What most often gives away a CG character as fake is their dead, lifeless eyes. It’s a common contributing factor to the uncanny valley effect, but now researchers at Disney have developed a system to perfectly capture a performer’s eyes that promises to make CG characters finally appear more lifelike and convincing. Read more…
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Disney’s Super-Realistic CG Eyeballs Are an Uncanny Valley Airlift
The Centers for Disease Control has some dubious competition in the mishandling deadly pathogens business. A investigation by the Guardian reveals dozens of serious safety lapses in UK labs. In one case, a government lab shipped out live anthrax because someone had grabbed the wrong tubes. Read more…
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A UK Government Lab Accidentally Mailed Out Live Anthrax
Don’t know a ristretto from an espressino? Want to mix up your coffee options to include more uncommon drinks (some with names like the “dead eye” and “long black”)? Then here’s an infographic worthy of posting in your kitchen . Read more…
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This Graphic Shows the Perfect Ratios for 38 Different Coffee Drinks
If your body is used to consuming alcohol every day, and you suddenly stop cold turkey, you’re going to experience withdrawal symptoms including tremors. They’re treatable with benzodiazepine drugs, but often times those can be abused by addicts who fake tremors in order to get a prescription. Spotting those fake tremors isn’t always easy, so researchers at the University of Toronto have created a smartphone app that’s incredibly hard to fool. Read more…
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An App Can Tell If Addicts Are Faking Withdrawal Tremors To Get a Fix
If you combined the SkyMall catalog with the Christmas list of some spoiled rich kid you’d end up with Hammacher Schlemmer: an impossible menagerie of everything from shoe polishers, to talking scales, to this amazing set of underwater thrusters that you wear like a pair of Iron Man’s pants. If there’s a better way to spend $31, 000 we haven’t seen it. Read more…
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You Can’t Buy These Underwater Iron Man Thrusters Without Gov’t Approval
Tiny, light and infinitely transportable, this affordable little kit might save your life in an emergency. Here’s how to build your own mini survival kit and how to use the stuff in it. http://indefinitelywild.gizmodo.com/now-that-its-u… Read more…
They’re the perfect accent to a well-manicured backyard, but the solar-powered lights dotting your gardens and walkways are just one misstep away from being accidentally destroyed. So Ikea’s come up with the perfect solution , LED lights that you press into your lawn so that they’re flush to the ground while still providing plenty of light. Read more…
It’s been over four years since Dyson introduced a fan that somehow worked without visible blades. And besides releasing a few new models over the years, the company hasn’t announced any major updates to its Air Multiplier line since 2009. But it turns out that’s because Dyson’s engineers were finding clever ways to make these fans even quieter—up to 75 percent quieter to be exact—on three new models being rolled out today. Read more…
The new version of iTunes is now available, complete with the new iTunes radio streaming. If you’re planning on upgrading to iOS 7 , you’ll need the latest iTunes anyway, so might as well go grab it. Learn more here . Read more…
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The new version of iTunes is now available, complete with the new iTunes radio streaming.
Siri got a bit of an upgrade in iOS 7 , including new male and female voices, multiple new languages, and some smarter commands (not to mention a few more jokes). If you’d rather speak to your iPhone or iPad in your own language, or have a male virtual assistant instead of a female one, here’s how to make the change. Read more…
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How to Change Siri’s Voice in iOS 7