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Re-blogged from Networked Performance     levelHead is an interactive game that uses a cube, a webcam, and pattern recognition. When the cube is rotated or tilted in front of the camera the user will be able to see ‘inside’ the cube and guide a small avatar through six different rooms. Pattern recognition has already been used in several other projects, but this is a new way of using it, and a new way of thinking of the technology. The idea behind the game itself is rather simple. When the cube is tilted the avatar moves in the corresponding direction. The goal of...

Effects of natural stress relief meditation on trait anxiety: a pilot study. Psychol Rep. 2007 Aug;101(1):130-4 Authors: Coppola F Natural Stress Relief meditation, a mental technique which is practiced for 15 minutes twice a day, aims to reduce stress and anxiety by eliciting a specific state of physiological rest along with mental alertness. The meditation is taught in a...

Via KurzweilAI.net     Researchers at Accenture Technology Labs in France have developed the "Pocket Supercomputer," which automatically identifies objects in a video, using any ordinary 3G...

Darkness-enhanced startle responses in ecologically valid environments: A virtual tunnel driving experiment. Biol Psychol. 2007 Sep 14; Authors: Mühlberger A, Wieser MJ, Pauli P Using the...

Via Pink Tentacle   Japan’s National Institute of Information and Communications Technology ( NICT ) researchers have developed an autonomous humanoid robot that can recognize and use body...