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Re:3D: Towards a Better World
March 04, 2019 17:01 - 36 minutes - 50.3 MBWhat if affordable 3D printing could create what communities need most? And, what if the material used to 3D print--was garbage? That's the vision that re:3D co-founder and catalyst Samantha Snabes and her team are bringing to life right now. Samantha's Houston-based startup re:3D began in 2013 as the creator of the Gigabot®, the world's largest industrial 3D printer--creating structures that start at eight cubic feet. After Hurricane Maria, Gigabot® created 3D printed signs for Puerto ...
Exploring the Amazing
February 25, 2019 08:01 - 11 minutes - 15.7 MBVirtual reality is an exciting new medical implement. And Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, continues to explore its effectiveness. pioneer new uses--and share their knowledge with the community. In March 2018, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, in Los Angeles, hosted the first-ever Virtual Medicine conference, which was nothing short of mind-blowing! This week, Dr. Brandon Birckhead, Co-Director of the Virtual Medicine Conference, gave us a look inside the event--and a preview of the...
A “Link” to the Future
February 18, 2019 08:01 - 9 minutes - 13.1 MBSan Diego-based educational robotics firm Robolink is looking ahead. With a sense of fun and play, CEO Hansol Hong keeps coming up with new robotics kits to educate tomorrow's generation of roboticists. His latest? A robot called "Zumi", which is a female robot and geared towards young girls! And she's designed to teach her users to code autonomous vehicles through AI! Routing algorithms, ethics and deep learning are all a part of the skills Zumi teaches. Zumi's Kickstarter program lau...
A Change in the Air
February 11, 2019 08:01 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBImagine you're in a shopping mall. You come across an area where you can fly a drone, play a game and save money. That's CopterWorld CEO and President Thomas L. Register's vision, His goal: to revive brick-and-mortar stores. But more importantly, he wants to get people away from their screens--and having fun interacting with one another once. Thomas is the inventor of Chopper Shopper: a new concept that allows consumers to fly drones in unused retail spaces. Along the way, they'll...
Making Limitations Obsolete
February 04, 2019 08:01 - 18 minutes - 24.7 MBSay "prosthetic arm" and what comes to mind? In all probability, something very different from what Unlimited Tomorrow is creating. This New York-based startup has come up with a way to 3D print robotic arms! This ultralight advanced technology can match the wearer's skin tone and appear much more realistic than some of the prosthetics of the past. Most importantly, though? Artificial intelligence allows Unlimited Tomorrow's robotic arms to be versatile. The fingers move. The limb ca...
Healing Vibrations–Literally
January 29, 2019 08:01 - 24 minutes - 33.2 MBThe following is for informational purposes only, and is not intended as medical advice. Please contact your healthcare professional with any medical questions. PainCareLabs CEO Dr. Amy Baxter has found that technology can relieve pain--without drugs. Specifically, her research has shown that vibrations, plus a sensation of heat or cold, make a big difference. As a result, she's developed numerous portable drug-free devices. The goal: to empower patients, while relieving pain non-invas...
Anaheim’s Winning “S.C.O.R.E.”
January 21, 2019 08:01 - 41 minutes - 56.4 MBJason Cooper (right) with fellow Anaheim Ducks Fan Development Marketing Manager Molly Schaus and Fan Development Marketing Coordinator Gabriel Alamillo at S.C.O.R.E.'s exhibit during the 2018 California STEAM Symposium. What if...students could relate science, technology, engineering and math to a sport they enjoyed? And what if the arts were an essential component of all of the above? That's entirely possible, with the Anaheim Ducks Hockey Club's S.C.O.R.E. Program. Shortly after we me...
Moona: A “Smart” Route to Better ZZZ’s
January 11, 2019 17:11 - 5 minutes - 7.55 MBMoona is back, at CES® 2019! We first met CEO/co-founder Coline Juin at CES® 2017. At that point, she was just introducing her smart sleep technology. Moona is an ingenious system that regulates temperature, to give the user a sound night's sleep. The system is based on scientific research, with sleep specialists. Since we last talked, Coline and her team have done additional research and product development. Moona is now in production, and taking pre-orders! Come meet Coline and ...
