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ART AND TECHNOLOGY

How Augmented Reality Is Going Viral in the Art World, From the Omi Sculpture Park to a 9/11 Memorial

By Kyle Chayka
Published: August 31, 2011

Right under our noses, or perhaps under our fingertips, a new art medium has been springing up. Augmented Reality (AR) refers to smartphone, tablet, and computer applications that mix the real with the digital, using mobile devices’ built-in cameras to take an image of a user’s physical surroundings, and adding in digital graphics or information on the viewing screen (it’s important to note that this differs from “virtual reality,” as AR depends on a physical environment to function). The concept is simple: download the appropriate application, point your iPhone, and the environment, as glimpsed through the screen, appears to be “augmented” with virtual works of art.… read more. “AR in the Art World, from the Omi Sculpture Park to a 9/11 Memorial”

[From Cardiovascular Business]

[Image: A nurse (left) and a paramedic (right) train medical resident Simon Moore (centre) at Nanaimo General Hospital. Photo by Chris Koehn. Source: University of British Columbia.]

JAMA: Medical technology simulation training has proven its worth

Written by Editorial Staff
September 6, 2011; Last updated on September 7, 2011

A new meta-analysis has confirmed the effectiveness of technology-enhanced medical simulation in clinical training—and the study’s lead author, David A. Cook, MD, a medical-education specialist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., suggested in an interview that the time has come to stop proving the obvious. The analysis was published Sept. 7 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

The authors searched the literature and found that clinicians and medical students trained with simulation devices show markedly better knowledge, skills and behaviors at the bedside than their peers who do not receive such training.… read more. “JAMA: Medical technology simulation training has proven its worth”

[A press release from Medibotics via PRNewswire]

Next Generation Technology for Full Body Game Controllers

Patent approved for Motion Recognition Clothing(TM)

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., Aug. 31, 2011 /PRNewswire-iReach/ — Medibotics’ U.S. patent 7,980,141 for Motion Recognition Clothing™ (MRC) has been approved.  MRC is an innovative technology for translating body motion into computer-readable signals that could power the next generation of full-body game controllers.  The market for translating body motion into computer-readable signals is already very large.  For example, over 10 million units of an existing camera-based full-body game controller system have been sold.  With further development, MRC could be used for a variety of applications including not only computer gaming, but also virtual reality in general, sports training, medical therapy, virtual exercise, weight management, and telerobotics.… read more. “Motion Recognition Clothing: Next generation technology for full body game controllers”

[From The Guardian]

[Image: Jamaica’s Usain Bolt wins the men’s 100m final in a world record time in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Photograph: Dan Chung for the Guardian]

BBC plans to use 3D and ‘super hi-vision’ for London Olympics

Executive in charge of 2012 coverage has spoken about the proposed experiment at the Edinburgh televison festival

Mark Sweney
Sunday 28 August 2011

The BBC is considering plans to broadcast the 100 metres final of the London Olympics in 3D, as well as trying out a new technology that delivers picture quality said to be 16 times better than HDTV.

Roger Mosey, the BBC executive in charge of the corporation’s London 2012 coverage, told reporters on the sidelines of the Edinburgh international television festival that 3D coverage for the 100m and other events was “certainly on the agenda”, as part of a “limited experiment”.… read more. “BBC plans to use 3D and ‘super hi-vision’ for London Olympics”

[From Military & Aerospace Electronics]

SRI International to develop prototype virtual-reality training system for Marine Corps infantry

Aug 28, 2011
Posted by John Keller

ARLINGTON, Va. – Simulation, training, and mission rehearsal experts at SRI International in Menlo Park, Calif., are designing a prototype virtual-reality training system for the U.S. Marine Corps that is able to insert virtual actors and objects into computer-generated scenes that each trainee views. SRI International will build the virtual reality training system under terms of a $5.4 million contract awarded Friday by the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) in Arlington, Va.

The ONR project is called Augmented Immersive Team Training (AITT), which is a component of the Marine Corps Squad Immersive Training Environment (SITE) research program. The Marine Corps SITE program seeks to use simulation and training technology to help leaders of Marine Corps units as small as platoons and squads make crucial battlefield decisions while operating independently.… read more. “Military’s Augmented Immersive Team Training (AITT) to let users see virtual actors, objects interacting with fellow trainees and real objects”