Technology For the Future
March 09, 10:00 AM
Have you ever dreamed of owning the minority report computer? What about the cool technology of some of the other famous movie computers like HAL or SkyNET? What about computers from Star Trek and Star Wars? Well to be honest with you, your day may be closer than you think! With technologies like Microsoft Surface, G-Speak and the newest of the technologies Sixth Sense all of our fantasy computers are slowly coming to life. Microsoft Surface was unveiled at CES 2008, while G-Speak is more recent and Sixth Sense being the newest of the technologies they all offer something completely different. Microsoft Surface is a multi-touch table top interface with a series of cameras that “sees” what is on the surface of the screen. This interface interacts with phones, cameras and other wireless capable data devices to transfer and exchange information. This technology is already being utilized in locations such as AT&T stores and Harrah’s Casinos. G-Speak, referred to as a spatial operating environment by its creators, Oblong Industries is a very unique technology. Using gloves, multiple very large screens and even a tabletop screen, this operating environment allows for many possibilities. With simple hand gestures and finger movement it seems as if almost anything is possible. From editing movie clips, photo editing and even just sifting through endless data everything seems very seamless. Sixth Sense Technology, created by Pranav Mistry(an MIT grad student) and helped along by TED, is …
March 09, 10:00 AM
Have you ever dreamed of owning the minority report computer? What about the cool technology of some of the other famous movie computers like HAL or SkyNET? What about computers from Star Trek and Star Wars? Well to be honest with you, your day may be closer than you think! With technologies like Microsoft Surface, G-Speak and the newest of the technologies Sixth Sense all of our fantasy computers are slowly coming to life. Microsoft Surface was unveiled at CES 2008, while G-Speak is more recent and Sixth Sense being the newest of the technologies they all offer something completely different. Microsoft Surface is a multi-touch table top interface with a series of cameras that “sees” what is on the surface of the screen. This interface interacts with phones, cameras and other wireless capable data devices to transfer and exchange information. This technology is already being utilized in locations such as AT&T stores and Harrah’s Casinos. G-Speak, referred to as a spatial operating environment by its creators, Oblong Industries is a very unique technology. Using gloves, multiple very large screens and even a tabletop screen, this operating environment allows for many possibilities. With simple hand gestures and finger movement it seems as if almost anything is possible. From editing movie clips, photo editing and even just sifting through endless data everything seems very seamless. Sixth Sense Technology, created by Pranav Mistry(an MIT grad student) and helped along by TED, is …
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XBOX LIVE GAMERTAG: Fidget FD
GAMES I'M PLAYING
Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Call of Duty 4 and 5, Red Faction
HEIGHT: Pretty close to 5'8
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Whatever I feel like, but naturally Brown
LOCATION: Concord, NC
HOMETOWN: Florence, Oregon
FAVORITE GENRES: FPS, 3rd Person Shooters, RTS
FAVORITE GAMES: Assassins Creed, Diddy Kong Racing, Counterstrike Source, Call of Duty Series
FAVORITE SNACK: Sushi can be a snack? right?
FAVORITE CHARACTER: Altair
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Never Give Up Never Surrender!" By Tim Alan on Galaxy Quest
FAVORITE MUSIC: Linkin Park, Filter, Papa Roach, Static X, Disturbed, Rob Zombie, John Mayer, Coldplay
FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Heros, Deadliest Catch, The Ultimate Fighter, and Funniest Home Videos
FAVORITE BOOKS: Everything that J.R.R. Tolkien Wrote
FAVORITE COLOR: Yellow
FIRST GAME ADDICTION: Duck Hunt (I got so mad at that Dog when I missed)
FIRST CONSOLE: NES
GREATEST MOMENT: I would have to say when I became #1 in the World For Cod WAW
LONGEST SPREE: 21 Hours on Counterstrike Source
OBSESSIONS: Gaming of Course, Food, and Kitties
I HATE: Campers, Spawn Killers unless I'm Doing it, and Fleas
I LOOK LIKE: Me.... Only Better!!!
GAMES I'M PLAYING
Rainbow Six Vegas 2, Call of Duty 4 and 5, Red Faction
HEIGHT: Pretty close to 5'8
EYES: Brown
HAIR: Whatever I feel like, but naturally Brown
LOCATION: Concord, NC
HOMETOWN: Florence, Oregon
FAVORITE GENRES: FPS, 3rd Person Shooters, RTS
FAVORITE GAMES: Assassins Creed, Diddy Kong Racing, Counterstrike Source, Call of Duty Series
FAVORITE SNACK: Sushi can be a snack? right?
FAVORITE CHARACTER: Altair
FAVORITE QUOTE: "Never Give Up Never Surrender!" By Tim Alan on Galaxy Quest
FAVORITE MUSIC: Linkin Park, Filter, Papa Roach, Static X, Disturbed, Rob Zombie, John Mayer, Coldplay
FAVORITE TV SHOWS: Heros, Deadliest Catch, The Ultimate Fighter, and Funniest Home Videos
FAVORITE BOOKS: Everything that J.R.R. Tolkien Wrote
FAVORITE COLOR: Yellow
FIRST GAME ADDICTION: Duck Hunt (I got so mad at that Dog when I missed)
FIRST CONSOLE: NES
GREATEST MOMENT: I would have to say when I became #1 in the World For Cod WAW
LONGEST SPREE: 21 Hours on Counterstrike Source
OBSESSIONS: Gaming of Course, Food, and Kitties
I HATE: Campers, Spawn Killers unless I'm Doing it, and Fleas
I LOOK LIKE: Me.... Only Better!!!
Lanai Gara, also known as Fidget from the pro female gaming team the Frag Dolls, is the newest member of this team hired by Ubisoft. Lanai, at six years old began her addiction with the FPS genre and video games in general with the classic Duck Hunt. Gaming from the age of six but only becoming truly competitive when she saw how girls in gaming were never taken seriously.
In 2007, Lanai began playing the now best seller COD4 and realized her talent. So with the newest addition of this series, COD World at War, she decided she had something to prove. She began by grabbing #5 in the world on the Beta in FFA and then when the game came out she quickly shot to #1 in the world and held it till she became a Frag Doll at E3 2009. During this ride she co-founded
Team V Gaming and helped manage the 120 person team; with this accomplishment under her belt, she felt she could truly be a mentor and role model for up and coming girl gamers having seen the good and the bad of being #1 in the world. After this experience is when she decided to apply for the Frag Dolls team.
Now her days are busy with the Frag Dolls, traveling across the U.S. to events, practicing with her fellow Dolls for competitions and continuing to be a mentor and role model for aspiring girl gamers everywhere. She is always looking to expand her knowledge in the video game marketing industry whether from another Frag Doll or Forums online. Her hobbies other than gaming consist of paintball, swimming and UFC.
Lanai’s dreams have come true to be a part of the team she has looked up to for so long, the Frag Dolls. She has always wanted to prove to other girls and gamers everywhere that a male dominated industry can be dominated by a woman!
