More and more blockbusters seem to be made partly as a showcase for special effects and a few big-name stars; and partly to provide raw material for theme-park rides, computer games and toys.Oscars are not everything.
Fair, Isaac is riding the computer revolution, and if you want to know what's happening in just about anything these days, cherchez the technology.
In the documentation for his new driverless sleeper car concept, he states, "I propose that in the year 2059 it will be statistically proven that it is safer to ride in a computer controlled driverless vehicle than to ride in a human driven vehicle".
New this year in the extravaganza, which first opened in 1933, is Santa's arrival in Manhattan, an eye-popping, gently stomach-flipping 3-D fun house ride whose computer graphics seemingly send Christmas balls and gift boxes flying into the audience when Santa's sleigh and reindeer are not swooping up and down over skyscrapers and speeding along avenues en route to the Music Hall.
To keep the FastPass data current, a park manager monitors the time guests spend waiting in the regular standby line and punches it into a two-way pager connected to the ride's computer.
The animation in the ride uses computer generated 3D animation rendered by Blur Studio and Reel FX, rather than the traditional 2-D animation seen on The Simpsons and the queue and pre-show of the ride.
Starting in 1999, some of the more vigilant (or paranoid) bought generators to ride out the Y2K computer bug.
Bosch's development objective was not for the computer to ride the bike automatically, but to serve as an otherwise invisible safety net for riders, says Frank Sgambati, director of marketing and product innovation at Bosch's North America division.
I can leave my computer to ride my horse up mountain trails or gear up for a hunt with my hawk.
During the summer, teens and pre-teens get packed off to camp, where they learn how to do all sorts of cool things like sail, play tennis, rock-climb, ride horses, even program computers and speak French.