Upgraded to 2019
January 09, 2019 17:38 - 7 minutes - 6.66 MBWhat if...you never had to write out another luggage tag? (No matter how many times you traveled, thanks to some new technology?) And what if, if the airline lost your bag, you could track it immediately--through that same device? That's One Bag Tag founder and CEO Eli Ostreicher's vision. He's come up with an ingenious "smart" tag that replaces those paper ones--forever! In addition, One Bag Tag allows you to track your luggage! From CES® 2019's Eureka Park® startup area, Eli explaine...
Wowed By the Future
January 07, 2019 08:01 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBAs Over Coffee® counts down to CES® 2019, here’s another of our most popular episodes from the previous show. We can’t wait to see the latest updates, in Las Vegas! As 2019 begins... In less than a year, there may be a vision-restoring device available to the partially blind in the U.S. Computers may get kids more active, as opposed to making them more sedentary. And a "smart" system will allow you to grow your fresh vegetables right in your kitchen, even if you're anything...
A “Rhythm” of Hope
December 31, 2018 17:23 - 13 minutes - 19.1 MBWhen the 130th Rose Parade® wows Pasadena on New Year's Day 2019, it's going to include 40 floats. Among those will be an especially poignant one: the Donate Life float, "Rhythm of the Heart". On Saturday, volunteers were hard at work at Fiesta Floats' Irwindale facility. And one of the floats receiving painstaking attention, during the decoration process, was "Rhythm of the Heart". During a lunch break, we caught up with Tom Mone, who is both Donate Life's Rose Parade Float Chairman and ...
Aeolus™: “Smart” and Versatile
December 24, 2018 08:01 - 9 minutes - 12.6 MBAs Over Coffee® counts down to CES® 2019, here's another of our most popular CES® 2018 interviews. We can't wait to see the latest updates, in Las Vegas in January! Suppose you have guests coming. The clock is ticking. You have a massive to-do list. So--you sit back and nonchalantly sip a cold drink. Meanwhile, your home robot assistant begins to tidy up, vacuum and dust. Alex Huang, founder and CEO of San Francisco-based Aeolus™ Robotics, has created a domestic robot that could make t...
One Job No One Minds Giving to a Robot
December 17, 2018 08:01 - 9 minutes - 12.5 MBAs Over Coffee® counts down to CES® 2019, we're posting some of our most popular podcasts recorded during the 2018 show. Say it with me: "WHOA!" This Laundroid robot is designed to take over a job you're currently doing. But you almost certainly won't object. That's because the Laundroid, which Tokyo-based Seven Dreamers Laboratories created, is the world's first fully automated laundry-folding robot. Laundroid was more than twelve years in the making, says Seven Dreamers President and C...
MakePi: DIY, Learning, Fun
December 10, 2018 08:01 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MBCan you imagine that CES® 2019 is less than a month away? We'll be looking forward, once again, to bringing you our favorite 2019 innovations. Meanwhile, here's one of our top interviews from CES 2018 (and we can't believe it's been almost a year, either!). MakePi CEO and co-founder Bruno Costa says creating the world's first DIY tablet for kids is just a start. We had the pleasure of meeting and talking with Bruno at CES® 2018, in Las Vegas in January. At the time, he and his San Franc...
In Harmony With Math
December 03, 2018 18:44 - 21 minutes - 30.1 MBDuring his growing-up years, musician Marcus Blackwell, Jr., says he was "math phobic". Today, he's overcome that fear. And he uses what he learned, about the connection between music and mathematics, to help other students succeed. Marcus is the founder and CEO of Make Music Count, a unique educational curriculum based on teaching piano. Students use the app to learn to play their favorite songs--and at the same time, they're learning math concepts. Fractions, graphing, algebra and now,...
Responsive Robots
November 26, 2018 08:01 - 20 minutes - 28.4 MBOver Coffee® is on Thanksgiving hiatus. We'll be back next week with our 200th episode! Meanwhile, here is one of our most popular podcast episodes of 2018. You look at a robot. You're imagining it moving towards you. After a moment, the robot responds by moving in the direction you've envisioned. Or, you come into the lab after a rough day. A second robot "notices" you're not happy--and comments on that fact! Those are just two entirely possible scenarios which roboticist Walter Mar...
Towards a Better World
November 19, 2018 08:01 - 24 minutes - 33.6 MB(Photo courtesy of Games For Change, and used with permission,) At Games For Change, games are about far more than recreation. The New York-based nonprofit's mission is empowerment. Through game design, Games For Change provides a vehicle for innovators. The goal: to start with a game, and facilitate positive change in the real world. Games for Change President Susanna Pollack is right at the center of some exciting educational and professional innovations. (Photo courtesy of Games F...
