Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Powersuits : Exoskeleton for Japanese Nurses
http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn1072
Japan has to face the growing old of an everincreasing number of people and not enough staff to care for them ; Japanese scientist prototype a power suit for nurses to wear, that is to say a suit that demultiplies your strength by a factor of 2, thus allowing nurses to carry old persons and flip them on bed effortless..
Article here
http://images.livescience.com/images/060928_powersuit_diagram_02.jpg
Video Demo here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xLdTw2dBXQw
Video Log
Audio-Visual Performance Xperiments : Part A Audio-visual jockey from ikar on Vimeo.
Teratone Vision Audio-Video workshop @ trip bubble lab.
::AV Mixing
Edirol V4 Video Mixer + Gemini DJ Audio Mixer
Alternate solo configuration with AV Mixer Demo
::AV Vinyl Timeline Control, Pitch & Scratch
Technics MkII Turntables + MsPinky IWS
::AV FX's
Legacy kaos pad with linked Audio & Video mapping
VJ Ikar + VJ Soyouth
Sony & Dell Dualcore laptops, Edirol & M-Audio Asio Soundcards, Novation Remote25 Controller
Expect some upgrade in the months to come ;-)
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