Music video used to build computer vision algorithm

Music video used to build computer vision algorithm: "Although already incorporated into devices such as the Microsoft Kinect gaming console, the ability of computer vision systems to recognize specific body poses is still very much a work in progress."

Prototype miniature 3D printer could become an affordable product

Prototype miniature 3D printer could become an affordable product: "With the recent release of the Trimensional app, people can now use their iPhones as inexpensive 3D scanners. Not only can users take three-dimensional images of objects, but they can use those images to create actual physical models ... as long as they have access to a 3D printer. Currently, such printers tend to be large, expensive devices that are usually only found in places like universities or industrial design companies."

Voyager spacecraft head for interstellar space

Voyager spacecraft head for interstellar space: "The last time we checked on the Voyager 1 & 2 they were hurtling towards the edge of the solar system at over 37,000 mph (60,000 km/h). The car-sized spacecraft are now and incredible 11 billion miles (17 billion km) and 8 billion miles (14 billion km) from Earth respectively - they are the longest continuously operated spacecraft in deep space and, having traveled further than any man-made object, they will soon become the first to enter the realm of interstellar space."

BARE: New baby bottle designed to better emulate the real thing

BARE: New baby bottle designed to better emulate the real thing: "Although conventional baby bottles are designed to mimic a mother's breast, if they could talk, most babies - like the World Health Organization - would probably tell you they are a pretty poor substitute for the real thing."

Paralyzed man regains voluntary leg movement with electrode array implant

Paralyzed man regains voluntary leg movement with electrode array implant: "In a move that gives cautious hope to the millions of people suffering some form of paralysis, a team of researchers from UCLA, Caltech and the University of Louisville has given a man rendered paralyzed from the chest down after a hit-and-run accident in 2006 the ability to stand and take his first tentative steps in four years."

‘It Went Way Up’: Wind-Blown Bounce House Injures 13 Kids | The Blaze

‘It Went Way Up’: Wind-Blown Bounce House Injures 13 Kids | The Blaze: "A heavy gust of wind blew away inflatable bounce houses with children inside at a New York soccer event, leaving 13 people injured, authorities said late Saturday"

Wal-Mart Tops U.S. High Court Agenda as Violent Video Game Ruling Looms - Bloomberg

Wal-Mart Tops U.S. High Court Agenda as Violent Video Game Ruling Looms - Bloomberg: "Violent video games, climate change and a million Wal-Mart Stores Inc. (WMT) employees will preoccupy the U.S. Supreme Court in the homestretch of its nine-month term."

OPEC Overshadowed by Qaddafi in Most-Hostile Meeting Since 1990 Gulf War - Bloomberg

OPEC Overshadowed by Qaddafi in Most-Hostile Meeting Since 1990 Gulf War - Bloomberg: "OPEC’s decision on production quotas this week may be complicated by hostilities in Libya as members meeting in Vienna find themselves supporting opposing camps of a military conflict for the first time in 21 years."

5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq - latimes.com

5 U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq - latimes.com: "The U.S. military confirms the deaths, which an Iraqi source says occurred in a rocket attack on a central Iraqi police base."

Hospitals’ Skepticism of New Obamacare Medicare Payment Scheme Grows | The Foundry

Hospitals’ Skepticism of New Obamacare Medicare Payment Scheme Grows | The Foundry: "A frequent accusation against conservative Medicare reform proposals is that they would “end Medicare as we know it.” But the reality is that Obamacare has already accomplished this."