http://www.realityprime.com Advanced Technology Research Thu, 25 Jun 2009 06:06:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en From Bad Astronomy. It takes no work to see the illusion, but a lot of effort to see past it. The "blue" and "green" swirls are exactly the same color. Don't believe me? Verify it for yourself. http://www.realityprime.com/articles/best-color-illusion-ive-seen It's a bit depressing to see how so many news sites only seemed to cover the Iranian situation because it happens to feature Twitter and Facebook. Election fraud is so old hat, I guess, that we need a new twist to drive interest. Well, here's an article about some election science ... http://www.realityprime.com/articles/the-iranian-election Microsoft just announced a 3D camera / microphone array for XBox that will allow multiple players to play games with no hand-held devices whatsoever. I got a demo of an earlier prototype. You will want.   Update: There's a video on XBox.com that shows some of what they intend to deliver, with a ... http://www.realityprime.com/news/the-real-deal I usually love Costco. I've been a member for close to 10 years in various states and found them to be a very well run company. But yesterday makes me really wonder if their employee training has gone to shit. Here's the scene. My wife and I are checking out with ... http://www.realityprime.com/articles/costco The idea of white roofs cutting down on interior cooling costs is nothing new. The science is so sound, we simply call it engineering. Sec. Chu points out the magnitude of the potential savings (i.e., if we had all roofs and roads in hot zones reflecting more light vs. absorbing+radiating ... http://www.realityprime.com/articles/funny-or-sad  Here's the link in case the embedding doesn't work. http://www.realityprime.com/articles/another-great-ted-talk Interesting article from Time. Definitely something any new parents should know to watch for. Show the average 14-month-old baby a sealed jar of cookies, and you get some pretty predictable behavior. The child will reach for the treats and, when thwarted, look beseechingly at the nearest adult. The request for help ... http://www.realityprime.com/articles/signs-of-autism-present-as-early-as-8-months Well, at least some of it. They've made it hard for me to embed this more complete video, even though they put something similar on YouTube, but here's a link to the full demo reel. http://www.realityprime.com/articles/this-is-what-augmented-reality-will-look-like A few years ago, I complained quite extensively about the sad state of the 3D Web. Nowadays, things are entirely different, and almost exactly the same. Let me explain. Last week, Google announced O3D, their stab at an open standard for 3D Web development based on Javascript. Well, it's Javascript, plus ... http://www.realityprime.com/articles/oh-3d Updated link It's easier to just download the CSV file and look at it in Excel... http://www.realityprime.com/articles/near-real-time-flu-map