So, you can create really intuitive interfaces by making them look or behave like physical objects.
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To be fair, these are complicated mechanical devices, forced to process physical objects, not just data.
SmartThings promises to let you do just that, offering a system that connects everyday physical objects to a cloud-based control center.
Where this does break down is when you need to pass or interact with physical objects rather than knowledge and information.
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Producers of atoms still can't beam the physical objects through space, but they can use bitspeed--digital coordination of all kinds--to bring reaction time down dramatically.
Alpha can be calculated by making precise measurements of physical objects.
The hunt involves ferreting out a variety of answers and physical objects based on a series of clues, sent via text messages to players' mobile devices.
He writes actual letters, physical objects that can be stolen by someone who does not know how to hack a computer, a novel concept in 2013.
Despite all these things already on the network, we estimate that more than 99% of physical objects that may one day join the network are still unconnected.
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Increasingly, those possibilities have to do with physical objects.
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One difference: In the Victorian era, Pepper's Ghost was normally used to reflect actual, physical objects or actors, making them appear "dimensional" in ways that the projected or computer-generated imagery typically used today do not.
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We are extending the connectivity of the Net to a much wider world wide web that includes the manifold physical objects of the world, letting them speak back to software that makes sense of what those objects tell us.
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I'm often accused of being a Luddite -- mostly based on my fervent and affectionate clinging to several physical objects that are quickly becoming cultural artifacts: the ink pen, the paper book, and the vinyl record -- but those items haven't been the only 'evidence' my accusers have historically cited.
And physical objects need physical benefits: Paul Trowe, whose Leisure Suit Larry revival was successfully Kickstarted, is only one of many kickstartees who have told me how they tried to make as many gifts virtual as possible, to limit the ratio of funds that went straight back into the process of rewarding users.
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This will give billions of people worldwide the ability to interact directly with physical products and other objects, wherever they are.
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Significantly increased hippocampal LTP activity was only recorded in the enriched-environment mice, possibly because exploring novel objects provided both physical exercise and cognitive stimulation, researchers said.
By reading user brainwaves, the headset makes it possible to control virtual objects, and even physical electronics, with your thoughts.
The incidents range from verbal abuse and threats, to objects thrown from bridges and physical intimidation.
Works of graphic and plastic art are objects whose value is tied to their physical form.
"Advanced imaging technology enhances security by safely screening passengers for metallic and non-metallic threats including weapons, explosives and other objects concealed under layers of clothing without physical contact, " Soule said.
Travel, or moving objects from one set of coordinates in our physical space, is difficult and expensive.
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Described in Physical Review Letters, the approach borrows many ideas from attempts to "cloak" objects from light.
But what I found as fascinating as the gold adornments and accessories was the pure physical dexterity and ingenuity that had to go into their creation and that of other, more prosaic objects.
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That lets the Meta 1 track your gestures, individual fingers and walls or other physical surfaces, all of which are processed in the PC with motion tracking tech to give the illusion of virtual objects anchored to the real world.
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