Mr. Brichter, whose design aesthetic is inspired by information theorists like Edward Tufte, a proponent of minimizing extraneous information in graphic designs, says he thinks up new features for apps based on how people move objects in the real world.
In science fiction programmes such as Star Trek, tractor beams are used to move much more massive objects.
It has lenses that mimic the human eye -- positioned close together that can move a little to capture objects that are near or far away.
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You can view and alter other users' files in one place, chat with those other users over the Internet and then move on to far-off objects and people, if they seem interesting.
The teacher in the game can also ask them to retrieve things from around the classroom, so again when they focus, the objects in the game move from one place to the other.
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Watching Alex move his eyes over the pile of objects stirred something in Sasha.
Or they can move about the living room to bat objects around on the screen, such as virtual lions and monkeys.
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Mr. Rush said that the campus's now-closed Kresge museum will move its collection, including 7, 000 objects of Greek and Roman antiquities, Old Master paintings and 20th-century sculpture, into the new space.
Zahi Hawass, Egypt's chief archaeologist, described the move as a "wonderful gesture" and said the objects had been "illegally exported".
It maps its own environment and uses an array of sophisticated sensors to autonomously move about a busy space without interfering with people or other objects.
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Also, spacecraft stationed at L2 do not experience the swings in temperature that objects circling close to Earth sometimes undergo as they move in and out of shadow.
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Dubbed the "Bo Series, " these four bots sport the ability to walk and turn, move and grip with their arms, dozens of pre-programmed functions such as picking up objects, dancing, burping, whistling, and a kicking out a fair selection of " Kung Fu moves, " not to mention the ability to dictate your new friend with an IR remote.
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"The state objects to holding this ceremony, which is intended to validate the removal of Patriarch Irineos, a move that has not been recognised by the State of Israel, as is required by law, " he said in a letter obtained by Israeli newspaper Haaretz.
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