Republicans portray Planned Parenthood as primarily focused on performing abortions and using taxpayer dollars to do it. But Democrats and the organization counter that the group provides an array of services, from pap smears to breast exams. (April 8)
Continue reading …Rory McIlroy leads the Masters after two rounds, but four-time champ Tiger Woods is only three shots back. Woods carded a 7-under 66 Friday with five birdies on the back nine. Jim Militello reports from Augusta, Georgia. (April 8)
Continue reading …Rory McIlroy leads the Masters after two rounds, but four-time champ Tiger Woods is only three shots back. Woods carded a 7-under 66 Friday with five birdies on the back nine. Jim Militello reports from Augusta, Georgia. (April 8)
Continue reading …The mother of a 19-year-old woman who went missing from a Denver nightclub a week ago awaited word about her daughter Friday as police said they made the disappearance a top priority. (April 8)
Continue reading …The mother of a 19-year-old woman who went missing from a Denver nightclub a week ago awaited word about her daughter Friday as police said they made the disappearance a top priority. (April 8)
Continue reading …The mother of a 19-year-old woman who went missing from a Denver nightclub a week ago awaited word about her daughter Friday as police said they made the disappearance a top priority. (April 8)
Continue reading …We’ve seen augmented reality done what seems like a million different ways, but we’ve never seen it quite like this. The New York Times reported Wednesday on a forthcoming iPhone app called Aurasma that has the power to turn ink-and-paper publications into interactive mine fields. Aurasma, conceived by enterprise software firm Autonomy, uses a scaled down version of the outfit’s IDOL pattern recognizer to identify images stored in a vast database, and then converts those images into related video. Unfortunately, the first release of the app, scheduled for sometime next month, comes in the form of an AR advertisement / game for an unidentified upcoming movie, and the company’s founder seems solidly focused on the technology’s marketing potential. No word yet on when or if we can expect to see our New York Times come to life, as seen in the video at the source link below, but if this is the future of augmented reality, count us in. Aurasma’s AR iPhone app to turn everyday objects into multimedia triggers originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …We’ve seen augmented reality done what seems like a million different ways, but we’ve never seen it quite like this. The New York Times reported Wednesday on a forthcoming iPhone app called Aurasma that has the power to turn ink-and-paper publications into interactive mine fields. Aurasma, conceived by enterprise software firm Autonomy, uses a scaled down version of the outfit’s IDOL pattern recognizer to identify images stored in a vast database, and then converts those images into related video. Unfortunately, the first release of the app, scheduled for sometime next month, comes in the form of an AR advertisement / game for an unidentified upcoming movie, and the company’s founder seems solidly focused on the technology’s marketing potential. No word yet on when or if we can expect to see our New York Times come to life, as seen in the video at the source link below, but if this is the future of augmented reality, count us in. Aurasma’s AR iPhone app to turn everyday objects into multimedia triggers originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 09 Apr 2011 01:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …A massive Russian cargo plane roared into Atlanta on Friday to pick up one of the world’s largest concrete pumps, which has been retrofitted to pour water on a Japanese nuclear power plant stricken by an earthquake and tsunami. (April 8)
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