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Monthly Archives: October 2009

EyePet brings augmented reality into the home

By Matthew Lombard | Published: October 29, 2009

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Job: PostDoc in VR/Hand Gesture Recognition (U of Conn)

By Matthew Lombard | Published: October 27, 2009

PostDoc Position Available in Virtual Reality/Hand Gesture Recognition

The Computational Design Lab at the University of Connecticut is inviting applications from highly experienced and independent postdoctoral candidates to support the project \Gesture Based Virtual Reality System for Research in Virtual Worlds”.

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Cisco telepresence cuts near $1M in travel costs for law firm

By Matthew Lombard | Published: October 27, 2009

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Call: Brain Body and Bytes: Psychophysiological User Interaction

By Matthew Lombard | Published: October 27, 2009

[From Audrey Girouard.]

Our apologies if you receive multiple copies of this CfP

Call for paper

Brain Body and Bytes: Psychophysiological User Interaction

Workshop at CHI2010
April 11, 2010
Atlanta, Georgia, USA
http://www.eecs.tufts.edu/~agirou01/workshop/

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European Hospitals Test Anesthetists’ Skills On Computers, Not People

By Matthew Lombard | Published: October 27, 2009

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Job: Sr Interaction Designer at HP Barcelona

By Matthew Lombard | Published: October 27, 2009

JOB POST

SENIOR INTERACTION DESIGNER at Hewlett Packard Barcelona R&D

Primary Responsibilities:

- Deliver solutions that meet customer’s social, emotional and functional needs.

- Define and execute design and persona research projects that inform product/service planning and development.

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Scientists Scan the Brains of Mice Playing Quake

By Matthew Lombard | Published: October 27, 2009

[From Wired, and a 1 minute video of a mouse performing in the study can be found here]

Thursday, 15 October 2009

Virtual maze ‘maps’ mouse memory

By Victoria Gill Science reporter, BBC News

With the help of mice scampering through a virtual maze, scientists have taken recordings from inside individual brain cells, or neurons.

The researchers report in the journal Nature how they recorded from cells in the brain’s memory centre.

These neurons fired in a rhythmic pattern that could be related to the animal’s location.

They hope their technique will help discover how neuronal activity forms new memories and affects behaviour. Read more on Scientists Scan the Brains of Mice Playing Quake…

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Call: Re:live09 Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology

By Matthew Lombard | Published: October 27, 2009

[From Image Science]

Re:live09 Third World Conference on the Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology. (Partner: Department for Image Science, Danube University Krems)

MELBOURNE 26-29 November 2009

The Media Art History national and international conference committees would like to invite you to attend the Re:live media art history conference.

Banff 2005 :: Berlin 2007 :: Melbourne 2009

Over three stimulating days, historians, curators, media artists, creative arts practitioners and theorists at the forefront of their practice will explore the latest research and theories;

CONFERENCE SESSIONS on the HISTORIES OF::

:: art-science-technology :: biology :: the environment :: liveness :: the life of machines :: innovation :: Read more on Call: Re:live09 Histories of Media Art, Science and Technology…

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VR for training rugby players

By Matthew Lombard | Published: October 27, 2009

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Disney debuts do-it-yourself thrill ride

By carrie | Published: October 27, 2009

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