It’s the perfect tool for the less artistic among us. Microsoft has designed a piece of software that converts a 2D hand-drawn sketch into a 3D animated computer model. It can even determine which parts of a simply drawn building, for example, are the walls, windows and doors, and render them appropriately on screen, say its Beijing and Washington-based creators.
And the less sporty among us might appreciate a new golf club designed by physicist Robert Grober at Yale University. It is equipped with sensors that measure changes in its movement and acceleration, then a small on-board computer converts this…
