Her name is Emily. Well, actually I don't know 'her' name but the article says that it's Emily! and by sweet god they sure did a number on her. I love animation, in any form possible, computer generated or oldschool hand drawn, I have great respects for the artists who work night over night making something out of nothing. I know it's not an easy task to draw or animate and to make it look real has always been a challenge for any animator. So, what do we have here today? basically the best lifelike animation I have seen in a long time. Check the full article on Times online magazine. CLICK HERE TODAY! Here is a short piece of ... Article Tags>> 3D | 4D | animation | CGI | computer games | Emily | Image | Image Metrics | lifelike | time magazine | time online

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NBC Universal’s unprecedented multi-platform coverage of the 2008 Summer Olympics, like its successful multi billion dollar bidding to cover future summer and winter games, offer a fairly clear glimpse of media’s transition toward full multi-platform convergence.  NBC’s Olympics rights include broadcast, cable, Internet, video-on-demand, pay-per-view, and other services.  The International Olympic Committee’s preference for NBC is not limited to the financial attractiveness of NBC Universal’s bids.  The IOC cites NBC as "obviously” the “best choice in terms of the audience, the platforms, (and) the reach …."    Before and ... Article Tags>> media convergence | NBC Universal | Olympics

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Well then. I knew it's just a matter of time before super heroes gear will be out on the market. I guess science is actually the super hero in this case. I wonder if it's a great idea coming up with great ideas just for the sake of making them and realising at the end that they are turned into some game warfare toys. I love to support great ideas but if you ask me, I think that some ideas should stay inside the comic book and not out on the streets... Here the Article I found in the BBC NEWS website. Invisibility cloak 'step closer' Scientists in the US say they are a step closer to developing materials that could render people ... Article Tags>> article | BBC | Berkeley | cloak | clothing | future gear | invisibility | science | super heroes | Technology

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Please, can we just stop with all the suggestions to the fast fading newspaper business to save itself through an emphasis on Internet revenue? It hasn’t happened; won’t happen.  Traditional newspapers are doomed.  Business and industrial death and rebirth are the norm in economic revolutions, from the industrial one to today’s information age.  Newspapers’ demise will be followed by television networks collapsing, just as TV undid the once hugely popular radio networks.  Sooner than we imagine, all mass communication will be digital and on demand.  In terms of news coverage, former New York Times foreign correspondent Chris Hedges gives ... Article Tags>> broadcasting | Chris Hedges | ConsortiumNews | digitalized content | Internet revenue | New York Times | news coverage | newspapers | ProPublica | radio networks | Slate | television | The Huffington Post | Wi-Fi hot spots

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The stream of digital gadgets, technologies, and ideas explored on this blog make it easy to imagine the new media revolution is here.  It isn’t.  The technology isn’t ready.  When the “old media” of television begins transmitting next year on the digital spectrum, there will be extra transmission space for an ultra-fast wireless Internet.  Digital signals take up less airwave space than analog signals.  So the buffer zone of empty bandwidth that prevents two signals from interfering with each other will grow larger. That means more buffer room... Article Tags>> Dell | digital TV spectrum | Federal Communications Commission | Google | HP | Microsoft | Samsung | ultra-fast wireless Internet | white spaces

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