Researchers receive over $3.9 million from Ontario Research Fund
Two Queen’s researchers have received over $3.9 million from the Ontario Research Fund - Research Excellence program.
“This provincial funding will facilitate the work of Stephen Scott, who is uncovering the secrets of the brain, and boost Roel Vertegaal’s research on the next generation of computers and the future of human-computer interaction,” said Kerry Rowe, Queen’s Vice-Principal, Research. “The program is a great support to research and innovation at Queen’s.”
Human Media Lab @ the Olympics
HML Alumnus Connor Dickie explaining Interaxon's Brain-controlled CN Tower, Niagara Falls and House of Commons.
Cooking & molding bioplastics at home
Shapeways has recipes and information about making bioplastics.
Interactive board games will come to life
MSNC.com 02-02-2010 Futuristic prototype drew inspiration from board game ‘Settlers of Catan’
Get ready to give the gaming console or computer a break, because the future of board games may transform static 2-D cardboard into interactive tile-based displays that mimic the action of video games. more...
Displax Flexible Touch Skin
Displax introduces a flexible capacitive multitouch film. If this is real, every OUI will have one.
Electronic Board Games: Tangible graphics on hexagonal bezel-less screens
Lab members are busy these days playing e-cardboard strategy games, like this electronic version of the popular game Settler's of Catan. Created by Mike Rooke, the game simulates a future in which OLED or FOLED displays cover board game tiles without bezels. This allows not just for interactive computer game graphics on compound cardboard screens, but also for the use of tangible interaction techniques to affect the state of gameplay.
