Really simple computer hardware - List Input/Output devices?

Secret Sup

Can you please list as many as you can, or provide my with a link, of Input and Output devices of a computer?
Example; printer is output, keyboard is input

Please help as much as you can, and 10 pts to the best answer.
Thanks =)

Answer
Output:
TFT LCD
VFD
Passive LCD
Plasma
Penetron
CRT
Plotter
Printer (Laser, Inkjet, Dot Matrix)
LEDs (like the power LED and HDD Activity LED)
Speakers

Input:
Mouse
Trackball
Keyboard
Biometrics
Touchscreen
Microphone
Scanner
Touchpad
Graphics Tablet
Joystick
Dance Pad :-P
Webcam
Barcode Reader
Laser Range Finder
3D Scanner
Medical Image Sensors, like Computed tomography, Magnetic resonance imaging, Positron emission tomography and Medical ultrasonography


Hope this Helps! :-)

Think about how mobile our computing devices have become and the convergence of different devices?

Michael

such as cameras, phones, computers, etc. What do you think the computer of the future will be like? What capabilities will it have that computers currently donât have? Do you see desktop computers becoming obsolete in
I mean becoming obsolete in the near future?

Answer
Well, D-Wave's quantum computer is worth watching.

Personally, I don't see desktop computers becoming obsolete especially soon.

I mean, I'm typing this on a mechanical keyboard and I'm looking at a display on my desk. That's the same as I used in about 1972, except back then it was a Tektronics storage display connected to a CDC mainframe. It's a setup I'm comfortable with. I've used smartphones, and I've used projection walls but for editing documents this is better. Of course, that's just the human interface - whether the computer is a mainframe, cloud, under the desk or built into the keyboard is of less concern.

I can see voice recognition finally making the leap to actually working for everyone, regardless of background noise and your accent.

For hardware, if 3D printers take off, I can see 3D laser or ultrasound scanners becoming more common, and some medical diagnostics becoming more mainstream (again, perhaps ultrasound or MRI based)

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Statue maker?

A(V)iTi$ F

i wanna know where could i buy a automatic head statue maker that can build statues with photos that it takes
i seen this device in public places before
but i wanna know more

Answer
not quite sure what you are talking about. If you are talking about a 3D laser scanner and a 3D printer then look either up. Or it's a CNC milling machine. Z-corp is a well known company for 3D printers.
Neither 3d laser scanner not 3D printer are yet household items. So the price is correspondingly. I'd be able to pay the rent for more than a year for what it could set you back.
If you are talking about something affordable for any average person, please post, I'd be interested as well.

Create a 3D image from a series of slides?

Hello,

I want to take a series of slices of tissue made at several micrometer thickness and render them into a 3D image, so as to calculate a lesion volume....any suggestions?

I'm interested in software available to do this, and ideally, envisioning: imaging all of the slices with a camera interface then "layering" them on top of one another to create a 3D image and analyze the volume of a lesion within the tissue.

Thank you.

Answer
"slices of tissue" slides ( tissue lesions )
http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v6/n6/fig_tab/nrg1618_F5.html
http://graphics.tudelft.nl/Publications/Malan2011

in someways it is the other way around where you have the whole object, and map the 3d image as whole, then dissect digitally with layers as slices to divulged anomalies or lesion ,

not clear as to aspects of re-rendering virtual solid from layering,

Strata - The Power of 3D
http://www.strata.com/products/strata_3d_cx_suite/strata_foto_3d_cx/

SensAble
http://www.sensabledental.com/dental-home.htm

NextEngine 3D Laser Scanner
http://www.nextengine.com/

Polhemus FastSCAN
http://www.5dt.com/products/ppol_fastscan.html

3D Printers and Rapid Prototyping
http://www.zcorp.com/en/home.aspx

dynamicro Forensic Animation
http://www.dynamicro-animations.com/index.php
..

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what are the best web design universities/colleges in USA? MAX!?

3d laser scanner for 3d printer image

Michael

I would to become a web designer (graphic and coding) and what are the best universities/colleges for this in USA? with a BFA degree...

MAX!!?

