ImmersiveTech Explains – Virtual Reality
What is Virtual Reality (VR)? The Meddling Geniuses at ImmersiveTech break it down and explain it in plain simple English. There is more virutal reality around than you think. Granted we still have...
View ArticleBen Gurion University – Hand Gesturing Surgery
The Gestix system was developed by researchers from Ben Gurion University of the Negev (BGU), and is designed to enable doctors in the operating room to change digital images with a hand movement,...
View ArticleImmersiveTech Explains – Haptic Devices
What are haptic devices? Haptics is commonly referred to as the ability to interact with a virtual environment through physical contact, such as receiving sensations associated with what is going on...
View ArticleCornell Medical School – 3D CAVE
Imaging science is playing an increasingly important role in all areas of education, in this case it is in the field of medicine. The Cornell Visualization Facility is the world’s first high...
View ArticleBrain Controlled Wheelchair
A team of researchers led by Professor José del R. Millán at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (EPFL), Lausanne, Switzerland has developed a wheelchair that can be controlled via a...
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Humanity+ @ CalTech: December 4-5, 2010
Humanity+ @ Caltech: Redefining Humanity in the Era of Radical Technological Change, is scheduled for December 4-5th at the Beckman Institute at Caltech Los Angeles, California. Get a $50 discount when...
View ArticleKinect to help the blind ‘see’ in augmented reality
The system in question, which was designed by graduate students at the Universität Konstanz in Germany, has been dubbed the NAVI, or Navigational Aids for the Visually Impaired. NAVI works something...
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BrainGate neural interface system reaches 1,000-day performance milestone
Expanding the power of thought The implantable BrainGate neural interface can detect and record brain signals, allowing persons who have lost the use of arms and legs to have point-and-click control...
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UCF Treats Our Soldiers, One Scent at a Time
We recently stumbled across a student article from the University of Central Florida about virtual reality being used to treat post traumatic stress disorder victims. Nothing that we haven’t seen...
View ArticleVirtual “Metacookie” to Stave Hunger
An interesting application of augmented reality that could, down the line, be greatly useful in the Health Sciences realm. For now though, it’s a bit more on the novel and interesting side than...
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