Veggies for Dinner–in Space
November 12, 2018 08:01 - 25 minutes - 35.3 MBDue to a "sick" drive, Over Coffee® will be airing a rebroadcast this week. As we approach Thanksgiving week, we hope you enjoy one of our most popular episodes of 2018. (Photo courtesy of NASA, and used with permission.) Fresh vegetables are something most of us take for granted. But to the astronauts aboard the International Space Station, they represent an innovative leap forward. NASA Kennedy Space Center Project Scientist Dr. Gioia Massa, serving as science team lead, developed the f...
On the Knife’s Edge
November 05, 2018 08:01 - 14 minutes - 19.4 MBProfessional circus performer Cydeshow Cy knows a lot about science--especially anatomy. His life literally depends on it. Cy, whose real name is Cyrus Pynn, is trained in all kinds of traditional sideshow acts. His repertoire includes walking on glass, eating fire, juggling knives and balancing sharp swords on his chin. His specialty, however, is sword-swallowing. (Kids, don't try any of this at home!) We've had the pleasure of seeing him perform twice now at Scare L.A., Los Angeles' o...
New Perspectives on Horror
October 29, 2018 07:01 - 11 minutes - 16.1 MBFelix Sicard, of Sicard Terror Productions, is going to immerse you in a nightmare. And we mean this in the best possible way. Sicard Terror Productions designed The Haunted Toyshop escape room, in Temecula, in 2017. It was a huge success, and Felix and his crew continue to design haunts, escape rooms and horror effects. And--Felix is still in his teens! So he's innovating, as he says, "a new generation of horror". At ScareLA, Felix talked about the origins of his small business, Sicar...
Garvin Unlimited: Accessible Alchemy
October 22, 2018 07:01 - 16 minutes - 22.1 MB"If we're not making people smile,...we're not doing our job right," says Garvin Unlimited president and co-owner Abigail Garvin. And quite a few smiles seem to be resulting from the special effects her professional entertainment technology company produces. Working in tandem with her wife/business co-owner Danielle Palmer, Abigail draws on a love of all things Halloween to create fun-dark settings for any occasion. Garvin Unlimited creates "Haunted Holidays" for Halloween. Think show-qua...
The CrunchCup: A Maker’s Inspiration
October 16, 2018 19:33 - 11 minutes - 15.6 MBAn Over Coffee® special-edition podcast The CrunchCup resulted from an aspiration--and a conversation. It started off as a fun idea. And then. it became something more. CrunchCup is now a startup, and co-founder Rob Lambert was onsite in early October, as innovation hub Toolbox LA celebrated its Grand Opening in Chatsworth. Rob and CrunchCup cofounder Kevin Meyer were displaying their product, which is the world's first portable cereal cup. And--the CrunchCup's 30-day crowdfunding campa...
His Talent Will “Haunt” You
October 15, 2018 07:01 - 35 minutes - 49.1 MBFilmmaker Jon Schnitzer offers a behind-the-scenes look at his hit documentary, "Haunters: the Art of the Scare".
Finding the “Inner Monster”
October 08, 2018 07:01 - 30 minutes - 42.4 MBThe science and art behind creating a good Halloween scare, courtesy of legendary haunt professional Shar Mayer.
The Exorcist: Legion VR: Intense Horror–and Fun
October 01, 2018 07:01 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MB(Photo courtesy of Fun Train, and used with permission. Photographer: Karen Strauss, difficultegg.com The Exorcist: Legion VR will immerse you in a terrifying, demon-infested world. It'll also show you an interactive great time. This is a game with lots of storytelling, an ominous atmosphere and occurrences designed to raise the hairs on the back of any horror fan's neck. Douglas Nabors is both a filmmaker and the Founder and CEO of Los Angeles-based virtual reality publisher Fun Train....
A Taste of Space Science
September 19, 2018 05:00 - 16 minutes - 22.9 MB(Photo courtesy of Alli Westover, NASA HUNCH, and used with permission.) Preparing meals for consumption aboard the International Space Station can present some unique problems. And currently, through the NASA HUNCH Astronaut Culinary Challenge, a number of high school students are getting to solve those firsthand. NASA Project Engineer Allison Westover is the HUNCH Astronaut Culinary Challenge Program Manager. (She is also the NASA JSC HUNCH Mentor for the HUNCH Design and Prototype prog...
