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The Grammar of Fun New Yorker (11/03/08) Vol. 84, No. 35, P. 78; Bissell, Tom Epic Games, with its best-selling Gears of War game, illustrates the trend in the video-game industry to develop imm

PSD - Pose Space Deformers distance of the mesh vs. the internal joint rotation corrective shapes IK an FK http://features.cgsociety.org/story_custom.php?story_id=4801&page=1

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AI Comes of AgeComputerworld (01/26/09) Vol. 43, No. 4, P. 16; Anthes, GaryArtificial intelligence (AI) research has taken great strides in recent years, proliferating and being incorporated int

particle-painting techniques So the trick was making the in-game tool powerful while remaining accessible to those who lack the artistic expertise of an industry professional. retargeting inverse

Media Lab Creates Center for Future Storytelling MIT News (11/18/08) The Massachusetts Institute of Technologys Media Laboratory, backed by a $25 million commitment from Plymouth Rock Studios,

Robots With Emotions on Display at the ICT08 Event in Lyon University of Hertfordshire (11/21/08) Roberts, Emma A European project is developing robots that are capable of growing emotionally, r

Carnegie Mellon Mechanical Engineering Researchers Develop New Software to Improve Design Tools Carnegie Mellon News (01/13/09) Swaney, Chriss Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) engineers have devel

Group Details 25 Most Dangerous Coding Errors Hackers Exploit Computerworld (01/12/09) Vijayan, Jaikumar A group of 35 high-profile organizations, including the U.S. Department of Homeland Secur

The New Commodity: Long Hours and Hard Work Computerworld, November 4 To succeed within your IT career, it is no longer enough just to work hard. After all, the number of U.S. workers not usin

Cognitive Computing: Building a Machine that can Learn from Experience University of Wisconsin-Madison (12/17/08) Smith, Susan Lampert University of Wisconsin-Madison psychiatrist Giulio Tononi is

Artificial Intelligence Reaching New Heights Daily Bruin (11/05/08) Terzyan, Seda Exponential advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are expected to ultimately lead to technology that is able

Symposium Examines Research Topics at Nexus of Digital Humanities and Computing CLIR Issues (10/08) No. 65, Smith, Kathlin The research challenges arising from the convergence of the humanities,

Stanford Conference Explores the State of AI Gamasutra (11/03/08) Kline, Dan International artificial-intelligence (AI) developers and researchers showcased their latest work at the annual Artif

Virtual Faces Created With Emotions, Moods and Personality University of Balearic Islands (Spain) (12/04/08) A computer model that can display emotions and moods based on facial expressions has