Emily is the creation of Image Metrics in partnership with USC’s Institute for Creative Technologies. Using ICT’s special scanning system that can capture facial details down to the individual pore, the face of actress Emily O’Brien was transformed into a digital representation of herself, which could then be entirely machine-manipulated. A special spherical lighting rig [...]
The following lightning strike captured by storm chaser Tim Samaras is one of the first ever video captures slow enough (100,000 frames/second) to show lightning as it actually travels toward the ground and back toward the sky. Using an Ultra-High Speed camera that he heavily customized, Samaras was able to confirm that the lightning we [...]
The Natural History Museum in Los Angeles has added a startlingly realistic and interactive dinosaur to its attractions. The life-sized juvenile Tyrannosaurus rex was developed by ERTH of Australia, and is sure to soil the diapers of many a small child that crosses its path.
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The German industrial conglomerate Festo created a remote-controlled flying device modeled on the Manta Ray. The Air-Ray basically a helium-filled ballonet in the shape of a manta, but what separates this from a typical party balloon is that propulsion is achieved by a beating wing. It literally “swims” in a sea of air. [...]