Onsite at ScareLA™ 2018
September 01, 2018 20:29 - 8 minutes - 11.8 MBAn Over Coffee® special-edition podcast ScareLA™ 2018, Los Angeles' first Halloween convention, celebrated its sixth anniversary during the weekend of August 25th. And we had the opportunity to speak with three iconic creators about their work on the Disney Haunted Mansion and Universal Studios' "Halloween Horror Nights". Iconic Disney Imagineer Bob Gurr was onsite at the "Haunted Orange County™" booth. Walt Disney himself hired Bob, who is one of the two remaining original Imagineers. ...
Mynt Sdeno Robot: Cute, Cool, Functional
August 16, 2018 17:36 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MB(Photo courtesy of Dr. Leo Pang, and used with permission.) The Mynt Sdeno robot is very cute. But it's also seriously "smart". Dr. Leo Pang, founder of Santa Clara-based artificial intelligence technology company Slightech, designed Mynt Sdeno to interact with its surroundings, and with multiple users. Through AI, Leo and his team have created the robot to "learn" as it performs tasks, and to store information. At Sensors Expo and Conference 2018, in San Jose in June, the robot was a st...
Alchemy, Art and Knowledge
August 11, 2018 23:24 - 36 minutes - 49.9 MB(Photograph courtesy of Dr. Elisabeth Berry Drago, and used with permission.) Say the word "alchemy". What comes to mind? If you thought of a bearded recluse trying to transmute lead into gold--well, that's not really accurate, says Dr. Elisabeth Berry Drago. Lisa, as she prefers to be called, is an artist, art historian and Public History Fellow at Philadelphia's Science History Institute. One of her specialties is creating content that puts visitors into the stories her research unco...
Robots in Our Future
August 05, 2018 03:35 - 26 minutes - 36.5 MBRobots. We seem to view their role in our future with equal parts fascination and fear. A lot of that fear is unfounded, says Robotics Business Review senior editor Eugene Demaitre. When we look at robots, Eugene explains, one thing to remember is that we tend to overestimate them. Even with artificial intelligence, there are some areas where a robot just can't do what a human can. But he completely appreciates the fascination. Robots' capabilities, he says, could lead the way to a fut...
NextFab: A Network of Creativity
July 30, 2018 02:58 - 35 minutes - 49.3 MBNextFab is an incredible makers' resource. But they're not a makerspace. Instead, they are a network of makerspaces, in the Delaware Valley. Specifically, their locations are in Philadelphia, North Philadelphia and--as of 2017--Wilmington, Delaware. During Podcast Movement 2018, in Philadelphia, we had the privilege of recording, live-on-tape from the Talkshoe booth, with two special guests. Anna Solomon is NextFab's Assistant Sales Manager. She is also the first woman to graduate the U...
Contents: Love–and 21st-Century Tech
July 21, 2018 19:29 - 21 minutes - 29.5 MB(Photo courtesy of Ross Porter, and used with permission.) When he made the DQ Music Box, Ross Porter didn't set out to become a maker. With his invention, the "Dementia Friendly Music Player", he just wanted to give his father some happiness. But today, he's teaching others how to create the player--open-source. (Photo courtesy of Ross Porter, and used with permission.) Ross enlisted the help of fellow makers, especially nonprofit Makers Making Change, to make his vision a reality. Alo...
Girls Make VR: Crafting the Future
July 15, 2018 22:37 - 40 minutes - 55.3 MBGirls Make VR started by using virtual reality to solve TWO social problems. The first? The underrepresentation of women in the tech field. And the second: the "divide" among us, in terms of education and future opportunities. Then, along the way, the program took on additional issues, such as poverty and homelessness. Georgia Van Cuylenburg is the Founder and Executive Director of Los Angeles nonprofit Arts Bridging the Gap. Arts Bridging the Gap's mission: the creation of top-quality...
Kindsouls: The Caring Element
July 07, 2018 20:02 - 29 minutes - 40.5 MBKindsouls is an application. It's also a relatively-new social network with a shared goal. But those descriptions barely do it justice. Through an app, members operate as "a community of kindness". They encourage one another, offer everyone a place to share thoughts and feelings, and send loving messages of support. Kindsouls CEO Omeed Tabiei is no stranger to social innovation. As an attorney and serial entrepreneur, his resume includes working with the Washington, D.C. small-business ...
