Lockheed Martin’s CHIL blends motion capture with VR, creates zombie engineers (video)
January 28, 2011 No Comment
Computer-aided design is a great way to build products, but does it let you bust a funky move while wearing some crazy glasses and gloves? Heck no. You need Lockheed Martin’s CHIL for that. It’s the Collaborative Human Immersive Laboratory, virtual reality goggles and gloves combined with motion capture enabling teams of engineers to work together in a virtual space. You can see it in action below, used first for installing polygonal munitions into a rendered version of one of the company’s F-35 Joint Strike Fighters, then for doing a little VR tai chi. A Lockheed rep promises that this enables the team to ensure the plane can be more easily and affordably maintained, but we just see this as high-tech training tool for the company’s world-renowned synchronized dance teams. Continue reading Lockheed Martin’s CHIL blends motion capture with VR, creates zombie engineers (video) Lockheed Martin’s CHIL blends motion capture with VR, creates zombie engineers (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:46:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …They may be Oscar nominees, but they haven’t always had the golden touch. The Daily Beast looks at the most embarrassing roles that this year’s chosen bunch have taken on: Jeremy Renner, Best Supporting Actor, The Town: The actor also got a nod for his role in Hurt Locker, but…
Continue reading …The Week in Animal News: A Baby Black Rhino, Beavers Helping Bats, and More (Slideshow)
January 28, 2011 No Comment
Photo: Saint Louis Zoo Awww. We have a new black rhino. But that’s not the only news from the animal kingdom this week: We also have a tiger who tried to check into a hotel, a brand-new leopard, beavers helping bats, and more in The Week in Animal News. … Read the full story on TreeHugger
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President Hosni Mubarak has ordered a nighttime curfew across the entire country, and the military has entered Cairo, Suez and Alexandria, but protesters continued to express their anger with the government by torching security vehicles and the headquarters of the ruling party.
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President Barack Obama says he’s open to efforts to “tweak” his health care overhaul, but will not stand by while Republicans try to take it apart. Obama spoke to the consumer advocacy group Families USA, which strongly supports the new law. (Jan. 28)
Continue reading …USC Smart Fences use spatio-temporal sensor patterns to create a DRADIS for airports
January 28, 2011 No Comment
How do you send an automated alert to a security guard whenever anyone tries to climb a fence, but ignore anyone simply leaning on said chain link? How can a sensor pick up the presence of a Jeep but ignore a steady flow of gigantic airliners? Damned if we know, we’re just bloggers, but a team at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering figured it out, creating what’s called the Smart Fence. It’s a series of sensors plus some associated circuitry that easily handle the situations described above and do so with amazing accuracy. How amazing? Here are the results of one test: A perfect (100%) identification of unexpected intrusion events, and an average of less than two false positives per week and zero false negatives for recognition of human footsteps. In addition, no false positives or false negatives were reported by the installed fence sensors for a duration of 45 days of unattended operation, which included several days of seasonal storms. Yeah, pretty good. The system is being developed for use around airports and military bases and is currently being funded largely by Navy grants. Now, if only they could create a system to prevent ” laser events ” and airport blizzards we might be able to travel safely again. USC Smart Fences use spatio-temporal sensor patterns to create a DRADIS for airports originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 28 Jan 2011 12:24:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink
Continue reading …Crowdsourced Design For an Ultra Low-Footprint Apartment: Clever Ideas from the LifeEdited Project (Slideshow)
January 28, 2011 No Comment
Image credit: LifeEdited How can we save money, radically reduce our environmental impact, and have a freer, less complicated life? That was the question asked by TreeHugger founder Graham Hill with the LifeEdited project. After months of work and hundreds of submissions, we’re a few steps closer to finding the answer now that the winners have… Read the full story on TreeHugger
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Image: Fujitsu Fujitsu, maker of the bioplastic computer and zero-watt computer monitor , has announced its latest: a mouse made with bioplastic instead of petroleum-based plastic, is attached to a cable made without PVC, and has a compostable shell…. Read the full story on TreeHugger
Continue reading …The American consulate worker who shot two Pakistani motorcyclists in the streets of Lahore yesterday was charged with murder today. The man, who has been identified as 36-year-old Raymond Davis, told the court he had acted in self-defense when the men tried to rob him. He will be kept in…
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Rheumatoid arthritis patients from lower socioeconomic groups are more likely to develop symptoms of depression than people who have higher incomes and better access to health care services, a new study indicates.
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