Answer
In the USA, I recommend the following:

Pratt Institute, New York, NY;
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI;
Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA;
California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA;
University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Los Angeles, CA;
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI;
Otis College of Art and Design, Pasadena, CA;
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA; and
Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA

Although I urge that you explore all of the above, I am more familiar with the following; and, thus, I have provided a bit of information.


*Art Center College of Design
1700 Lida Street
Pasadena, CA 91103
(626) 396-2373

The college offers programs leading to the BFA and BS Degrees, as well as graduate degrees. Its GRAPHIC DESIGN design program is first-rate and it includes excellent academic and technical offerings. For the increasingly computer-literate students who enter the Art Center, the idea of leadership is key. As the college notes, "these young designers will have opportunities to shape the development of a medium that is only beginning to fulfill its promise."
Please see:
http://www.artcenter.edu/accd/programs/u...


*Otis College of Art and Design
9045 Lincoln Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90045
(310) 665-6820

Otis College of Art and Design has a four year Bachelor of Fine Arts program that offers majors in seven areas: Communication Arts, DIGITAL MEDIA, Architecture/Landscape/Interiors, Fashion Design, Fine Arts, Interactive Product Design and Toy Design. The cornerstone of the Otis program is the first year curriculum, which is called Foundation. Students from all majors take the core studio classes: drawing and composition, figure drawing, two and three dimensional design. In these integrated classes students build the art, design and creative skills and vocabulary that are the "foundation" of their subsequent studies and future work. Students enter their sophomore year well prepared to begin work in their major.

It has an excellent DIGITAL MEDIA program the primary goal of which is to strike a balance between traditional art and technology, and between individual vision and teamwork. By providing a fundamental understanding of digital tools and their creative applications, the department prepares graduates to meet the demands of a diverse and expanding job market. Leading designers for visual effects, Web, film, television, broadcast media, advertising, and video gaming guide the students.
Please see:
http://www.otis.edu/academics/index.html
http://www.otis.edu/academics/digital_me...


*University of California Los Angeles (UCLA)
405 Hilgard Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90095
(310) 825-3101

The UCLA School of the Arts and Architecture has a world-class
Department of DESIGN AND MEDIA ARTS. The School and Department take pride in educating responsible designers and artists for the information age by teaching the fundamentals of Design, Media, and the Arts, and encouraging experimentation and innovation. The Department provides an extensive education in Design and Media Arts practice, history and criticism; and it fosters a critical and creative exploration of emerging forms of visual communication, typography, interaction and interface design, ubiquitous computing, virtual environments, information spaces, networked agents and other pertinent areas of research.

Housed in the remarkable Broad Art Center, its facilities include the DMA Labs. These facilities feature high-end Windows and Macintosh computers; various peripherals, such as scanners, laser printers, and large-format Epson plotters; CD and DVD burners; and film recorders and digital video cameras. The Labs also provide access to a large library of graphics software in the areas of digital photography, illustration, interactive media, and 3D-modeling and animation. In addition to the main labs, the facilities include studio space for graduates and undergraduates, several faculty research labs, a blue screen room, a video facility supporting analog and nonlinear digital editing, audio mixing, and video capture, and two digital audio facilities. Wireless access is available to laptop users, and all the computers in the facilities are connected to the campus network, giving students individual access to DMA network resources and the Internet.

Please see:
http://www.design.ucla.edu/
http://dma.ucla.edu/education/undergradc...

Does everything work?

Jello

Everything work?
GIGABYTE 3D AURORA GZ-FSCA1-ANS Silver Aluminum ATX Full Tower Computer Case
LITE-ON Black 16X DVD-ROM 52X CD-R 32X CD-RW 52X CD-ROM 2MB Cache

Western Digital Caviar SE WD
3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive

Acer AL1916WAbd Black 19" 5ms Widescreen LCD Monitor 300 cd/m2 700:1

XFX PVT88PYDF4 GeForce 8800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card (2)

OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit

XFX MB-N780-ISH9 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI Intel Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-bit English for System Builders 1pk DSP OEI DVD - OEM

Xigatek Rifle cooler 92 cm

And a nice power supply...fine on that

No comments on vista please
Also, EPP 1.0...Something parrallel port but what does it do some one explain!Seems to be a plugin,,,
thanks baron9969 but I just wanted to know because my RAM is 1067 or something and my mobo says that if I have EPP 1.0, then I can use RAM above 800...

