10.8.12 Disney’s magical vision calls for 3-D printed optical elements
Disney Research is serious about mixing science with play and pushing further into imaginative results with 3-D printing. A research paper, “Printed Optics: 3D Printing of Embedded Optical Elements for Interactive Devices,” talks about explorations into 3-D printing with custom optical elements for interactive devices.
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8.10.12 Your Houseplant Is the Remote
Some of us talk to our plants. But what about touching them to turn on or off a television set? An emerging technology unveiled at the SIGGRAPH conference in Los Angeles this week lets users control electronic devices by touching their plants in different ways. We’re about to know our houseplants extremely well.