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MIT’s Sixth Sense, a wearable interface straight out of MINORITY REPORT

Andrew Hearst — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:54:54 +0000

On his excellent blog, the user-experience expert Nick Finck shares a TED video demonstration of Sixth Sense, a wearable gestural interface that grabs data from the Internet and allows you to interact with it in countless real-world ways. You can draw a watch onto your arm to check the time; pull up Amazon ratings for [...]

Spielberg approves of pending robot apocalypse

Sundance Channel — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 20:00:09 +0000

Why, Steven? WHY? Remember our post about IBM's latest supercomputer, Watson, who (or is it which?) will be competing on Jeopardy? Not to be out done, Microsoft announced at this year's Electronic Entertainment Expo their latest achievement-to-be : Project Natal. Project Natal aims to be a "controller-free gaming and entertainment experience," hopefully making the XBox 360 and gaming overall more approachable. While the prospect of a more immersive entertainment experience is highly appealing to many, this new chapter in technology is opening new doors for human interaction with artificial intelligence that were only possible in science fiction films such as Steven Spielberg's A.I. Developed for years at Lionhead Studios under the pseudonym The Dimitri Project, Milo is a new brand of AI that totally blew every attendee at E3 away. Learn more about Milo and Spielberg's thoughts on Project Natal and how it relates to technological advancement...

Star Trek singularity

Matthew Rodriguez — Fri, 15 May 2009 15:08:32 +0000

Sundance Channel may not normally be in the habit of talking about mainstream summer blockbusters, but often there are interesting threads on the fringes that grow out of these pop culture behemoths. Take Artie Vierkant, who stitched together all episodes of Star Trek Voyager into a grid in a single sped up video. Unlike most science fiction or space adventure shows, Vierkant's clip does at least one thing right: There is no sound in space! Click below for much more.

Duncan Jones’s indie MOON looks like excellent sci-fi

Andrew Hearst — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 20:13:05 +0000

The movie site firstshowing.net has the excellent new trailer for MOON, an indie sci-fi film that debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and hits theaters, in limited release, on June 12. Starring Sam Rockwell as a solitary astronaut preparing to head home after a three-year stint on the moon, the film appears to be a [...]