The Ninjago ride, inspired by the popular Lego line of Ninjago toys and a related TV series, owes its hand-gesture feature to Triotech, a Montreal firm that pioneered what it's dubbed the Maestro technology.
Using the cutting edge Maestro Conference technology, I will be leading the class myself, but you will also split off into small, intimate groups with a trained awakening coach.
It will feature Maestro hand gesture technology, which enables guests to control the game with hand gestures without using a hand-held device.
I remember thinking, This is the new line of insider you'd better get used to: maestro of emerging electronic technologies, skilled at hit-and-run manipulation of content.
The trial, called Empower, was designed to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Maestro system, which uses neuroblocking technology to stem hunger.
The Drum reports the way Maestro was developed using Microsoft Kinetic, a technology developed for the Xbox which senses motion and enables users to control and interact with the console without touching a controller.
Adam Todd, creative director at magneticNorth explained: "The Kinect allowed us to create something that children found natural to use, and as the complex technology at the core of Maestro is hidden away it makes the experience is even more magical".
Composed of dozens of mechanical birds that are interacting with and responding to one real bird that serves as a kind of "maestro" for this bird chorus, the work is quite literally a dialogue between nature and technology.
But over lunch here at the National Arts Center late last month, Pinchas Zukerman, renowned violinist, violist and maestro, wanted to talk not about himself, for the most part, but about education and educational technology.
The function of the MPS systems was controlled either by stand-alone Maestro software (Gerstel GmbH & Co. KG) for sample extraction and solid-phase cleanup, or Maestro software integrated within Agilent ChemStation software (Agilent Technologies, Inc., Wilmington, DE, USA) for FAME preparation and subsequent analysis.
