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Stand-In

Another name for an Agent, or Bot.

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Runescape, Java-based virtual gameworld. Like a stock MUD, it has all the elements, but at the same time, all the handicaps. Fun in the beginning, it soon becomes all-absorbing, as stock levelling treadmills expect more and more, just to stand still.




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Sametime 3D
IBM has unveiled a new spin on collaborative virtual environments. Sametime 3D isn't a stand alone VR, but rather, is part of a general business software suite, and is intended as a convenient way to collaborate on business projects.



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Bicentennial Man: Index of Stills
This resource is not intended as a stand-alone article. Instead, this exists to help you explore the various facets of the film Bicentennial Man, and what it is trying to say. Every still from the film that this site utilises, is indexed here, sorted roughly by category.



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Book Quotes: Virtual Perfect Health
A quote from a cyberpunk novel has profound implications which stand up to scrutiny for actual sensory replacement. The ability to give the feeling of having a good body, of being physically fit, well, and beautiful to someone who is perhaps none of the above, would be a tremendous killer application, and perhaps extremely habit forming.



The Wii Balance Board is literally as it sounds. It is a small, white board you stand upon, with internal pressure pads in formation, to detect any slight changes in weight as your posture changes on top of it.





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No Shit, There I Was
Roleplaying combat: a reminder of what roleplaying *isn't*, of your rights to roleplay, and of how to stand up for those rights. A comparison of common attitudes, to the mentality of a rapist, and how some players are just wannabe rapists who can't safely do so in RL society (with its Laws), so they take the next best thing from YOU in the Virtual World.



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Animatrix: Index of Stills
This resource is not intended as a stand-alone article. Instead, this exists to help you explore the various facets of the nine short films that make up Animatrix,.and what various aspects of each of these powerful films are trying to say. Every still from the films that this site utilises, is indexed here, sorted roughly by category.



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AIBO: The Little Dog that Couldn't
AIBO, or Artificial Intelligence roBOt, as the letters stand for, is not a brilliant acronym by any stretch of the imagination. It is essentially a robot dog, almost fully autonomous, but meant to hopefully replace man's best friend as the de-facto pet. It might just possibly have launched a few decades too early, to achieve that goal.




This resource is not intended as a stand-alone article. Instead, this exists to help you explore the various facets of the film The Stepford Wives, the 2004 remake, and what it is indirectly trying to say. Every still from the film that this site utilises, is indexed here, sorted roughly by category.




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3D printing failures shared online
Seven catastropic failures are visually depicted by this BBC article. Each failure accompanied by blurb explaining what it was supposed to be, as well as where, and more imprtantly why it went wrong. It serves as a good reminder of how young this technology still is, and how frustrating it can be, for even expert users to produce 3D printed objects successfully with the way things currently stand.



 

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(03/03/2017)
Public Health researchers have already shown that stand-capable workstations—those in which the worker could raise or lower the desk to stand or sit as they wished throughout the day—boost productivity in office workers, help studentsâ€...


(01/10/2009)
Dell has introduced its new ultra-thin Latitude Z laptop with the world's first wireless laptop battery charger.

The laptop is just over half an inch (14.5 mm) thick and weighs 4.5 lb (2 kg), which according to Dell makes it...


(15/11/2005)
Lung biopsies are guided by CT scans, and take a long, unpleasant hour to complete.

A doctor performing a biopsy must insert a needle manually into the lung, with little or no sense of its proximity to the tumor. Because CT s...


(10/04/2005)
Members of the Dungeons & Dragons Online community have first crack at participating in the alpha test of the upcoming MMO based on Gary Gygax's creation from Turbine Entertainment.

Due to be released in the second half of t...


(10/04/2006)
A little robot which acts like a personal assistant?

Tag your bits and bobs with RFID ? purse, bag, keys, mobile phone, so the robot knows what they are. Then, stand in front of the robot, and its pressure plate will detect y...