Though characters like Woody and Buzz Lightyear are wonderfully realistic and lovable, the relationship that kids have with them is largely one-sided. Kids can hear these characters talk—not only through movies, but games, toys, and other movie merchandise—but they can’t engage them.
Shell Creates 'Player' Powered Football Field | Digital Buzz Blog - 0 views
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Shell build a field in one of the Rio's favelas, which generate electricity from the player's footsteps
HeroMe: Create the Hero You Want to Be! by HeroMe - Kickstarter - 1 views
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Kickstarter project that allow kids create their own physical superhero action figures and stories for them
Pixar Vets Reinvent Speech Recognition So It Works for Kids | WIRED - 0 views
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It was this idea that inspired Jacob to team up with his former Pixar colleague, Martin Reddy, and launch a new company, ToyTalk. The San Francisco-based outfit develops mobile games that let kids have conversations with animated characters—dialogues that can last for hours
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Known as PullString, it’s equal parts speech recognition engine and script writing tool, and it’s quite a departure from other speech rec tools developed by the likes of Microsoft, Google, and Apple. It’s tailored specifically to kids, whose sentence structure, pitch, and vocal tone have posed challenges for traditional tools.
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the voice rec technology developed by ex-Pixar guy that is targeted to kids. It considers all nuances of kids speech behavior and analyses millions of kids conversations to make interaction with favorite characters within all possible media truly engaging
Become Your Favorite Super Hero with 3DPlusMe | News | Marvel.com - 0 views
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The SUPER AWESOME ME experience begins when the fan visits an in-store scanning station where a 3D face scanner captures their likeness to create a 3D model.
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At launch, fans can visit one of 10 Walmart or two Sam’s Club stores to create a personalized 12” action figure. The SUPER AWESOME ME figure features a traditional 12” articulated plastic action figure body and a full color 3D printed head. Recommended for fans ages 4 years and older and available for an approximate retail price of $45, the SUPER AWESOME ME figure will be available for pick up at Walmart locations or ship to Sam’s Club customers in four weeks.
How To Get More People Into Movie Theaters (Without Higher Ticket Prices) - 3 views
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Its newest toy is called Barco Escape and right now it’s essentially three theater screens in one space — the main screen and then additional screens on the left and right walls. The effect is a 270-degree image that makes viewers feel like they are in the middle of the action.
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It’s the kind of premium experience that most people would expect to pay extra for but Schilowitz says part of the point of Escape is to give viewers a more theme-park like experience without charging any more for a ticket.
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Schilowitz hopes to engage brands to make 270-degree short films to show before the actual movie. Think Red Bull's Red Bull's many extreme sports videos. Now picture them in an immersive experience. The money coming from brands could help offset the costs of the Escape screen.
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The new technology that may transform all that real estate Theaters owns into the arcades of the future.
Russia and the Menace of Unreality - The Atlantic - 0 views
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The new Russia doesn’t just deal in the petty disinformation, forgeries, lies, leaks, and cyber-sabotage usually associated with information warfare. It reinvents reality, creating mass hallucinations that then translate into political action.
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there is one great difference between Soviet propaganda and the latest Russian variety. For the Soviets, the idea of truth was important—even when they were lying.
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today’s Russia, by contrast, the idea of truth is irrelevant. On Russian ‘news’ broadcasts, the borders between fact and fiction have become utterly blurred.
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the tone is a bit hysterical, but this is how the world sees us from the outside and also a good inspiration for a Fortress scenario
ВЕДОМОСТИ - РПЦ получит из бюджета около 2 млрд рублей на создание духовно-пр... - 1 views
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федеральной целевой программе «Укрепление единства российской нации».
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В мае первые 23 организации такого типа получили первые 1,1 млрд руб.
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в 2015 г. в рамках ФЦП еще 958 млн руб. будут выделены на создание духовно-просветительских центров. Весь бюджет ФЦП на 2015 г. составляет 1,4 млрд руб.
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Виктор Шкулев: «Эта норма - из прошлого» - Россия - Slon.ru - 0 views
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Сегодня нижняя палата парламента приняла в первом чтении поправки в закон «О средствах массовой информации»,
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запрещается «владеть, управлять или контролировать прямо или косвенно (в том числе через подконтрольных ему лиц или посредством владения более 20 процентов долей (акций) любого лица)
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ограничение с 1 января 2016 года предполагается ввести для «иностранного государства, международной организации, а также находящихся под их контролем организаций, иностранных юридических лиц, российских юридических лиц с иностранным участием, иностранных граждан, лиц без гражданства, граждан Российской Федерации, имеющих гражданство другой страны».
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Интервью с генеральным директором HSM о перспективах развития российского медиа рынка в условиях нового законодательства, которое сократит долю иностранного владения в медиа до 20%
Minecraft firm Mojang bought by Microsoft for $2.5bn - Business News - Business - The I... - 0 views
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microsoft buying Minecraft with the hope to sell more of their devices to game fans
Биоинженеры вырастили работающую копию мозга из нейронов - Будущее - Slon.ru - 0 views
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Теперь биоинженеры из Тафтского университета (США) сумели в лабораторных условиях искусственно получить действующую ткань, подобную настоящему мозгу
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Ткань не только содержит белое и серое вещества, но и способна функционировать в течение более двух месяцев.
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В ходе экспериментов биологи подтвердили, что полученная ими ткань обладает свойствами настоящего живого мозга: имеет соответствующий метаболизм и электрическую активность, проводит сигналы и аналогичным образом реагирует на механические травмы
Fox Sued Over Homer Simpson Hologram | Animation Magazine - 0 views
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, Hologram USA and its CEO, Alki David, say the hologram infringed on its patented system to project 3D images on stage
Tom Hanks' Typewriter App Shoots To The Top Of The App Store | TechCrunch - 0 views
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Launched last week, Hanx Writer turns your iPad into an old-fashioned typewriter, offering a pseudo-analog typing experience. The bangs of key presses, hard returns and the chimes that sound when you reach the end of a new line now sit alongside modern conveniences
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Another way to use tech to revive the old-fashioned habits. Will the next gen of tech addicted individuals have those needs, or it's just us holding to the past?
«Сегодня домашние 3D-принтеры печатают какую-то хрень» - Технологии - Афиша-В... - 0 views
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Russian on-line service that can print your design on 3D or create the model on demand and print it. Designers are offered a platform to sell their designs to customers
The Future of Kids TV: A MIPTV Report | Animation World Network - 4 views
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3. New Characters for kids Talking Friends" - pet apps. Repeats your voice "squeaky version" 1.5 billion views. Talking Tom Cats" - Talking Tom stars in Disney's newest show, 3 min. short each week. Clumsy Ninja" - progressive game where Ninja gets less clumsy as he goes along. Kids spend hours and hours …
Жизнь с детьми: «Я так от всего этого устал»: за что дети не любят школу - Лю... - 0 views
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today's school kids who are not very bright at school discuss the changes they think should be made within existing educational system and how school marks to mean a thing
This Self-Cleaning Cashmere Never Needs To Go To The Dry Cleaner | Co.Exist | ideas + i... - 1 views
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If the fabric is placed in light for 24 hours, any dirt, bacteria, or stain--even coffee or red wine--automatically goes away, thanks to a chemical reaction triggered by the light.
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So far, preliminary tests have shown that the material is safe. Tests have also shown that the coating is durable
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We are currently working toward transfer of the technology to the industry." A self-cleaning sweater might only cost 1% more than usual.
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the self-cleaning cashmere can significantly decrease CO2 immersions, produced by laundry and often toxic dry cleaning
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