Archive for June 14th, 2006

3 from 2 (dimensions of course)

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
3d from 2d example

At Carnegie Mellon the group around Alexei Efros developed a technique to reconstruct 3d data from a single outdoor 2d image. With impressive results.
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Difference engine

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006
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today 184 years ago Charles Babbage proposed his difference engine to the Royal astronomic society. (more…)

Computerspielemuseum Berlin

Wednesday, June 14th, 2006

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andreaslange.jpgDue to recent discussions about pong the randformblog reader may know already about the exhibition pong.mythos and his curator Andreas Lange (see left image on the left, together with manager Dr. Klaus Spieler). However Andreas Lange’s main work (in fact he majored in religious studies) is the (more…)