Month: April 2010

Augmented reality video ‘windows’

This fun project reminds me of the video wall in the Arno movie Total Recall. รขโ‚ฌยขCustom Winscape software with configurable screen parameters รขโ‚ฌยขTwo HD plasma displays for great contrast and wide viewing angles รขโ‚ฌยขVideo playback resolution of 1920×1080 with sound รขโ‚ฌยขStill-image resolution of 4096×4096 รขโ‚ฌยขFully embedded in the wall for aesthetics and silent operation รขโ‚ฌยขTracking […]

Airship controlled by electroactive polymers

Airship controlled by electroactive polymers

รƒล“bernerdy Swiss lighter-than-air fish that flies with electronic muscles? What’s not to like? The actuators on the airship work – like biological muscles – in an agonist-antagonist configuration. While the actuators on one side of the airship are activated, the corresponding actuator on the other side contracts. Thus the body and tail fin are excited […]