3-D Simulations of Nova Explosions

On October 20, 2011 sciencedaily web site announced that:
Scientists at the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya. BarcelonaTech (UPC) have for the first time simulated critical phenomena.
Novae are cataclysmic stellar phenomena. This new study solving an enigma that has puzzled stellar astrophysicists for over half a century.
This simulations is maked with the MareNostrum supercomputer after 150,000 hours of calculation.
You can read more about this on article.

WebGL benchmarks by Stephen Bannasch.

You can try the new update of Stephen Bannasch benchmarks.
Stephen tell us about new features:

I've updated my benchmark page comparing matrix libraries useful for webgl programming with newer versions of some of the libraries:

- closure to svn rev: 1364
- glMatrix to 1.0.1
- tdl to commit: 59d484f, Fri Jun 3 2011
Also you can download the source code for these benchmarks.You can be found here on github.

HoloDesk the future of 3D.

The HoloDesk uses a half-silvered mirror and a Kinect sensor to “see” objects in 3D.
This device is created by Microsoft, a research project out of the Sensors and Devices group at Microsoft Research Cambridge.

You can get more infos about this project: HoloDesk - Direct 3D Interactions with a Situated See-Through Display

3Defy - transform your photos into 3D photos.

3Defy is a great demonstration of the most recent in Flash programming.
This is a site that lets you add 3D effects to 2D photos that you upload or link.
You can try to create your 3D images using modeler from here.
Upload your image and use Select for your face or Erase fro background.
Use mouse wheel to increase or decrease the active area.

Use Save or Share buton to use it.

Let's see the result ...

Nice !