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A virtual chainsaw to train lumberjacks

German researchers have developed a virtual chainsaw for a tool manufacturer. By using the concept of 'mixed reality,' which combines the real world and virtual reality, they've created a simulation tool to train workers to use dangerous tools with no risk to be harmed. As they said, 'It looks like...

Tags: Researcher, Motor, Tool, Tree Trunk, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2007-08-16

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How to capture vibrant fall foliage with your digital camera

Fall (or autumn, for many of you) is my favorite season of the year, particularly because of the crisp weather and beautiful falling leaves. Capturing the vibrancy of the foliage can easily be done with either a pocket camera or digital SLR. Here are five tips...

Tags: Leave, Digital Camera, Camera, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-29

Poll: How often do you use a tripod?

TripodHaving image-stabilized lenses helps a lot. I can actually shoot 3-4 shots handheld and do a reasonable job stitching a panorama in Photoshop. But if I'm shooting HDR, going after a 360-degree panorama, or shooting in very low light, I'll still drag out the old Manfrotto.Poll is inconclusivebecause...

Tags: photograph

Discussion threads 2009-10-02

Ink Painting Free 1.2 (Mobile)

With Ink painting Free combine ink which is an exclusive Chinese painting material and water, it can mix out different inks according to water amount. Such as thick ink, thin ink, dry ink, wet ink, and pure ink. Then you can draw different stages of shade . At the beginning,...

Tags: Mobile, Ink, Global Agent

Software downloads 2009-10-01

Ink painting 1.1 (Mobile)

Ink painting is one of Chinese exclusive paintings. Combined ink which is an exclusive Chinese painting material and water, it can mix out different inks according to water amount. Such as thick ink, thin ink, dry ink, wet ink, and pure ink. Then you can draw different stages of shade...

Tags: Mobile, Ink, Global Agent

Software downloads 2009-10-01

It takes a lot to dismantle an Empire

It takes a lot to dismantle an EmpireI think everyone's safeI agree that MS laying off people is very unlikely. They're the biggest software company in the world and are still in a very strong position, and 2009 will only bolster that, what with S+S as well as all the...

Tags: Workforce management, Programming languages, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-01-05

Growing nano pine trees in Wisconsin

University of Wisconsin-Madison chemists have accidentally created nano pine trees with trunks and branches. As said the lead researcher, 'At the beginning we saw just a couple of trees, and we said, 'What the heck is going on here?' They were so curious.' In fact, this could lead to an...

Tags: Dislocation, Trunk, Productivity, Team Management, Leadership, Management, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-05-02

noax Industrial PCs Control the Machines and the Measurement of Tree Trunks at One of the Largest, Private Suppliers of Bark Removal Services in Germany

While the tree is going through the revolving rotors, made up of star-shaped knives inside the machine that remove the bark, sensors determine its size. With the help of a serial interface, a programmable logic control transmits data to a noax tough industrial PC which is firmly mounted inside, on...

Tags: PC, Supplier, Trunk, Transportation, Desktops, Channel Management, Hardware, Marketing

Case studies 2008-01-25

Hands on with the XO Sugar OS

Hands on with the XO Sugar OSOLPC review humourIt was six men of IndostanTo learning much inclined,Who went to see the ElephantThough all of them were blind,That each by observationMight satisfy his mind.The First approached the Elephant,And happening to fallAgainst his broad and sturdy side,At once began to bawl:"God bless...

Tags: WIRELESS, performance, operating system, access point, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2008-01-14

Build your own 3-D virtual trees

There are not many 3-D objects in virtual worlds such as Second Life. And the reason is very simple. 3-D objects are quite difficult to build by average computer users, who often don't have an artistic background. This is why computer scientists at Stanford University have decided to give us...

Tags: 3D, Tree, Vladlen Koltun, Dryad, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-01-10

What to do with Apple's $15 billion in cash: Try nothing

What to do with Apple's $15 billion in cash: Try nothingTiVo is a has been coTheir craizy subscription fees just to DVR something does not bring anything fancy.Actually, buying Tivo would be a good idea...Nothing would put Apple in the Living Room more than Tivo!I would be happy to see...