Living Popups: AR Plus Storytelling
July 01, 2018 16:01 - 24 minutes - 34.1 MB"Showing (is) better than talking," says Living Popups CEO Cheryl Bayer. And that's exactly what she and her team are doing. Living Popups is an interactive augmented-reality platform and media company. The products Cheryl and company produce are episodic AR features. And these projects, created with humor and imagination, have a number of purposes. For example, "Leonardo da Vinci" might fly into frame on a gyrocopter, in a museum. Or, in an educational application, villainous pig "N...
Metaverse: A Look Into 2030
June 24, 2018 00:23 - 27 minutes - 37.6 MBWhat if you went downtown--and saw augmented-reality information on today's meal specials appear on your favorite restaurant? That's just one of the scenarios which AR/VR consultant, author and futurist Charlie Fink says is entirely possible. In his new book Metaverse: an AR Enabled Guide to VR and AR, Charlie explores the ways in which augmented and virtual reality may become part of our daily lives in the not-too-distant future. And he doesn't just write about it. He literally illustra...
So Much More Than Robotics
June 16, 2018 17:03 - 39 minutes - 53.8 MB(Photo courtesy of MATE Center, and used with permission.) Underwater robotics are pretty cool, anyway. But the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Center, in Monterey, starts there. Then, they use underwater robotics to teach STEM skills applicable to daily life, with a healthy dose of creativity. (Photo courtesy of MATE Center, and used with permission.) MATE Center sponsors an annual underwater robotics competition for students of all ages. Since its inception in 2002, th...
Mezo: Multifaceted Storytelling
June 10, 2018 03:41 - 34 minutes - 47.9 MB(Photo by Maya Dondonyan, and used with permission.) Mezo towered over the show floor at VRLA 2018. Its twenty-foot temple was the centerpiece of the exhibition. Making its debut at VRLA, Mezo was an art installation, a mixed-reality experience, and an hour-long performance, combining augmented reality, lasers, effects and dancers. But, it's also much more than that. (Photo by Maya Dondonyan, and used with permission.) Christian Falstrup is the creative director and executive producer o...
Prosper XR: Cutting-Edge Immersion
June 01, 2018 12:40 - 37 minutes - 51.7 MBProsper XR CEO and Co-founder Jessie Kim is creating the media of the future. And she and her fellow XR pioneers are offering an opportunity for others who'd like to do the same. Jessie co-founded her Los Angeles-area startup as "Prosper VR" in 2016. Since then, the company has expanded, adding augmented and mixed reality to their immersive-content offerings. In early May, at VRLA 2018, the world's largest immersive-technology festival, Prosper XR debuted three new rovers they'd create...
TSA Frisky: Check-in, Frenzy and Fun
May 26, 2018 23:38 - 12 minutes - 17.1 MBWith new immersive game TSA Frisky, virtually everyone has something to hide. And that "virtually" is a pun, of course. At VRLA 2018, we met Remy Bustani and Preston O'Bryan, co-founders of Savannah-based startup Out There Entertainment. As creators of TSA Frisky and new VR entrepreneurs, they were enjoying their first expo exhibitor experience (no, we won't say that three times fast!) at the Los Angeles Convention Center. Both Remy and Preston are recent graduates, who say they're "gui...
Curious Jane: Inquisitive Creativity
May 16, 2018 03:42 - 27 minutes - 38.3 MB(Photo courtesy of Samantha Razook Murphy/Curious Jane, and used with permission.) Sparkly slime and twinkly wearables seem like cool girls' DIY projects . But, as Curious Jane founder Samantha Razook Murphy is proving, they're also a whole lot more. Curious Jane, which Samantha founded in 2008, is a programming and content provider for girls, ages six through eleven. And through summer camps, after-school workshops and birthday parties, Samantha and her staff are using science, engineer...
Autonomous Power Racing: Driving Student Potential
May 11, 2018 04:46 - 22 minutes - 31 MB(Photograph courtesy of Autonomous Power Racing, and used with permission.) At one point, Autonomous Power Racing Executive Director Akin Shoyoye says in his TEDxNavesink talk, he didn't even like the idea of self-driving cars. Today, he's passionate about creating autonomous vehicles--and teaching those skills to others. Akin is now the co-founder of Drive AI, a Bay Area-based community of engineers and scientists. Their goal: to develop the largest open data system to help creators d...
