At Art Center he was one of the many influences on our sketch style for industrial design. I still have some of the books showing his sketches for Star Wars The Empire Strikes Back and I think one of the others. The Greebles will never end, especially so since we have them in Sketchup!

Back on topic. I have found an interesting speech by Vijay Kumar on applications of small flying robots. The most interesting for me was the one with a robot calculating a 3D map of a building, as it surveyed it in real time. http://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate.html

A friend of my mother in law's had a garage in the hit area. He was restoring a Lamborghini, his garage was damaged but the Lambo was not scratched at all.

@hieru said: Next up: Cintiq multi-touch with wi-fi

I'll volunteer, but my daughter stole the iPad for the next 3 weeks.

I think it makes a big difference whether they try to force the same interface on different devices or the same unified OS (underlaying frameworks ad applications) with an adapted interface (tablet, desktop, tv interface).

sorry . . .I'm so ashamed. I do show up late to parties. I like to make an entrance.

So well spoken (written) Tig. Many don't understand that we have become so disengaged from our food source, that in purchasing those plastic wrapped choice chicken breasts, you are essentially the one who chopped off the head.

Here are some of the other previews: http://www.webdesignerdepot.com/2012/02/a-look-at-photoshop-cs6/

Thanks István, Yes, I have known of the company in Praha (and have always thought that it was quite stupid of Google that they put several countries under the same hood) and indeed it's nice to see that finally it can be purchased in Hungary, too. Not really (or necessarily) the full version as we can buy that straight from Google but educational licenses (of any kind) have been impossible to buy so far (not as if I needed one any more).

Thanks, interesting comments. Seems this industry is similar to my prior, manufacturing design. Very cyclical. Glenn

Yes, this sell was fast...I succeed to get one after one hour of try !!

Not bad although that's too apparently a make-up. So is this IMO: [flash=600,400:khxujtim]http://www.youtube.com/v/O57wkDBUyZo[/flash:khxujtim]

2024? What about the Mayan Calendar?

@rob d said: Unity are having their basecamp (Unite12) in Amsterdam, and they're HQ'd just round the corner from Google US. The proposed location has had a lot of positive comments. Yes I would look into going to Unite 12 too

Must read over a coffee and comment

@unknownuser said: @daniel said: Maybe? What kind of sketchupper says "maybe"? You and Liam? Though I imagine if Liam SketchUps his room it'll end up like a HR Giger scene or http://icecalibre.files.wordpress.com/2010/11/tron-legacy.jpg?w=480&h=249

There's plenty of space here. This town (at least the enclosed area) was bigger than contemporary Vienna in the Middle Ages. Twice as big as Buda, the country capital.

Just last night, I was on a forced shopping spree in my favorite supermarket and, in a leisurely moment, decided to look up past the glare of the suspended lighting system. There are all kinds of electronic systems. The refrigerated cases have temperature monitors, and I believe even have proximity sensors that monitor physical presence in the aisles. Their inventory policy is rather lax, because they have a habit of leaving their inventory devices on top of these tall cases. When we get to the self checkout point we use a shopper's id card for "valued customers". You can bet they have a database compiled with everything in there but our shoe sizes.

What I see is the CaCO3 fills the voids, creates a temporary barrier against liquid water intrusion, but is susceptible to long term degradation. This may be more economical than specially treated and coated steel reinforcement, such as polymer coating, which is an option. Stainless steel reinforcement bars and galvanized are other options. There are pretreatments for concrete to enhance water "resistance".