Mosketch is a new computer software that lets users generate 3D animation without sophisticated training.
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With just the stroke of a pen or the click of a mouse, you can now transform your 2D sketches into 3D animations.
New computer software, known as Mosketch, allows anyone to try their hand at 3D animation without toiling away at numerous sketches. The software combines two major animation methods: direct kinematics, which deals with the change of a character's joints, and inverse kinematics, which takes into account the movement of a character's body part. Artists can use the 3D software to seamlessly convert a 2D stroke into 3D moves, according to its developers.
Now available in beta, Mosketch was developed by Moka Studio and École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL), a research institute in Switzerland that specializes in physical sciences and engineering. Mosketch is being promoted as professional-grade software that can "be used by anyone, from independent artists to animation studios." [Gallery: 3D Scans in Hollywood and Hospitals]
Stingray Robot Uses Light-Activated Rat Cells to Swim
Tissue-engineered soft-robotic stingray .
Credit: Karaghen Hudson and Michael Rosnach
A new robot stingray can swim with help from an unexpected source: muscle cells that were taken from rat hearts, a new study finds.
Understanding how to build machines from heart cells could lead to scientists being able to build entire living artificial hearts from muscle cells that would act more like natural hearts, the researchers said.
Stingrays and related fish have flat bodies with long wing-like fins. These fins undulate in waves that ripple from the front of the fins to the back, energy-efficient motions that help these fish glide through water. [The 6 Strangest Robots Ever Created]
Artificial Intelligence Could Help Catch Alzheimer's Early
July 07, 2016 | Article
By applying artificial intelligence algorithms to MRI brain scans, researchers have developed a way to automatically distinguish between patients with Alzheimer's and two early forms of dementia that can be precursors to the memory-robbing disease.
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