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The N.C. Museum of Natural Sciences' special exhibit "Dig it: The Secrets of Soil" is winding down, but there's still time to check out the sand table. Back in May, I wrote about "Dig It: The Secrets ...

In Dune, the Fremen people of Arrakis practice an odd future hybrid religion called “zensunni.” This adds an extra layer of meaning to the title of [Mark Rehorst]’s Arrakis 3.0 sand table, given that ...

When it comes to parenting, I think we can all agree that it’s really, really tough sometimes. Between driving the kids to school, picking them up from soccer practice to making sure their homework ...

Anyone would have experienced playing sandbanks once in a childhood and twice in the sand, but the US Army Research Institute has adopted such a sand mountain as part of the virtual reality "Digital ...

MVRsimulation (MVR) has developed a mixed reality (MR) sand table for training and mission rehearsal and showcased it at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference ...

[Mark]’s sand table wisely has a glass top. Most of us have probably seen a video of a sand drawing table at work, in which a steel ball — magnetically-coupled to a gantry under a layer of sand — ...

Building sand tables has always been an infantryman's chore, but in a few years the job may be taken over by Microsoft. That's what Brig. Gen. Anthony Potts, the commander of Program Executive Office ...

Thankfully, summer is just around the corner. With those warm days comes a desire to enjoy the outdoors and what better way to do that than with some new water toys guaranteed to keep the little ones ...

MVRsimulation’s Sand Table users could operate physically emulated military equipment through the with imagery-correlated terrain. MVRsimulation will be launching a new mixed reality (MR) Sand Table ...

India has a rich history of using sand art to celebrate culture. Whether it’s making rangoli at home to symbolise positivity, auspiciousness, and prosperity, or creating sand sculptures on beaches, ...