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Call: American Telemedicine Association 2013 conference

ATA 2013 Call for Presentations Now Open
Speak at the biggest telehealth event of the year!

ATA 2013 – 18th Annual International Meeting & Trade Show
of the American Telemedicine Association

May 5-7, 2013 in Austin, TX
www.ATA2013.org

Abstracts accepted through September 14, 2012

The ATA Annual Meeting is recognized throughout the world as the primary forum encompassing all aspects of telemedicine including telehealth, mHealth and remote monitoring. Whether you are a novice or expert, clinician or engineer, CEO or industry partner, ATA 2013 presents opportunities to engage with thought-provoking speakers and experience innovative session formats for learning about telemedicine applications from around the world.

Abstract submissions are open to everyone and all go through a peer-reviewed process that ensures the integrity and relevance of educational content. Peer reviewers from all membership constituencies, including private, academic, corporate, institutional, and government sectors, carefully review and score abstracts to ensure the 2013 ATA educational program is one of high quality and geared toward meeting the diverse needs of those in attendance.… read more. “Call: American Telemedicine Association 2013 conference”

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Drone pilots: A day job waiting for a kill shot a world away

[From The New York Times, where the story includes an additional image]

[Image: A drone pilot at the base at Hancock Field, near Syracuse, working the controls of a craft flying over Afghanistan. Heather Ainsworth for The New York Times.]

A Day Job Waiting for a Kill Shot a World Away

By Elisabeth Bumilller
July 29, 2012

HANCOCK FIELD AIR NATIONAL GUARD BASE, N.Y. — From his computer console here in the Syracuse suburbs, Col. D. Scott Brenton remotely flies a Reaper drone that beams back hundreds of hours of live video of insurgents, his intended targets, going about their daily lives 7,000 miles away in Afghanistan. Sometimes he and his team watch the same family compound for weeks.

“I see mothers with children, I see fathers with children, I see fathers with mothers, I see kids playing soccer,” Colonel Brenton said.… read more. “Drone pilots: A day job waiting for a kill shot a world away”

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Call: GAMEON’2012, the 13th annual Simulation and AI in Games Conference

CALL FOR PAPERS:
GAMEON’2012

The 13th annual Simulation and AI in Games Conference
University of Malaga
Malaga, Spain
November 14-16, 2012

Organised by
The European Technology Institute
and Sponsored by
EUROSIS
University of Malaga
http://www.informatica.uma.es
For latest information see:
www.eurosis.org
or
http://www.eurosis.org/cms/?q=taxonomy/term/325

Conference Aim

The aim of the 13th annual European GAMEON® Conference (GAMEON®’2012) on Simulation and AI in Computer Games, is to bring together researchers and games people in order to exchange ideas on programming and programming techniques, which will be beneficial to the gaming industry and academia. Secondly it aims to steer young people into this industry by providing how-to tutorials and giving them the opportunity to show their ideas and demos to the gaming industry. The conference will concentrate mostly on the programming of games, with special emphasis on simulation, AI and fuzzy sets, and physics related computer graphics.… read more. “Call: GAMEON’2012, the 13th annual Simulation and AI in Games Conference”

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Is there a virtual Mars in our future?

[From NBC News’ Cosmic Blog, where the post includes additional images]

[Image: NASA / GSFC. An artist’s concept shows how a crew aboard an orbiting station could control robotic operations on Mars, ranging from real-time rover trips to rocket launches bringing shipments to the station.]

Is there a virtual Mars in our future?

By Alan Boyle
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August 1, 2012

Imagine a day when virtual reality gets so good that you could take a computer-generated walk on the Martian surface, right here on Earth. Or imagine having a space station in Martian orbit that can control robots down on the Red Planet in real time, just as today’s drone pilots control winged robots that are flying half a world away.

Science fiction? Today, yes. But someday, it could be science fact. At least that’s the way Caltech astronomer George Djorgovski and other virtual-world researchers see it.… read more. “Is there a virtual Mars in our future?”

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Call: “Truth, Thought, and Technology” – Philosophy and Literature Conference at Purdue University

The 5th Biennial Philosophy and Literature Conference at Purdue University
Theme: “Truth, Thought, and Technology”

October: Friday & Saturday, 19th & 20th, 2012

Philosophers from ancient Greece to the present have explored technology’s relation to truth. Whether that exploration has been undertaken as part of a broader investigation of mimesis or causality, or whether it has been couched in terms of a questioning of Being, technology is never far from the concerns of philosophers. Similarly, writers of fiction have thematized technology and its cultural consequences. Writers ranging from Samuel Butler to Aldous Huxley to David Foster Wallace have reacted to technological change with varying degrees of alarm. As technology continues to proliferate and impact private, social, and political life across the world, philosophical and literary attempts to clarify the relation between truth, thought, and technology are as pressing as ever.

We invite graduate students of all disciplines to submit papers pertaining to technology’s impact on “truth” and “thought.”… read more. “Call: “Truth, Thought, and Technology” – Philosophy and Literature Conference at Purdue University”

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Artist brings 3-D pavement art to Grand Canyon

[From AP via The Huffington Post, where the story includes a photo gallery]

Artist Brings 3-D Pavement Art To Grand Canyon

By Felicia Fonseca  07/16/12

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Uninspired by modern art, Kurt Wenner set out to learn how European masters made architecture soar and figures float in ceiling frescoes.

What started off as two-dimensional chalk and pastel art on the streets of Rome decades ago, mimicking what Wenner saw in Renaissance classicism, morphed into an art form of his own – one that makes objects appear to rise from or fall into the ground in three-dimensional pieces. His latest piece unveiled just outside the Grand Canyon has visitors perched atop spires and starting down a winding trail that seemingly plunges into the depths of the massive gorge.

The piece, “Grand Canyon Illusion,” certainly is puzzling to the eye, blending the visitors who pose in it with a scenic, infinite backdrop.… read more. “Artist brings 3-D pavement art to Grand Canyon”

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