Robots, Research and Fun
May 07, 2018 19:06 - 22 minutes - 30.9 MBRobots are one indication of just how powerful our brains can be. And right now, roboticist Walter Martinez is at the cutting edge of that research, at Cal State Long Beach. Walter, who currently serves as secretary for the Robotics Society of Southern California, has built an InMoov robot--and programmed it to move in response to brain waves! (You'll recall, from our 2017 interview, that the InMoov is the world's first fully 3D printed, life-sized robot, and that the plans are open-source...
Grush: “Smart” Dental Care Plus Fun
April 28, 2018 03:39 - 17 minutes - 24.6 MB(Photo courtesy of Ethan Schur, and used with permission.) "Can I have this toothbrush? Pleeeease?" If we'd said that during our childhood, any parent within earshot would have gone into shock. But that plea is becoming more common, since inventor/futurologist Ethan Schur and his team created the Grush Smart Gaming Toothbrush. Ethan, who is the founder and Chief Operating Officer of Bay Area startup Grush, Inc., holds the title of "America's Greatest Maker". With their augmented-realit...
Tiny Circuits: Magic in Miniature
April 17, 2018 04:00 - 21 minutes - 30 MB(Photo courtesy of Ken Burns, and used with permission.) When Tiny Circuits founder/president Ken Burns began his 2011 Kickstarter campaign, he simply planned to make, and distribute, some really cool technology. He had no idea that his miniature electronics platform, the TinyDuino, was going to launch a business. Today, Ken's startup, Tiny Circuits, operates out of a former rubber factory in downtown Akron. Not only do they offer the TinyDuino--an Arduino-compatible platform the size of ...
Cultivating Innovation
April 07, 2018 18:55 - 25 minutes - 35.5 MB(Image courtesy of NASA, and used with permission.) On board the International Space Station, conditions are proving fine for gardening. And fresh food is now on the menu, for the astronauts. Dwarf wheat, zinnias and lettuce are among the crops the crew have grown successfully. And after SpaceX's Dragon Cargo spacecraft arrived at the ISS on April 4, new technologies are now available, to facilitate the process of growing a garden in space. Dr. Gioia Massa is a Project Scientist at NASA...
Looking Ahead: Three Perspectives
April 01, 2018 04:37 - 17 minutes - 24.3 MBCES® 2018, which happened in Las Vegas in January, had a lot of people saying, "Whoa!" And many of the landmark innovations introduced, have the potential to change the future. Due to the sheer scope of the show, we're still posting interviews about some of the exciting disruptive technology we found in the Eureka Park™ Marketplace startup area. For this edition of Over Coffee®, we've chosen three international innovators: two from Asia and one from Europe. Tal Lotan is the CEO of Israel-...
Beauty and the Bolt: Engineering Change
March 25, 2018 19:31 - 15 minutes - 20.7 MB"No one raises their daughter to be an engineer," says Beauty and the Bolt co-founder Xyla Foxlin. "A lot of times, (in a machine shop, nobody looks like us)." But, Xyla is putting her talents to work to change that. With co-founder Andrew DuPuis, she launched online maker community Beauty and the Bolt in early 2016. As both host and producer on the platform's YouTube channel, Xyla works to make "how-to" maker tutorials accessible and easily understandable to non-engineers. Her goal: t...
Immersed in Creativity
March 17, 2018 19:13 - 25 minutes - 34.4 MBInteractive Visualization Lab director Dr. Daniel Keefe has students who can draw in mid-air. And that's just one aspect of his award-winning research work in virtual and augmented reality. Dr. Keefe, or Dan, as he prefers to be called, is an associate professor at the University of Minnesota. He's also an artist, as well as a computer scientist. And he's exploring what amounts to magic: human-computer interaction, scientific data visualization and computer graphics. In other words, he...
Cinema Snowglobes: Magic Plus Technology
March 10, 2018 16:00 - 29 minutes - 40.1 MBSnow globes are magical anyway. But what if you could shake one and have it play a 360-degree video? That's exactly what award-winning San Francisco artist, inventor and educator JD Beltran has done, with her current project: Cinema Snowglobes. Working in collaboration with designer/inventor Scott Minneman, JD has created snow globes which play a 360-degree video when shaken! JD and Scott specialize in cutting-edge interactive art, combining talent and vision with sensors, screens and mic...