Technology

Activision’s Amazing Real-time Animated Character Demonstration [VIDEO]

March 29, 2013
Activision's Amazing Real-time Animated Character Demonstration [VIDEO]

Amazing demonstration of Activision’s animation technology that can render a video game character in near photo-realistic fashion.

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Data Marketing: Strata Conference Interviews [VIDEO]

March 21, 2013
Data Marketing: Strata Conference Interviews [VIDEO]

A playlist of video interviews with data marketing and visualization professionals who participated in the Strata conference.

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Gesture-Controlled Computing: Leap Motion [VIDEO]

March 14, 2013
Gesture-Controlled Computing: Leap Motion [VIDEO]

Leap Motion’s technology allows you to control a computer in three dimensions with your natural hand gestures and finger movements.

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3Doodler: A 3D Printing Pen [VIDEO]

February 25, 2013
3Doodler: A 3D Printing Pen [VIDEO]

This is a pretty amazing Kickstarter project: 3Doodler is a pen with which you can “write” three-dimensional objects using a quick-cooling plastic.

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Microsoft Surface Pro Commercial [VIDEO]

February 24, 2013
Microsoft Surface Pro Commercial [VIDEO]

Microsoft’s Surface commercials are awful. They do not demonstrate what you can do with the tablets…aside from clacking and dancing with them.

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Apple iWatch [VIDEO]

February 18, 2013
Apple iWatch [VIDEO]

Bloomberg’s Alix Steel reports that Apple may find a solution to shrinking profit margins in a rumored iWatch, combining calling & web service for under $200.

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Pirate Bay Documentary [VIDEO]

February 15, 2013
Pirate Bay Documentary [VIDEO]

The full documentary about the founders of the Pirate Bay.

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Walter Cronkite Previews The Home Office Of 2001…In 1967 [VIDEO]

February 14, 2013

In this clip from the March 12, 1967 episode of the CBS show The 21st Century, Walter Cronkite previews what a home office might look like in the year 2001…and it looks mighty familiar, if rather clunky.

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Perceptual Computing [VIDEO]

February 10, 2013
Perceptual Computing [VIDEO]

Intel’s perceptual technology demonstration at CES 2013 featured a Kinect-like computer camera that tracks user movement down to the individual finger level and will eventually be able to track eye movements, allowing users to play video games without a controller, as shown in this demonstration of the game Portal.

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Rise Of The Drones [VIDEO]

February 8, 2013

Meet a new breed of flying robots, from tiny swarming vehicles to giant unmanned planes. PBS’ NOVA looks at unmanned aerial vehicles and how the technology will shape the future.

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