This is a footage taken from Japanese TV where it shows this new 3D technology where people can actually interact with the gaming environment for e.g. display different realistic hairstyles before a hair cut.

This will give a hint of what’s coming up next in the world of gaming and entertainment and it has also been suggested that the PS3 will include such technology as well.

1 videoclip of the new gaming/entertainment technology after the jump.

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Flight 2 is a project that takes photos from a high altitude balloon using GPs, camera, sensors and communications. The risk factor for this is that the precious electronics could be lost if anything malfunctions.

The FAQ answered one of my questions though - the danger that it pose to manned aircrafts. There is an aluminium foil inside the capsule for radar reflection so control towers would have been able to track it. In terms of legality, it is permitted for that weight without requirements to notify any authority. Hit the link to check out the launch videos and various photos at Natrium 42.

Link: Natrium 42

A test by the US government using an F4 quantum jet that does 500 miles per hour into the concrete wall of the nuclear plant. Because of the vulnerability and danger towards a nuclear plant, the concrete wall have to withstand great impacts if it was under attack one day. 1 videoclip of the airplane vs concrete wall test after the jump.

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An interesting project that shows automatic control that brings back the pendulum to its upright position. This is not easy as it goes against the force of gravity and needs some balancing act as well. This was carried out by Magnus Linderoth and Kristian Soltesz during the winter 2006-2007 at the department of automatic control Lund, Sweden. 1 videoclip of the inverted pendulum automatic control after the jump.

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Motion Portrait is a cool digital animation technology that allows an ordinary digital photograph of a face into a living 3D animation. It works by automatically recognizing the eyes, nose and mouth and animating these creates a whole range of emotions that can be manipulated.

Uses of Motion Portrait could be for avatars, games and advertisements (e.g. how you would look with different hairstyles). More animated demos can be found here and here.

1 videoclip of Motion Portrait application after the jump.

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Microsoft announced today the Microsoft Surface which is the first commercially available surface computer from the company that turns an ordinary tabletop into a vibrant interactive surface. The 30 inch display allows intuitive user interface without a traditional mouse or keyboard and works using touch screen. This will soon be more easily available in restaurants, hotels, retail establishments and public entertainment venues and Microsoft Surface will change the experience the way people shop, dine and entertain. The price will range between $5000 to $10000 each but Microsoft aims to bring prices down to consumer levels in three to five years time. To see it in action, check out the teaser from Microsoft and demo from CNet of Microsoft Surface after the jump.

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A framework for automatically enhancing videos of a static scene using a few photographs of the same scene. The system can easily increase the resolution, high dynamic range and better lighting from the photographs to the video. It also allows a user to remove unwanted objects as well as camera shake from the video.

The major limitation of the work is that it can currently handle only videos of static scenes (i.e., videos shot with a moving camera but containing no moving objects in the scene). More info can be found at its framework website. 1 videoclip after the jump.

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A glimpse of what the future has in store for us, Sony unveiled the world’s first flexible full-colored OLED display built on organic thin-film transistor technology. It supports 16.8 million colors at a 120 x 160 pixel resolution, at 0.3 mm thick and weighs only 1.5 grams. In the future, it can even be wrapped around a person’s wrist or even worn as clothing or put up as a wallpaper.

Definitely groundbreaking and check out the demo clip on the thin display after the jump.

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Everytime we watch space shuttle launch footages on television, we always see the part where it is ready to be launched. Have you ever wondered how they are processed and transported onto the launch pad? Find out from the 18 more pics after the jump.

Source: Inspire Underground

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TopGear episode in which they crash a Renault Megane into another at over thirty miles an hour. Poor guy in the test crash hardly gets his head straight answering questions pertaining to the crash with his hands still shaking. 1 videoclip after the jump.

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