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  • Illusion can halve the pain of osteoarthritis, scientists say

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    [A press release from The University of Nottingham; the story includes a 3:45 minute video] Illusion can halve the pain of osteoarthritis, scientists say 14 Apr 2011 A serendipitous discovery by academics at The University of Nottingham has shown that a simple illusion can significantly reduce — and in some cases even temporarily eradicate — arthritic pain in the hand. By tricking the brain into believing that the painful part of the hand is being stretched or shrunk, the researchers were able to halve the pain felt by 85 per cent of sufferers they tested. The research could point to…

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  • Call: Workshop on Augmenting Social Interaction through Affective Computing at ACII 2011

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    Call for Papers 1st workshop on Augmenting Social Interaction through Affective Computing Workshop at ACII 2011 http://www.augmenting-social-interaction.org/ http://www.acii2011.org/ Augmenting Social Interaction through Affective Computing is the first workshop on affective computing that specifically aims to improve or enhance social interaction among humans. Social interactions, whether mediated or face-to-face, can benefit significantly from advances in affective computing and social signal processing. Example application areas include mental healthcare, training and coaching, negotiation, and close intimate interactions. To address this topic, we invite submissions on the relation between social interaction between humans and affective computing technologies. Topics of interest include, but are not…

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  • Eye-tracking projector keeps your eye on the game

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    [From Geekosystem, which features two videos] Eye-Tracking Projector Keeps Your Eye on the Game by Max Eddy | May 2nd, 2011 The best way to get really visually sucked into the game you’re playing is to increase screen real estate; get a giant HDTV or a series of monitors. But a team from the University of Texas, Austin has unveiled a clever solution that uses a tiny projector to provide a huge viewing experience. In their demo, presented last week, they combined a tiny, motorized pico projector and an eye-ball tracking system with a parabolic screen. This keeps gamers’ eyes…

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  • Call: ‘Quality of Collaboration in Design’ special issue of CoDesign

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    CALL FOR PAPERS CoDesign: International Journal of CoCreation in Design and the Arts Special issue on Quality of collaboration in design The focus of this special issue is on quality of collaboration across a variety of design situations, with a special interest on the detailed analysis of interactive dynamics in small groups or teams. Submission of intentions to contribute: May 16, 2011 (a more detailed time schedule is below) GUEST EDITORS Francoise Detienne, CNRS – Telecom ParisTech, francoise.detienne@telecom-paristech.fr Michael Baker, CNRS – Telecom ParisTech, michael.baker@telecom-paristech.fr Jean-Marie Burkhardt, University Paris Descartes, jean-marie.burkhardt@parisdescartes.fr SCOPE This special issue aims to bring together research…

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  • Panorama Mesdag: A physical place of enchanting illusion

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    [From The Wall Street Journal, which features additional images] A Physical Place of Enchanting Illusion By Jonathan Lopez April 9, 2011 Whenever friends visit the Netherlands, I recommend they go to The Hague to see the Panorama Mesdag, a 360-degree painted view of the beach and dunes at Scheveningen, created in 1881. With so many other sites to see, few people take me up on this suggestion. But those who do always feel they’ve discovered a miraculous secret. Little-known abroad, the Panorama Mesdag is a Dutch national treasure, a magical, monumental painting of astonishing charm and beauty. And it is,…

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  • Call: NetGames – International Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games

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    CALL FOR PAPERS 10th Anniversary of the annual International Workshop on Network and Systems Support for Games Ottawa, Canada, October 6-7 2011 http://www.discover.uottawa.ca/netgames2011/ & Special Issue on Network and Systems Support for Games in Springer’s Multimedia Systems Journal http://www.site.uottawa.ca/~shervin/netgamessi/ NetGames brings together researchers and practitioners from both academia and industry to present the latest research results and challenges of today’s networked games, and to understand their requirements and possibilities in order to enable the next generation of networked games. NetGames also provides industry keynote and panel discussions. Submissions are solicited on all aspects of networked games, including (but not limited…

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  • Harvey Norman stores employ ‘V’, a virtual salesperson

