[From Broadcasting & Cable] Beyond the Hologram New virtual technologies and enhanced displays are only the start of CNN’s midterm election coverage By George Winslow — Broadcasting & Cable, 9/20/2010 It’s odd to think of hologram technology as old-school, but for its midterm 2010 election coverage, CNN probably won’t be bringing back those images that seemed so dramatic during the last presidential election. Instead, the cable news network is looking to stay ahead of the news pack with a number of virtual-technology advances. “I think we were way ahead in 2006 and 2008 with our display technology and the Magic…

[From Avaya’s Connected blog] Collaboration | By Michael Killian | 9 Sep 2010 Virtual Conferencing And Collaboration – Where It Fits A few weeks back I had a chance to try out Avaya web.alive™ with a friend from Active Port and some Avaya colleagues. In short, it’s a web-based application that provides a good “3D” virtual representation of people via avatars, the meeting place/room, and displayed materials. Does virtual collaboration have a place in the collaboration communication landscape or is it just another interesting technology and communication mode to further complicate our communication choices? The major choices for real time…

[From Electrolux Design Lab; a 0:29 minute video is available here] Electrolux Design Lab 2010 Finalist: Daniel Dobrogorsky Published 2010-08-24 Daniel Dobrogorsky, a design student studying in Australia, is the creator of the Kitchen Hideaway. Here we provide a synopsis of his submission to the 2010 Electrolux Design Lab final and ask him a few questions about his concept. Background: The Kitchen Hideaway is a virtual reality concept that allows the inhabitants of a communal building to imagine being in a kitchen, preparing a particular meal rather than having to actually do this for themselves. The thoughts of the user are…

[From Kotaku] Play Frogger, On The Street, For Real By Luke Plunkett   Sep 14, 2010 Tellart have built a version of Frogger that you don’t play with a controller in front of a TV. You play with your feet, on the street, as it should be played. Of course, for safety reasons it should probably be played on the footpath, not somewhere with cars, but hey, this is still awesome. A game screen is projected onto the street while the player wears a helmet encrusted with LEDs. In a neat gesture, the team behind the game have released the software…

[From The Gazette in Montreal; the original story includes a 2:52 minute video] This is your brain. Any questions? Simulator for neurosurgeons. ‘Training brain’ responds to user’s touch, replicating the qualities of the real thing By MONIQUE MUISE, The Gazette September 16, 2010 It looked like a brain, felt like a brain, even pulsated ever so slightly like a brain, but the lifelike organ unveiled to reporters and medical professionals yesterday in Montreal was actually a highly sophisticated imposter. Made up of detailed MRI images transferred into a computer to create a remarkably real 3-D simulation, the “training brain” is…

[From Connecting with Consumers] If You Can Touch It, You’ll Pay More For It By A J Kimmel on Friday, September 10 2010 Okay, here’s a question for you: You’re at a fine restaurant. It’s getting late, and after a terrific appetizer and main plate, you’re feeling kind of filled. There’s maybe a half glass worth of wine left in the bottle and your companion obligingly informs you that it’s your’s for the taking. So now the big decision – to dessert or not to dessert. Oh yeah, I almost forgot the question. Does it matter whether they simply list…