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Disney Is Teaching Robots How to Sculpt With Clay
Robots might have already taken over industries like manufacturing, but when it comes to more creative endeavours, like the arts, humans still hold a strong lead. But for how long? Disney’s researchers have created a system that allows human artists to teach aspiring robotic Michelangelos how to sculpt clay using tools to mimic various artistic…
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Disney’s Extremely Weird Force Jacket Simulates The Feeling Of Turning Into The Hulk
Are you cool with hugs? What about the most all-encompassing hug you’ve ever had? That just about sums up how Disney Research’s new force feedback jacket works. Using inflatable airbags, it can simulate physical experiences when you’re lost in VR, such as getting hit by a snowball, or turning into a muscular beefcake in just…
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Disney Just Invented A One-Legged Robot That Hops Like Tigger
In Disney’s continued quest to breathe life into all of its cartoon characters, it might be going beyond a mere costume. Its research branch just revealed what appears to be the first attempt to make a robotic version of Tigger, Winnie the Pooh’s tiger pal, who’s best known for bouncing around on his tail.
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Cheap Projector Uses Prisms To Create Colour Images From B&W Source
Before LEDs and lasers came along, video projectors would shine white light through a rotating colour wheel to produce full-colour images. But researchers at Dartmouth College and Disney Research Zürich have come up with a more unusual projection approach using prisms and very precise computer-generated black and white images.