Mitchell McKenna - tagged with japan http://mitchmckenna.com/feed en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss LifePress mitchellmckenna@gmail.com B-CLASS CULTURAL HERITAGE B級文化遺産 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14405/b-class-cultural-heritage-b

An urban skateboarder lands on a manhole—a cultural artifact protected by a shadowy association—and takes an unexpected and possibly lethal penalty.

]]> Mon, 05 May 2014 17:07:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/14405/b-class-cultural-heritage-b/b-class-cultural-heritage-b Head-mounted Display Projects Directly on to the Retina http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8274/head-mounted-display-projects-directly-onto-the-retina-diginfo

At Brother World Japan 2010, Brother Industries presented the AiRScouter, a head-mounted transparent display that projects images directly onto the retina.

This display uses the "persistence of vision" effect to project pictures onto the retina. It does this by shining a light, at a level of brightness that's safe for the eyes, and moving the light at high speed. The images projected on the retina are recognized by the visual sense, making it seem just as if they are floating just in front of the eyes.

]]> Fri, 17 Sep 2010 18:19:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/8274/head-mounted-display-projects-directly-onto-the-retina-diginfo/head-mounted-display-projects-directly-onto-the-retina-diginfo Thought-controlled wheelchair in Japan http://mitchmckenna.com/post/3148/thought-controlled-wheelchair-in-japan Researchers at Toyota and Japan's Riken have developed a brain-control system for a wheelchair. The system analyzes thought patterns and translates them into wheelchair movement in a fraction of a second. More videos at www.networkworld.tv ]]> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 01:35:00 -0400 http://mitchmckenna.com/post/3148/thought-controlled-wheelchair-in-japan/thought-controlled-wheelchair-in-japan