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Month: November 2013

  • Call: Advanced User Interfaces for Neurorehabilitation – Special issue of BioMed Research International

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    Call for Papers: Advanced User Interfaces for Neurorehabilitation Special issue of BioMed Research International (formerly titled Journal of Biomedicine and Biotechnology) http://www.hindawi.com/journals/bmri/si/537129/cfp/ A range of virtual (VR) and augmented reality (AR) based systems have been developed as novel and relevant tools in neurorehabilitation, allowing the implementation and exploration of rehabilitation treatment tools to complement and improve upon traditional methods. In this special issue both medical and engineering aspects of these tools will be addressed in order to explore which type of solutions or research trends are currently active in this field and can support and/or extend current clinical and home-based…

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  • Using VR (and presence) to reduce implicit racial bias

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    [A hopeful item for the day after Thanksgiving; it’s from BBC News, where the story includes additional information, pictures and a 2:53 minute video] Can virtual reality be used to tackle racism? It’s an uncomfortable truth but scientists say most people have an ingrained racial bias. Now a team has shown that a short stint in a virtual world could reduce it, but could this have a longer lasting effect? By Melissa Hogenboom BBC Click 27 November 2013 Racism is an issue that still pervades many societies. In England and Wales, there have been 106 fatal racist attacks since the…

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  • Call: 7th Intelligent Narrative Technologies (INT) Workshop

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    INTELLIGENT NARRATIVE TECHNOLOGIES SEVEN — (INT)7 FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT http://int7.westphal.drexel.edu/ KEY DATES: (INT)7 SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MARCH 3, 2014 Tentative Date & Location: June 18, 2014, Milwaukee, WI ELO main conference submissions (not required for INT participation): Abstracts for normal submissions: December 6, 2013 Virtual Festival of E-Literature First Encounters: February 1st, 2014 The Intelligent Narrative Technologies (INT) workshop series aims to advance research in artificial intelligence for the computational understanding, expression, and creation of narrative. Previous installments of this workshop have brought together a multidisciplinary group of researchers such as computer scientists, psychologists, narrative theorists, media theorists, artists, and members of…

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  • Phobia Free arachnophobia app given NHS seal of approval

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    [From E&T (Engineering & Technology), where the story includes a large photo gallery; the original press release is available from PRWeb and the App’s description in the iTunes store is here] Arachnophobia app given NHS seal of approval 26 November 2013 By Edd Gent An app that helps people overcome arachnophobia has been approved by NHS England to feature on its app library. Phobia Free, designed by Virtually Free, helps to tackle people’s fear of spiders by exposing them to more and more realistic spiders over time, progressing from cartoon spiders all the way up to an augmented reality tarantula…

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  • Call: Peripheral Interaction: Shaping the Research and Design Space (CHI 2014 Workshop)

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    Peripheral Interaction: Shaping the Research and Design Space One-day workshop at CHI 2014, April 26th or 27th in Toronto, Canada SUBMISSION DEADLINE: January 10th, 2014 NOTIFICATION: February 1st, 2014 http://www.peripheralinteraction.com When interacting with the physical world around us we easily carry out small activities in our background or periphery of attention. Peripheral Interaction tries to transfer this to interaction with digital devices, to better embed them in our daily routines. This new interaction paradigm is based on diverse research areas (e.g. ambient information, implicit interaction, ubiquitous computing, calm technology) and addresses researchers, engineers, designers and practitioners in a number of…

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  • Robot surgeons to operate on beating human hearts

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    [From Dezeen, where the story includes additional images] Robot surgeons to operate on beating human hearts 18 November 2013 By Marcus Fairs Robots could soon be operating on beating human hearts while a surgeon based in a different part of the world directs the procedure remotely, according to a designer working on a new generation of medical equipment. The surgeon would see a static heart on a 3D screen and the robots would attune themselves to the heart’s movement, overcoming many of the risks of existing heart surgery techniques. “Our ultimate ambition is robot-supported surgery on the beating heart,” said…

