Project KARA: Quantic Dream

Video from: YouTube.com The technology and motivations behind the animation – Eurogamer.net Kara, a disturbing short film about a self-aware robot, was made by games studio Quantic Dream to demonstrate the “expressive power” of the PS3’s graphics. In order to sidestep the limitations of animating human characters (the so-called, contentious “uncanny valley”), the creators made [...]

Woman skipper selected for ’100 Year Starship’ project

The Pentagon’s think tank has selected the group that will manage its “100 Year Starship” project to explore what it would take for a multigenerational mission beyond the solar system, and sources say the leader will be Mae Jemison, who became the first black woman in space in 1992. “Together we’ll be working towards an [...]

Project backed by prominent Dem donor could interfere with military GPS

By Shaun Waterman-The Washington Times The boss of an upstart Virginia company said Wednesday that his firm is on the cusp of solving technical problems that have dogged its effort to build a nationwide high-speed wireless network that critics worry will cripple military and commercial navigation systems. “Watch this space,” Sanjiv Ahuja, CEO of Reston-based [...]