Grey on Jun 9th, 2008Demo of New Way to Make 3D Models of Cities
A computer algorithm developed by C3 is able to generate 3D models of cities just by feeding it enough photographs of the area. There is a demo of the Swedish city of Stockholm you can view.
To make it run you need to tick the checkbox and click ‘Till 3D-kartan’
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Grey on May 19th, 2008See Space Debris in Google Earth
There is a google earth KMZ file that shows the space debris created after the 2007 Chinese test of their anti-satellite technology. Download the file in google earth and you can see the live positions of the thousands pieces of scrap floating in near-space.
[Click here to download the space debris file]
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Grey on May 1st, 2008Change a $40 Wii Remote into a $2,000 Interactive Whiteboard
Over at TED, Johnny Lee demonstrates how, with the right computer software and a projector, to change a Nintendo Wii Remote into a kick-ass, multi-touch interactive whiteboard. And, almost as a throw-away idea, he also shows a new kind of 3D display that I hope catches on soon (Steve Jobs, I’m looking at you)
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Grey on Apr 28th, 2008Rock, Paper, Scissors + 98 More
David C. Lovelace has created a version of rock, paper, scissors with 101 different symbols and 5,050 different combinations. Amazingly, the what-beats-what rules still make sense even with all the different possibilities. It’s really a thing of beauty to behold.
Does Satan beat computer? How about porcupine vs baby? View the chart […]