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Evolution of Dance, NAO Robot Style

There is a good chance that you have seen (or at least heard about) the Evolution of Dance video on Youtube, and the extremely popular video has had its shares of remakes and interpretations. But if you want cute technological overload, no one does it better than NAO Robot. Check out the video below.

Evolution of Dance

(Judson) Laipply first performed “The Evolution of Dance” in March 2001, at which time it consisted of 12 popular dance songs. In 2006, he uploaded a video of the six-minute performance to YouTube. The clip received 70 million views in under 8 months. It was rated on YouTube as:

Most Viewed All Time Video on YouTube.com
Top Rated Video on YouTube.com
Most Discussed Video on YouTube.com

source:Wikipedia

Emerging Optical Technology (Infographic)

Greg Chaffins

Like some of the NerdBeach readers, I have been a life long wearer of corrective lenses. While it has gone from glasses to contact lenses and back to glasses, the one constant I have lived with is the need for some form of optical technology to back up what nature had given me.

But now it seems that said optical technology is set to take a bound forward thanks to cutting edge science merged with technology. I am looking forward to seeing how such advancements provide both optical aids and technology interfaces that today we only dream about. The infographic below takes a look at some of the exciting new developments, and I believe it is just the tip of the iceberg.
In fact, we could say that optical technology may soon do for the brain what it has previously done for the eyes!

Presented by Zenni Optical Eyeglasses

Game of Phones Infographic

Greg Chaffins

This is a fun infographic that takes a look at the ongoing tug of war between iOS and Google Play. The take away is this – Google Play continues to build, but the profit is with iOS. Of course, this is subject to change as the smartphone winds blow.

Augment Reality with Microsoft’s MirageTable

Greg Chaffins

If Microsoft Research has anything to say about it, a virtual, interactive meeting place may be coming to a desktop near you sooner than later. The MirageTable makes the magic happen by utilizing a top mounted 3-D projector to present the visuals on a curved display area, and a Kinect (who didn't see that coming?) to track the user's gaze and movement. By using both of these the correct perspective is presented to the user.

The really interesting aspect is that both ends of the conversation can manipulate virtual 3D objects in real time, making it possible to collaborate with designs in a way that has been only science fiction to date. And when you have nobody to talk to, you can still use the system to work on your virtual projects solo. So maybe that colloborative VR Lego Death Star build is just around the corner… Check out the video below for more information on this fascinating but (IMHO) inevitable technology.

Kinect

Kinect is a motion sensing input device by Microsoft for the Xbox 360 video game console and Windows PCs. Based around a webcam-style add-on peripheral for the Xbox 360 console, it enables users to control and interact with the Xbox 360 without the need to touch a game controller, through a natural user interface using gestures and spoken commands.

source:wikipedia