Andrew Cohill: New Mexico statewide and local broadband initiatives

Andrew Cohill, president and CEO of Design Nine, described the U.S. broadband model as broken in a discussion on broadband initiatives in an afternoon technical talk at santa Fe Complex. “If the overnight delivery business ran like telecommunications,” Cohill said, “each home would have three roads for package delivery. Each carrier would own and deliver packages on its proprietary road.” There’s another option, however, which is a developing a “single, very high-performance” open fiber network with a wireless overlay. more…

Ben Goldsmith: Intern Extraordinaire

Ben Goldsmith, half of the dynamic Bens duo with Ben Lichtner, was profiled in a Santa Fe New Mexican article on May 24, 2008. From video games to computer simulations, the then 16-year-old math whiz talks about his move to accepting his self-described nerdness and his coming trip to Stanford, two years ahead of schedule for most kids. Read more about Ben here.

When Orcs Run Away: Serious Games, Simulations and Autonomous Actors in Evolving Worlds

Peter Jackson’s enormous success with the Lord of the Rings trilogy depended in no small part by the technical breakthroughs that create the complex world of Middle Earth. In particular, “Peter Jackson and his team made great breakthroughs in [artificial intelligence]” that made the orcs and other demons believable, according to Terry Borst, who spoke at this week’s WedTech in the Great Room at Santa Fe Complex. So intelligent, in fact, that Jackson found a small contingent of orcs in the rear of a battle scene that decide to run away. more…

Pangea Day Registrations Available

Registration is now available for Pangea Day. The event is free but your registration will give us a head count for refreshments.Donations are appreciated to defray the costs of the event. (If you’re in Albuquerque instead of Santa Fe, head over to Flying Star Downtown where a Sushigig event will be hosting Pangea Day.) To register, go to PangeaSantaFe or click the following link:
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Turn a webcam and a projector into a 3D scanner

3d scanExperiment yesterday at sfComplex using webcam and a projector as a cheap 3D scanner for use on Sandtable project.

see details here how you can do the same