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The 2011 PopSci Invention Awards
The 5th Annual PopSci Invention Awards Honor Bright IdeasJohn B. CarnettIn the five years that Popular Science has run the Invention Awards, we've seen a lot of remarkable things come out of people's...
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2011 Invention Awards: A Mirror That Monitors Vital Signs
On The PulseJohn B. CarnettPoh previously developed a method of measuring heart rate using an iPhone earbudOne night in late 2009, Ming-Zher Poh and his roommate, Dan McDuff, asked some friends to sit...
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Video: An Augmented Reality "Mirror" That Alters Your Appearance
The Augmented Reality Mirror In ActionNew ScientistUsing a webcam hooked up to custom PC software, a pair of researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, have created an augmented reality "mirror"...
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NY Times' Kinect-Assisted Mirror Delivers News, Coupons and Fashion Tips As...
Mirror MirrorNieman Journalism LabUnless you're the type to conduct business while conducting ... business, the bathroom is probably the one remaining sanctuary where you're not flooded with data, in...
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Video: Qbo Robot Learns to Recognize Itself in a Mirror
Qbo Sees HimselfTheCorporaQbo (pronounced "cue-bee-oh") is a newish robot designed by TheCorpora, which in addition to general cuteness boasts some impressive speech and object recognition abilities....
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Video: Creepiest Mirror Ever Displays Ghostly Animal Heads Mimicking Your...
Surprise!Karolina SobeckaAugmented reality can do some really creepy things to mirrors. This new concept displays a 3-D animal avatar as your reflection, mimicking your facial expressions in a...
View ArticleInteractive Floor Lets You Play Games With Your Upside-Down Self
"Smart" floors that monitor your movements might not be practical for a while yet, but this one seems like a lot of fun. The GravitySpace floor monitors your weight, and beams a mirror image of...
View ArticleThis Cat Did Not Figure Out How Mirrors Work
Video of 8CxYrv95FLMEarlier today, Gawker posted a video of a housecat looking at itself in a mirror, slowly raising one paw and looking with wonder at its own reflection. "Smart cat figures out how...
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Smart Rear-View Mirror Sees Through The Stuff Piled In Your Back Seat
Nissan Smart Rear-View MirrorCorinne IozzioA rear-view mirror is only useful if you can see out of the back of your car -- something, it happens, that's gotten increasingly difficult to do. We pack the...
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Shadowless Skyscrapers Designed For London
Concept Of SkyscrapersNBBJLondon isn't exactly known for its bright and sunny climate, so the idea of more skyscrapers darkening the horizon of that metropolis isn't very appealing to people who enjoy...
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Peek At The James Webb Telescope Before It Peers Into Forming Galaxies
Space A big, beautiful mirror turns around to say hello It's still on Earth for the next two years, but the James Webb Space Telescope turned around to face the world this week, as it moved into...
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2011 Invention Awards: A Mirror That Monitors Vital Signs
DIY A no-touch system tracks your health One night in late 2009, Ming-Zher Poh and his roommate, Dan McDuff, asked some friends to sit in front of a laptop. Poh, an electrical- and medical-engineering...
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Video: An Augmented Reality "Mirror" That Alters Your Appearance
Technology Using a webcam hooked up to custom PC software, a pair of researchers at Queen Mary, University of London, have created an augmented reality “mirror” that morphs your facial… Using a webcam...
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NY Times' Kinect-Assisted Mirror Delivers News, Coupons and Fashion Tips As...
Gadgets Unless you’re the type to conduct business while conducting ... business, the bathroom is probably the one remaining sanctuary where you’re not flooded with data, in the form… Unless you’re...
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Video: Qbo Robot Learns to Recognize Itself in a Mirror
Technology Qbo (pronounced "cue-bee-oh") is a newish robot designed by TheCorpora, which in addition to general cuteness boasts some impressive speech and object recognition abilities. Qbo (pronounced...
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Video: Creepiest Mirror Ever Displays Ghostly Animal Heads Mimicking Your...
Technology Augmented reality can do some really creepy things to mirrors. This new concept displays a 3-D animal avatar as your reflection, mimicking your facial expressions in a… Augmented reality...
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Interactive Floor Lets You Play Games With Your Upside-Down Self
Gadgets Play soccer, knock over some dominoes, and more activities you and Mirror You can enjoy. "Smart" floors that monitor your movements might not be practical for a while yet, but this one seems...
View ArticleThis Cat Did Not Figure Out How Mirrors Work
Science It's cute! But not a major step forward for feline cognition.
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Smart Rear-View Mirror Sees Through The Stuff Piled In Your Back Seat
Gadgets Hey! There's a car back there... A rear-view mirror is only useful if you can see out of the back of your car -- something, it happens, that's gotten increasingly difficult to do. We pack the...
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Shadowless Skyscrapers Designed For London
Technology Hey, who turned on the lights? London isn't exactly known for its bright and sunny climate, so the idea of more skyscrapers darkening the horizon of that metropolis isn't very appealing to...
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