... Close-up... www.aardvark3ddesign.co.ukTwitter

Software QA and Testing Resource Center Conveying Cultural Heritage and Legacy with Innovative AR-based Solutions 1. Motivation: Authenticity Whenever Possible Conveying cultural heritage is undoubtedly one major and publicly the most recognized task of museums. This task is often achieved through exposition of cultural artifacts. Generally, museums try to exhibit originals – authentic artifacts of history. However, this strategy is not always possible. Exhibitions may pose danger not only for the exhibited objects but also for visitors: for example, Marie Curie’s workspace that led her to insights about radioactivity is unlikely to be exposed in its original form. Besides, even if it is feasible to expose an artifact, it may not be comprehensible just by letting visitors play with it. In all these cases, Virtual Reality (VR) and Augmented Reality (AR) techniques offer significant benefit. 2. Nevertheless, many insights from VR research have made their way to consumers in limited but robust and cost-effective forms. These recent developments were made possible by former VR research. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

‘Swiftpoint SLIDER’ looks to replace your trackpad Though the Swiftpoint SLIDER shown in the above photo may look like a full-sized mousing apparatus, make no mistake; it’s tiny and it fits around your thumb. It can also be flipped up sideways and used somewhat like a pen. The device is billed as “the perfect solution to the challenges of new and emerging technologies and operating environments: offering full mouse funtionality and more, in a compact and ergonomic package, without the need for the additional ‘mousing surface’ that mobile environments ofetn lack.” In English, that means that you can use it on top of your laptop keyboard, like so… And, as previously mentioned, you can also use it like a pen. And that’s not all! Take all this with a grain of salt — it’s unknown how the study was conducted, who paid for it, how many participants there were, yadda, yadda, and one final yadda. Details beyond all the smoke and mirrors are scarce. SLIDER [FutureMouse.com] via Ubergizmo

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