Often, we face tedious tasks with no way around them. Sometimes, you just have to grit your teeth and push through. But small tweaks can make the onerous task a bit easier to handle. [James Bowman] ...

Abstract: We present the concept and experimental realization of reference thermal chips as a way towards standardization of photonic packaging and a method to overcome the cost-barrier for ...

Working in customer service means being prepared for requests that defy all logic. One movie theater employee had only been on the job a few days when one woman demanded the impossible: Just change a ...

Knights of the Fall is a science-fiction 2D / 3D hybrid platformer that tells the story of Haru, a combat veteran, and Yoshida, his scientist sidekick, who join forces to uncover how interdimensional ...

Abstract: The speech-driven facial animation technology is generally categorized into two main types: 3D and 2D talking face. Both of these have garnered considerable research attention in recent ...

So many amazing games come out every week that I don't often find myself spending a lot of time with bad ones unless I have to for work. Rarely do video games hit that "so bad it's good" itch for me ...