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Month: October 2016

  • Call: Med-e-Tel 2017

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    CALL FOR ABSTRACTS Med-e-Tel 2017 5-7 April 2017 Luxembourg https://www.medetel.eu/?rub=educational_program&page=call_for_abstracts Abstract Deadline: December 4, 2016 Join us at Med-e-Tel 2017 (5-7 April 2017) – 15th edition – and actively participate in the educational and information program of seminars, workshops, demonstrations and interactive panel discussions on eHealth, Telemedicine and ICT applications in medicine, health and social care. Med-e-Tel is the official event of the International Society for Telemedicine & eHealth (www.isfteh.org), the international federation of national associations who represent their country’s Telemedicine and eHealth stakeholders. Supported by a wide range of other national and international associations and institutions as well, this…

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  • Modal VR launches next-generation large-scale, wireless VR platform for enterprises

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    [While Sony’s PlayStation VR debuts today (here‘s a review), another VR platform is in the works, as described in this story from Venture Beat; the original version includes two videos and two other images. A press release is available via Business Wire. –Matthew] [Image: Source: Modal VR] Nolan Bushnell’s Modal VR launches next-generation virtual reality platform for enterprises Dean Takahashi October 12, 2016 Nolan Bushnell, the cofounder of Atari and father of modern video games, is back with a new startup creating a virtual reality platform for enterprises. Modal VR enables companies to set up virtual reality experiences that are…

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  • Job: Associate Senior Lecturer in HCI at Uppsala University

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    Uppsala University Associate Senior Lecturer in Human-Computer Interaction Final submissions due: 1 November 2016 The department of Informatics and Media at Uppsala University, Sweden, announces a position as senior associate lecturer in Human Computer interaction. This research area includes the study of the interaction between humans and digital technology; an interaction which in turn forms new digital usage patterns and digital practices. The associate senior lecturer is expected to contribute to the research area of embodied interaction, focusing on pervasive, physical, and social play. This is a full time position consisting of 50% research and 50% teaching. The post of associate…

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  • How social responses to robots are influenced by cultural background

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    [Cliff Nass would have loved the work described in this PC Magazine story about cultural differences in social responses to robots. The original story includes more images. –Matthew] When Taking Robots Global, One Size Does Not Fit All Even robots can get lost in translation. PCMag talks to Dr. Selma Sabanovic about the challenges of taking them global. By Sophia Stuart October 2, 2016 Whether it’s robots that dance, robot coworkers, sociable trash cans, or therapeutic devices, Dr. Selma Sabanovic from Indiana University has seen it all. Dr. Sabanovic, an associate professor at the university’s School of Informatics and Computing,…

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  • Call: 2nd Joint UAE Symposium on Social Robotics (JSSR 2016)

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    Invitation and International Call for Presentations 2nd JOINT UAE SYMPOSIUM ON SOCIAL ROBOTICS (JSSR2016) 20-23 November 2016 United Arab Emirates University New York University Abu Dhabi http://conferences.uaeu.ac.ae/jssr2016/en/ To register or submit an abstract: SocialRoboticsUAE@uaeu.ac.ae Extended abstract deadline: October 17, 2016 THE FUTURE IS HERE A future in which robots will be our social companions and will assist us in many of our activities is quickly approaching. To get ready for tomorrow, a new kind of integrated research is gaining unprecedented traction: the study of interactions between humans inspires the development of more sophisticated autonomous agents, scaffolding the creation of the…

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  • VR comics allows users to “step into the page”

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    [This story from TechCrunch suggests interesting research questions about how different strategies and techniques can increase presence in a format part way between symbolic text and photo-realistic audio-video. The story includes a 1:30 minute video.–Matthew] Digital comics startup Madefire launches its first virtual reality app Posted October 10, 2016 by Anthony Ha When digital comics startup Madefire announced its latest funding round a few days ago, co-founder and CEO Ben Wolstenholme said the company was getting ready to move into virtual and augmented reality. He lived up to that promise in very short order, launching a preview app for Samsung’s…

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