Dec
4
Dell Offers World of Warcraft Edition XPS M1730 Notebook
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A legendary alliance between Dell and Blizzard has resulted in a one-of-a-kind notebook designed to deliver the ultimate World of Warcraft experience.
With the new WoW-themes XPS, Dell attempts to lure a good share of World of Warcraft players across the globe.
Earlier today Dell unveiled the XPS M1730 World of Warcraft Edition laptops customized for members of both the Horde (the bad) and Alliance (the good) factions in the popular game. The $4,499 laptop is a mod of the popular XPS M1730 gaming laptop with customized lid and overall design. Read more
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Nov
21
Content-Aware Image Sizing
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This video by Dr. Ariel Shamir shows off presentation on content-aware image sizing. It demonstrates a software application that resizes images in such a way that the content of the image is preserved intelligently.
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Oct
17
The Moven motion capture suit is an easy-to-use, cost efficient system for full-body human motion capture.
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Moven, your portable mocap solution
The Moven motion capture suit is an easy-to-use, cost efficient system for full-body human motion capture. Moven is based on unique, state-of-the-art miniature inertial sensors, biomechanical models and sensor fusion algorithms.
Moven does not need external cameras, emitters or markers. It can thus be used outdoors as well as indoors, there are no restrictions for lighting, it does not suffer from problems of occlusion or missing markers. In addition, unique for inertial motion capture technology: the sensor-suit captures any type of movement, including running, jumping, crawling and cartwheels.
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