Augmented Reality Cooking Simulator
Tokyo institute of Technology project aims to teach how to cook the perfect steak with projection onto real frying pan and virtual utensils - via DigInfo (video embedded below):
This cooking simulator, being developed by a research group at the Tokyo Institute of Technology, features a force feedback fry pan and spatula to accurately recreate the sense of cooking.
This simulator calculates the heat transfer from the pan to the meat or vegetables that are being cooked, and displays the visible changes caused by heating. The fry pan interface allows for three dimensional input, and as well as moving the fry pan to aid the cooking process, the simulator can feed back the weight of ingredients combined with the tactile feeling of the ingredients cooking.
“When you move the frying pan, the actual movement is input, and you can feel the ingredients through the pan. Also, the upper part of the system is a screen. When you look into the pan, you can see what’s in it through a half-mirror. So this simulator lets you experience looking into the frying pan while you hold it.”
More at DigInfo here
For people that haven’t properly figured out how to fry an egg.
He’s going to try to hand over the sovereignty of the United States to the U.N., and what is going to happen when that happens? … We’re not just talking a few riots here and demonstrations, we’re talking Lexington, Concord, take up arms and get rid of the guy.Lubbock County Judge Tom Head • During an appearance on FOX34 in support of a measure, to raise the local tax rate by 1.7 cents, intended to generate the revenue needed to increase law enforcement’s budget. The DA has apparently been losing experienced prosecutors to counties with higher budgets, and the sheriff has said he needs an additional seven deputies. Good so far. So how did the discussion turn to civil war? Well, after the events described above take place, Head and the sheriff’s department will be ready to stop the UN and “stand in front of their armored personnel [carriers].” When that showdown occurs, Head wants to be certain he has enough deputies to repel UN forces without relying on civilian fighters. A sound plan if we’ve ever heard one. source (via • follow)
Today in things you literally cannot make up: Kenneth Kahn, better known as Kenny the Clown, unknowingly acquired Steve Jobs’ recently-burgled iPad, and after he used the iPad to buy the song — again, not making this up — “Smooth Criminal,” police showed up. ”If it wasn’t tragic, it would be comical,” Kahn — still not making this up — said. Kahn hasn’t been charged, but his longtime friend Kariem McFarlin, who gave Kahn the iPad as payback for $300 debt he was owed, has.
“Walter White wanted for manufacturing meth.” This is a real story. (ht Romenesko)
Highway sign dances in the wind. If I had been driving, I would have pulled over and waited for the signs to fall because I’m not a fan of being crushed or decapitated.
(Love the Bhangra music.)
Watch this with your speakers turned all the way up.
What.
We have to give credit to HuffPo here — they find stuff other news outlets wouldn’t touch. In this case, literally. The photo is over here. It’s late-80s Mike, we think.
“Former border agents convicted of snuggling.” How’d they get caught? Clearly, they were too cuddly. Seriously, though, just a funny, unfortunate crease. (ht Romenesko)
“- “Human remains or body parts (excluding hair and teeth).” No more human skulls, bones, skeletons, or shrunken heads, but you can still buy all the hair and teeth you want on Etsy.
- “Hazardous materials,” which would include mercury thermometers, fireworks, lighter fluid, and any other product that contained “flammable, explosive, corrosive, poisonous, etc.” elements.
- “Motor vehicles,” namely anything that might entail a change of title in order to complete a transaction. Etsy is not AutoTrader.com, but you can still buy a bicycle, tricycle, or, one assumes, unicycle.”—
Etsy Updates Prohibited Items List, Banning Electronic Bongs, Human Remains, Poison
“… you can still buy all the hair and teeth you want on Etsy.” Good to know.
I have not had a drink in years and the one time I do this I what happens. I will never drink again.Portland, Ore. resident Justin Gilpatrick • Reacting on Facebook to an ordeal in which he got drunk, fell asleep in a dumpster (rather than driving home), was picked up in a dump truck and was compacted with the trash — twice. He lived to tell about it, obviously, only having suffered minor injuries, but a pal of his who chose to drive drunk instead of dumpster-diving got into a three-car crash, though he didn’t get any life-threatening injuries, either. Enjoy your sobriety, Mr. Gilpatrick.
The best and strangest photo of Obama I’ve seen in a while, via the AP.
Your caption?
Wrote a thing.
Hat tip to this headline writer.
Congrats Tumblr!
Don’t screw this up Yahoo.
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For nerds only: Here’s a fully-functioning Twitter client … inside a Google Docs spreadsheet, using the client’s scripting language. (via Hacker News)
After Australian cyclist Caroline Buchanan attached the image above to a tweet reading “Haha, the rumours are true. Olympic village,” IOC officials descended on the Olympic Village to determine how the unauthorized prophylactics got past security. Once spotted, officials promptly pulled the condoms out of the village, and have asked that athletes not share unsponsored products with one another. Admittedly, prior to this story, we weren’t aware that the Olympics even had an official condom; however, after doing a bit of digging, we think we may have figured out what the real problem is here. We figure the Kangaroo condoms probably didn’t pass Boris’ rigorous inspection. (context here) source
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Pandora Asks Listeners to Share Their E-mails With Romney
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[Crystal] Harris took a screenshot of the request and tweeted it with a one-word comment: #fail.
Does someone listening to Garth Brooks automatically fall under the Republican column? Questions, questions …
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