Stark Expo 2010: Accutech, Cordco, Fujikawa – Subsidiaries of Stark Industries [IRON MAN 2]
As part of Stark Expo 2010, announcements were made by three subsidiaries of Stark Industries: AccuTech, Cordco, and Fujikawa.
From AccuTech:
ACCUTECH: A SUBSIDIARY OF STARK INDUSTRIES UNVEILS PROTOTYPE ‘HAZTECH’ ARM – FULL EXOSKELETON TO DEBUT AT STARK EXPO 2010 -
AccuTech: a subsidiary of Stark Industries has today given us a glimpse of the latest breakthrough in anthropo-robotics – the ‘HazTech Exoskeleton’.
Using revolutionary hyper-sensors and nano-hydraulic technology, the exoskeleton is able to detect and amplify body movement. Covering over 80% of the human body, it also protects its wearer from high impact and extreme temperatures.
In a video released today at www.starkexpo2010.com/accutech/ a prototype arm is shown in action, with the full exoskeleton due to be unveiled next month at the hotly anticipated Stark Expo 2010.
Charles Healey, CEO commented: “Putting aside the obvious commercial applications of HazTech, our priority is to unlock its humanitarian potential. By better protecting the lives of peacekeepers and emergency rescue teams, we can help them save the lives of others.”
Cordco demonstrated their most recent development: the Sonic Fire Extinguisher.
Fujikawa revealed their wearable augmented reality technology: Stark HUD 2020.
interesting 2.28.10
- Skinput: appropriating the body as a finger input surface
- Codeorgan: turns any webpage into music
- James E. Cutting: Attention and the Evolution of Hollywood Film – psychological science study
- chat roulette: documentary short film about chatroulette.com – live video chats with random strangers
- Nation Branding: Everything about Nation Branding and Country Brands
interesting 2.21.10
- ShadyURL: Don’t just shorten your URL, make it suspicious and frightening
- Sketchpad: Free online paint/drawing application – utilizing html5 <canvas>
- Contemplating the Void: Interventions in the Guggenheim Museum – online exhibition
- Please Rob Me: Listing all those empty homes out there – raises awareness of the dangers of location sharing services like Foursquare, Brightkite, Google Buzz
- Magic Wands: Warrior (The xx Remix) – download free mp3
- Chatroulette: connects users with random strangers for live video chats – created by 17 year old Andrey Ternovskiy
- The AIKON project: the Artistic/Automated Ikonograph – using computational & robotic technologies to explore the drawing activity
- TED Talks: Blaise Aguera y Arcas demos Microsoft’s augmented reality mapping tech incorporating Photosynth
interesting 2.14.10
- Robonaut: NASA & GM build next generation dexterous humanoid robot capable of working side by side with people
- Tale of Tales: Over Games – Presentation by Auriea Harvey & Michaël Samyn @ Art History of Games symposium
- ONull: Vector Generator – converts images into rasterized vector graphics
- Pixable: online photo mosaic tool – founded by three MIT students
- RIP Alexander McQueen – fashion genius
- Glitch: browser based MMORPG created by Tiny Speck, four original members of Flickr
- Google Buzz: social networking built right into Gmail
interesting 2.7.10
- PBS FRONTLINE: digital nation – life on the virtual frontier [documentary]
- Antony Gormley: Event Horizon – NYC art installation opens 4.26.10
- Pew Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project: Social Media and Young Adults [presentation]
- IO 9elements: HTML5 Canvas and Audio Experiment
- RIP J.D. Salinger – author of “The Catcher in the Rye”
interesting 1.24.10
- CNN Haiti earthquake 360° interactive video
- iSites: Create your own iPhone app in 10 min for $25
- The Tester: new original reality series set to debut exclusively on PlayStation Network
- NASA Extends the World Wide Web Out Into Space: Crew Support LAN gives astronauts personal Web access – 1st live Tweet from International Space Station
- YouTube launches movie rentals at Sundance
- LG Display Unveils Newspaper-Size Flexible E-Paper
interesting 1.17.10
- The Third & The Seventh: A FULL-CG 3D animated short film by Alex Roman
- Inklet: Allows your MacBook trackpad to emulate a pen tablet
- Google may cease operations in China due to cyber attacks
- Graham Cluley of Sophos: German Government says don’t use Internet Explorer
- AVATAR by James Cameron – screenplay [PDF]
- Blu Dot Real Good Experiment: 25 chairs placed around NYC, free to take, then GPS tracked
- Google files US patent: Claiming Real Estate in Panoramic or 3D Mapping Environments for Advertising
- Hallmark launches augmented reality cards
- EverTune: patented guitar bridge that keeps your strings in tune…forever
interesting 12.20.09
- EPIC Defends Privacy of Facebook Users: Files Complaint with the Federal Trade Commission
- Twitter Hacked, Defaced By “Iranian Cyber Army”
- Lou Zoom: iPhone app by Lou Reed – brings style & clarity to your contacts
- Apple Working on 3D ‘Hyper-Reality’ Displays
- The Known Universe – film by American Museum of Natural History, based on Digital Universe Atlas [video]
- IRON MAN 2 [HD trailer]
- Sodium: MMORPG social game with microtransactions in PlayStation Home
- A World For Us – Browser-based 3D Worlds Makers – based on Unity 3D game engine
- Japanese department store offers robots that look like their buyers
- An introduction to 3D on the Mac
- Sketch Nation: iPhone/iPod Touch app where users design their own games by taking pictures of their drawings
- Looking for Gender: Gender Roles and Behaviors Among Online Gamers [PDF]
- MIT Media Lab: BiDi Screen – 3D gesture interaction with LCD bidirectional screen that possesses ability to both capture images & display them
WE ARE AUTOBOTS wins “Best Web Based Augmented Reality” in Augmented Planet Readers Choice Awards
w00t! WE ARE AUTOBOTS, the augmented reality project I worked on with Picture Production Company for the TRANSFORMERS: REVENGE OF THE FALLEN campaign, won “Best Web Based Augmented Reality” in Augmented Planet Readers Choice Awards 2009.
From Augmented Planet:
Readers Choice Awards 2009
Announcing the 2009 Winners!
The first annual Augmented Planet Readers Choice awards are over and congratulations to all of the nominees and the winners. We asked you, the reader, to vote for your favourite example of augmented reality in 2009.
Best web based augmented reality demo
- Winner – Total Immersion (www.t-immersion.com) / PPC (www.theppc.com) and the “We Are AutoBots” demo created for the Transformers movie (www.weareautobots.com)
- Runner up – James Alliban and his Augmented Reality Business Card (blog.skive.co.uk/index.php/2009/07/20/ironic-business-card-becomes-accidental-viral)
See the full list of award winners and runners up for all the other categories here.
Thanks to Augmented Planet for holding these awards and to all their readers that voted for our project. Congratulation to Dan Light and the talented team at PPC for winning this special recognition for their hard work and innovation.
interesting 12.13.09
- Seppukoo: Assisting your virtual suicide
- Stanford researchers develop next generation of retinal implants
- At Stanford, nanotubes + ink + paper = instant battery
- Facebook’s New Privacy Push Concerns Experts
- My Car is My Lover: Documentary about mechaphiles – fetish for sex with cars & other vehicles [video]
- Current: Vanguard presents – Remote Control War [video]
- instructables: how to convert a standard outlet into an in-wall USB Charger
- MIT Red Balloon Team wins $40,000 cash prize in DARPA Network Challenge
- Google Goggles – Use pictures to search the web – image recognition app for mobile phones