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  • Call: 19th Annual CyberPsychology & CyberTherapy Conference (CYPSY19)

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    19th Annual CyberPsychology & CyberTherapy Conference (CYPSY19) Washington, D.C. June 17-19, 2014 http://www.interactivemediainstitute.com/cypsy19 The 19th Annual CyberPsychology & CyberTherapy Conference (CYPSY19) will take place on June 17-19, 2014 in Washington, D.C..  Jointly organised by the Interactive Media Institute, in collaboration with the Virtual Reality Medical Institute, is organizing the International Association of CyberPsychology, Training, & Rehabilitation’s (iACToR), the conference is an international networking and sharing platform for researchers, clinicians, policy makers and funding agencies to share and discuss advancements in the growing disciplines of CyberTherapy & CyberPsychology.…

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  • Digital Taste Simulator lets users taste virtual food

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    [From The Telegraph, where the story includes a 2:07 minute video] [Image: A prototype of the Digital Taste Interface] Electronic taste could allow television viewers to sample cookery show creations Television viewers could soon taste the food produced by celebrity chefs on cookery programmes thanks to new technology that recreates taste electronically By Richard Gray, Science Correspondent 21 Nov 2013 Watching celebrity chefs like Nigella Lawson or Gordon Ramsay whip up a culinary creation on television can set viewers’ taste buds tingling. But now television viewers could soon be able to sample the food for themselves with the help of…

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  • Call: Special issue of PRESENCE on ethics

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    Call for Papers: Special Issue of PRESENCE on Ethics The Call is also available for download at the MIT Press webage for PRESENCE, http://www.mitpressjournals.org/loi/pres Guest Editors: Michael Madary – Universität Mainz Thomas Metzinger – Universität Mainz Patrick Haggard – University College London Virtual environments and teleoperation are introducing novel experiences into human societies, and these experiences can produce important ethical challenges, in addition to their engineering value. This special issue aims to address specific ethical issues arising with the use of virtual environments and teleoperators. These kinds of technology are increasingly used in research, military, and clinical applications, as well…

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  • These photos are actually paintings

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    [Put another way, it’s hard to not misperceive the role of technology while viewing these images. The story is from Wired, where it includes a photo gallery of 11 paintings] [Image: Page 222 – Yigal Ozeri. Untitled; Aquabella. 2011. Oil on paper, 42 x 60″. Courtesy Abrams. These Photos Are Actually Paintings By Jakob Schiller 11.21.13 Louis K. Meisel likes to let you know that he doesn’t care for famous graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat’s paintings — which sell for millions of dollars — because he thinks they don’t show much skill. “People don’t buy Basquiat’s work because they like what…

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  • Job: Postdoctoral Research Fellow/RA in Human Factors in Surgical Simulation and Training at Wright State U.

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    Postdoctoral Research Fellow/Research Assistant in Human Factors in Surgical Simulation and Training Department of Biomedical, Industrial and Human Factors Engineering Wright State University We are seeking a highly qualified postdoctoral research associate and a research assistant to perform research in surgical simulation and training. This multidisciplinary research involves engineers and physicians from Wright State University, Miami Valley Hospital, and other medical institutions in Ohio. Successful candidates will hold one-year appointments, renewable pending availability of funds. Job Title: Postdoctoral Research Associate Qualifications:…

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  • ‘Mid-air’ AR system lets users interact with virtual characters in the real world

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    [From DigInfo TV, where the post includes a 2:07 minute video; animated gifs of the system are available from Oddly_Even] Interact with virtual characters in the real world November 7, 2013 This mixed reality interface [called MARIO: Mid-air Augmented Reality Interaction with Objects] places virtual characters in the real world. It was developed by the Naemura Lab at the University of Tokyo. Users can have an animated character jump onto their hand, as well as guide the character onto blocks, creating a novel interactive experience. “Recently, devices have been developed that can form images in mid-air. We’ve utilized one of those,…

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