Tags: Keyboards, Research & Development, Monitors & displays, Insurance, TiVo Inc., Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-12-07

Free Bird Picture Screensaver 1.0 (Windows)

Birds are very attractive to look at, they can be very serious and funny, but never phony. Just imagine that you can fly high in the sky with an eagle, wash your feet in quiet stream with a flamingo or look thru the hollow of a tree trunk with a...

Tags: Screensaver, Bird, Kate Saver, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2007-12-06

Envision a solar parking lot: cool, clean and green

Solar Trees. Solar Groves. The value of shade in the future economy. Bio-mimicry. My little brain was racing to absorb all the solar heat coming through the phone. I spent nearly an hour talking with Robert Noble. Trained as an architect, he's...

Tags: Acre, Kyocera Wireless Corp., Tree, Plug-in, Robert Noble, Envision, NREL, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2007-10-07

Microsoft patch can cause IE trouble

Microsoft patch can cause IE troubleWell, it is limited to sites that use HTTP 1.1 and compressionAccording to http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/08/16/447023.aspx, "The issue is limited to IE6SP1 only, and then only when visiting a website that use HTTP 1.1 and compression."I'd say that "certain Web sites" is an appropriate description. It...

Tags: Operating systems, Rootkits, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Web browsers, Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, patch management, Microsoft Windows 2000, Linux, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Internet Explorer

Discussion threads 2006-08-15

RDBMS Applications

The motivating idea behind Codd's relational model wasn't data storage at all. Shared data storage was, to him, merely a means to an end: efficient, easily developed and debugged, applications. Basically the problem he was responding to was the clumsiness of COBOL, the single user orientation of the batch...

Tags: Databases, Servers, RDBMS, database, System 38, Codd, RPG, client-server, storage

Blog posts 2006-06-07

Outsourcing, freedom and sovereignity

A recent survey by outsourcing advisory firm TPI found that outsourcing results in less savings than expected. From an article on Information Week: But while more firms are turning critical IT and business functions like help desk support and customer service over to third parties, who in turn often send...

Tags: outsourcing, sovereignity, programmer

Blog posts 2006-04-14

Searls@Syndicate on 'The live Web'

I'm here at the Syndicate Conference in San Francisco. The show was kicked-off with a short keynote by conference chairperson (and blogger-extraordinnaire) Doc Searls. Searls led off by talking about how his book -- The Cluetrain Manifesto -- is one of his more significant accomplishments that's still popular six...

Tags: live Web, Web

Blog posts 2005-12-13

Why leaves change color

Autumn starts officially tomorrow and we'll soon be able to look at all the marvelous colors of autumn leaves, at least if we live in a place where autumn means something. And I'm sure you know why tree leaves change color in the fall. It's because chlorophyll is disappearing from...

Tags: protein

Blog posts 2005-09-21

TreemagikG2 1.06 (Windows)

No longer are tree designers limited to prefabricated trunk mesh and leaf chunk designs. TreemagikG2 offers the designer an easy approach to building unique tree designs. By simply adjusting certain slider bars the tree in the editor contorts to the new shape in real time. TreemagikG2 offers controls for every...

Tags: Tree, Creation, Aliencodec, TreemagikG2, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2005-05-27

TreeMagik Pro 1.0 (Windows)

Create high-quality tree models at low-poly counts perfect for game development. Photo-realistic bark, leaf, and limb textures included. Stay up-to-date with TREEmagik Plugged In (free 1-year membership). Import your own trunk, cluster leaf segments mesh or use the included media. Import your own .bmp, .tga, .png, .jpg, .rle texture files...

Tags: Media, Microsoft Windows, Aliencodec, Games, Advertising & Promotion, Personal Technology, Marketing

Software downloads 2004-01-23