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    [From ConnectedAustralia.com] Harvey Norman employs ‘V’, a virtual salesperson By Lorna Brett Posted on: April 11, 2011 One Harvey Norman store in every state has welcomed a new staff member to its team this week; Rowenta’s affectionately nicknamed “V” salesperson, otherwise known as Spyeglass’ Virtual Presenter. Present at Rowenta’s ‘Experiential Lounge Room’ in Sydney last week, ‘V’, a woman holding an iPad while talking about vacuums in Rowenta’s new range, was doing a job normally reserved for a living, breathing salesperson.…

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  • Call: “ICT for Cultural Heritage” special theme in ERCIM News

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    Call for articles European Research Consortium for Informatics and Mathematics ERCIM News No. 86 (July 2011) Special Theme: “ICT for Cultural Heritage” (see also http://ercim-news.ercim.eu/call) DEADLINE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS: Wednesday 18 May 2011 Articles have to be sent to the local editor for your country (see About ERCIM News) or to the central editor peter.kunz@ercim.eu Please read the guidelines below before submitting an article!! coordinated by David Arnold, University of Brighton, UK and Martin Doerr, FORTH-ICS, Heraklion, Crete, Greece The co-cordinators of this ERCIM News special theme invite short articles about ongoing research, development and deployment in Information and Communication Technology for…

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  • Photo exhibits designed to trick the mind

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    [From Korea JoongAng Daily, where the story includes additional images; more information is available here] [Image: Duplication¡± (2010) by Han Sung-pil is part of his solo show ¡°Dual Realities¡± at Arario Gallery Seoul] Exhibits designed to trick the mind “I’ve always been interested in the relationship between reality and illusion.” -Han Sung-pil April 21, 2011 By Moon So-young  Last week, there was news that the U.S. Postal Service had made a big mistake on a stamp featuring the Statue of Liberty. It turned out that the stamp was not based on a photo of the real statue in New York Harbor…

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  • Call: “Arts and Virtual Worlds” at 2011 International Conference on CyberWorlds

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    CALL FOR PAPERS – “ARTS and VIRTUAL WORLDS” Cyberworlds Conference Special Session 2011 International Conference on CyberWorlds 4-6 October 2011, Banff, Alberta, Canada http://cw2011.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/ SUBMISSION DEADLINE: May 6, 2011 Send your submission and any other request to: gianluca.mura@polimi.it Chair Dr.Gianluca Mura In Cooperation with ACM SIGGRAPH and EUROGRAPHICS Association Endorsed by IEEE VGTC Committee for IEEE technical co-sponsorship Proceedings will be published by IEEE-CS Organized by the Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary, with support from Informatics Circle of Research Excellence iCORE and School of Computer Engineering, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Conference papers will be published in the proceedings…

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  • The virtual doctor is in: Robots in hospitals

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    [From Investor’s Business Daily] [Image: InTouchHealth’s flat-panel screens, the “heads” of its robots, let off-site professionals see and treat patients. AP] The Virtual Doctor Is In: Robots In Hospitals By Paul Korzeniowski, FOR Investor’s Business Daily Posted 03/29/2011 At Ocean Beach Hospital in Ilwaco, Wash., when arriving patients show signs of a stroke, a key member of their medical team is … a tall flat-panel screen. Actually, the screen is attached atop a 6-foot device, a robot that functions mostly as a mobile videoconferencing system. Telemedicine is moving into the telepresence-robot era, with devices that roll on wheels and are…

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  • Call: Beyond Mobile Context – Workshop on mobile interaction design practice and theory

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    Beyond Mobile Context Workshop on mobile interaction design practice and theory (+ Keynote by Prof. Paul Rodgers on Creative Practice at the Boundaries of Architecture, Design and Art) 5 July 2011 Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne Held in conjunction with BHCI 2011 (http://www.hci2011.co.uk/) For further information please visit http://beyondmobilecontext.wordpress.com/ Important Dates: Submission deadline: 1 May, 2011 Workshop: 5 July, 2011 (as part of BHCI 2011) General Theme: We are witnessing a new quality of mobile interactions triggered by emerging new mobile technologies and services ranging from location-based apps and mobile learning services to mobile projectors and wearable computing which in…

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