Becoming Superman Is Possible With Microsoft Kinect

Want to be Superman? No problem!

Students from the University of Amsterdam are working on a hack/mod for Microsoft's Kinect that brings back the childhood dream of becoming the Man of Steel.



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Word Lens iPhone App Translates Text Into Another Language With Your Camera

Word Lens is an iPhone App created by Quest Visual that enables one to translate text into a different language. The app takes a picture of the text of your choice and translates it into another language directly onto the screen, in real time. You can get a free demo of the app to experiment with and if you want, you can purchase language packs that cost $5.

Here is a video demonstrating the capabilities of the Word Lens. It's pretty cool.



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Scientists Building Computers That Can Understand Human Emotions

Cambridge University professor, Peter Robinson and his team are developing computers that can read human emotions.

"We're building emotionally intelligent computers, ones that can read my mind and know how I feel," Professor Robinson says. "Computers are really good at understanding what someone is typing or even saying. But they need to understand not just what I'm saying, but how I'm saying it."

Here is a video documentary explaining the process:


I guess in the future there will be no need for human to human contact? If computers can read your emotions and behave in a way that simulates a human being; who needs friends? Hm, I can imagine this technology being used to replace psychologists in the far future, can't you?

Hehe, that would be funny. That is until the created turn on the creators and with there new found knowledge of the entire human psyche, what could stop them?

Source: Cambridge University

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The Future Of Web Browsing Lies In Your Hands

What is the future of web browsing? Is it hands-free? As gaming moves more and more towards hands-free control, the question remains:

Has web browsing been left in the dust? Nope!

MIT's Media Lab researchers have unveiled there hands-free mod of Microsoft's Xbox Kinect gaming system. The mod enables you to completely browse the internet without using anything but your hands.
 



The following video will explain the Kinect mod in more detail:

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Explore The Human Body With Google's Body Browser

Google recently launched a really nifty website called Body Browser located here - bodybrowser.googlelabs.com.  The site lets you explore the human body in amazing 3D detail from the skin all the way down to the bones. It's freaking awesome! Body Browser uses WebGL so you may need to enable WebGL on your browser or just download Chrome beta. If you don't know how to enable WebGl on your browser go here.

This video shows Google Body Browser in action.



Sweet, huh?

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Japan's 3D Hologram Rock Star Hatsune Miku In Concert [Video]

Here is a video of Japan's 3D Hologram rock star Hatsune Miku performing in concert. This is probably one of the coolest things I've seen in awhile. The 3D hologram looks awesome and the music is fantastic! I totally just found my new crush!
 
Read about Hatsune Miku here.
Want more? Buy her video here.



Hatsune Miku was developed by Crypton Media using Yamaha’s Vocaloid voice synthesizer. She has had a number one hit single and continues to sell out concert after concert.
Source: SeyrenLK

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