Answer
I'm not sure what the question is, exactly. The system sounds REALLY good (and you asked that we not comment on Vista (blech) so there are 3 long paragraphs of my bitching you won't see)... Though I'm not a fan of the Western Digital drives anymore. The new Seagate Parallel recording drives are much better. (Look for a ".10" after the model number)

If you are asking about the EPP 1.0 Parallel Port or Parallel Port connector... That, for those of you born after 1994 is how us old timers used to hook up our printers. A Fat (and I do mean FAT) cable plugs into that port into another huge connector on the printer.

The port (in later models - after 1984 I believe) was actually Bi-directional to varying degrees. It got info from the printer (did it finish a line, acknowledge a character, low on toner (for lasers printers), out of paper, a fly fell on the paper turning the "T" to a "B" thus Tuttel to Buttel (Brazil fans will get this), etc.)

It's also good for OLD scanners (TWAIN Devices)

I use it now with an old computer and interface box to control my heating/cooling system and related devices. (It's not as BI as I would like (Tila Tequila))

Unless your going to build a robot, control your heater or hook up an old printer or old scanner, ignore it. If you know how to get into your BIOS, you can disable it completely and give VV-v-V-V-Vista (shiny) an extra IRQ to keep the screen looking oh so nifty... Sorry, couldn't be helped. :-)

That extra IRQ to the Operating System can't hurt, and might help.

I hope that helped some, and that was the question.

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Create a 3D image from a series of slides?

3d laser scanner for 3d printer image

Vincent

Hello,

I want to take a series of slices of tissue made at several micrometer thickness and render them into a 3D image, so as to calculate a lesion volume....any suggestions?

I'm interested in software available to do this, and ideally, envisioning: imaging all of the slices with a camera interface then "layering" them on top of one another to create a 3D image and analyze the volume of a lesion within the tissue.

Thank you.

Answer
"slices of tissue" slides ( tissue lesions )
http://www.nature.com/nrg/journal/v6/n6/fig_tab/nrg1618_F5.html
http://graphics.tudelft.nl/Publications/Malan2011

in someways it is the other way around where you have the whole object, and map the 3d image as whole, then dissect digitally with layers as slices to divulged anomalies or lesion ,

not clear as to aspects of re-rendering virtual solid from layering,

Strata - The Power of 3D
http://www.strata.com/products/strata_3d_cx_suite/strata_foto_3d_cx/

SensAble
http://www.sensabledental.com/dental-home.htm

NextEngine 3D Laser Scanner
http://www.nextengine.com/

Polhemus FastSCAN
http://www.5dt.com/products/ppol_fastscan.html

3D Printers and Rapid Prototyping
http://www.zcorp.com/en/home.aspx

dynamicro Forensic Animation
http://www.dynamicro-animations.com/index.php
..

What can I use to cast a mold from stone without hurting the stone?

disciple

I'm new to this, but does anyone know what medium I would use to make a mold from a stone. In other words, There is an old building with a beautiful design sculpted in to it. I want to copy this design. I know there is a material out there that I can press against the original design and make a mold of it and then cast the design in plaster. I just don't know what material I would use to do this without hurting the stone.... Help!!!

Answer
I think the sculpey or any clay will work. If you use normal clay, any residue left will dissolve in the next rain, just don't use brown clay on light stone... if you use water based clay you would have to cast your plaster into the mold while the clay is still wet.
As the clay won't be very stable just on its own, you should consider making a mother mold on top of that. That is a hard shell, which just gives support to the soft part of your mold so it doesn't deform. It depends on the size of what you want to copy if you need it. You could make the mothermold from plaster bandages, but don't put plaster directly on the stone.
Before you start, consider carefully the shape of what you want to copy and where undercuts are and where you have to put in parting lines. What technique you use for mold making really depends on the exact shape of what you want to copy. If the structure is something complicated, you may want to practice how to make molds from more simple structures first so you are aware what causes problems and get some experience in how to solve them.

Another completely contact free method is if you happen to be at a university where they have a 3D laser scanning camera you can borrow, you could use the 3D laser scanner then make a model of your structure in the computer from the scans. That you could print out using a 3D printer. that way you can scale the model to any size (though anything large will be expensive to print)

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