Interesting new things to watch out for in the news in the week or so, from the annual SIGGRAPH…
* “A stretch-sensing soft glove” to interactively capture hand-poses with high accuracy.
* A real-time golf training system “using the user’s shadow to correct the correct form of the golf swing”. Might this also have potential for training in sketching, which similarly involves sweeping strokes? Possibly in combination with the above ‘smart’ glove?
* A new process for creating ‘smart’ textiles “that can change shape and structure”.
* Artificial tails for humans… “to allow us to alter our body momentum”. Dogs are going to be either really confused as this development, or really happy that their masters have joined the pack at last…