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How To Make A Digital Human

HuffingtonPost.com | Cara Santa Maria | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Light Stage, Computer Graphics, Paul Debevec, University of Southern California, Science, Light Sphere, Lighting, Film, USC ICT, Video, Cgi, Talk Nerdy to Me, Digital Human, Movie Magic, Cara Santa Maria, Science News, Technology, Digital Characters, Graphics Lab, Science News

2012-05-14-Screenshot20120514at12.29.01PM.jpgHave you ever wondered just how they make digital characters like Benjamin Button? Apparently, the trick is all in the lighting.

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Tracking A 'Remarkable' Bigfoot Video On 'Fact Or Faked'

Posted 05.09.2012

Read More: Sasquatch, Reality TV, Kentucky Bigfoot, Video, Fact or Faked Paranormal Files, Cgi, Fact or Faked, Syfy, TV Canada, Tv Replay, Bigfoot, TV News

With the advancements of modern technology, it's becoming easier and easier to fake paranormal sightings, and even mock up fake evidence. So when the ...

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Ryan Grim

Bill Clinton's Private Equity Career Short-Lived

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 03.02.2012

Read More: Declan Capital, Bill Clinton, Video, Clinton Global Initiative, Jon Corzine, Cgi, Doug Band, Teneo Capital, New York Post, MF Global, Hillary Clinton, Politics News

WASHINGTON -- Former President Bill Clinton has ended his paid relationship with the global financial consulting and private equity firm Teneo Capital...

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WATCH: The Future Of CGI

Posted 01.19.2012

Read More: Video, Acting, Cgi, Future of Cgi, Funny Videos, Rob Huebel, Ray Liotta, Paul Scheer, Jon Favreau, Funny or Die, Michael Bay, Comedy News

You may think that CGI, the computer generated imaging in movies, is usually saved for things like explosions or creating scenes in outer space, but y...

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Bill Clinton Details Charity Work As Preview To CNN's 'Big Stars, Big Giving'

Posted 12.23.2011

Read More: Bill Clinton Charity, Bill Clinton, Clinton Global Initiative, Big Giving, Cgi, Cnn Big Stars, Clinton Philanthropy, Video, Impact News

It's a running joke for people to ask Bill Clinton if he's accomplished more post-presidency, as one of the world's leading change-makers of the past ...

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Chelsea Clinton: 'One Of The Reasons I'm Most Proud Of My Father Is...'

Posted 12.22.2011

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Chelsea Clinton, Video, George Washington University, Cgi, Christy Turlington, Phones for Hope, Maternal Health, Advocacy, Impact News

When you put college students, technology and powerful activists in one room, real change is bound to happen. Chelsea Clinton and Christy Turlington ...

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New Campaigns for Global Change Launch in New York

Reporters Uncensored | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Girls Not Brides, Cgi 2011, Clinton Global Intiative 2011, Cgi, Clean Cookstoves, Cooking Shouldn't Kill, Global Slavery, The Slavery Footprint, Impact News
Reporters Uncensored

By Maura Kelly September in New York is known for Fashion Week, 9/11 memorials, the General Assembly at the U.N. and increasingly, the Clinton Glo...

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Clinton Global Initiative -- Making Change Happen

Akhtar Badshah | Posted 12.03.2011

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Microsoft, Cgi, Impact News
Akhtar Badshah

Last week at the Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting in New York City was at once a most exhilarating and tiring week. President Clinton continue...

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CGI Should Recognize The Little Guy

Jonathan Lewis | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Poverty; Global Poverty, Clinton Global Initiative, Cgi 2011, Cgi, Impact News
Jonathan Lewis

Last week, the world's super achievers convened in New York for three days to celebrate their shared global citizenship as well as their accomplishmen...

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A Commitment for Change: Partnering With Governments to Scale What Works

Tim Hanstad | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Development, Cgi, Development Models, Developing World, Developing Countries, International Development, Clinton Global Intiative, Government Development, Impact News
Tim Hanstad

Too often at the Clinton Global Initiative we hear how companies and NGOs are partnering to fix a problem. That is great. But it is missing the crucial third strand of the braid -- governments.

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Clinton Global Initiative: A New Way Forward

Monika Mitchell | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Global Change, Business Commitments, Clinton Global Initiative, Business for a Better World, Change the World, Cgi, Social Good, Hillary Clinton, Make the World a Better Place, President Clinton, cgi2011, New Way Forward, Impact News
Monika Mitchell

Last week after spending three life-changing days at the Clinton Global Initiative , I came away with a profound sense of hope, inspired by all the participants present and by no less than President Clinton himself.

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Growing the Next Generation of Technology and IT Leaders in the Developing World

William Brindley | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Education, Innovation, Technology, Cgi, Humanitarian Aid, Cloud Computing, Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting, IT Recruiting, Young IT Professionals, Impact News
William Brindley

At NetHope, we are partnering with several public and private organizations to deliver on an important commitment to action: scaling the development of young IT professionals.

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Obama at CGI

Jack Hidary | Posted 11.21.2011

Read More: Jobs, cgi2011, Obama, Cgi, China, Politics News
Jack Hidary

"How do you find LaGuardia compared to the Beijing Airport?" President Obama used this phrase today at CGI to highlight the eroding infrastructure...

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WATCH: Clinton Global Initiative Unites Leaders For Change In New York

Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Clinton Global Initiative, Video, Clinton Global Initiative 2011, Cgi 2011, Cgi, Impact News

It's the ultimate meeting of the minds: From Tuesday to Thursday in New York, The Clinton Global Initiative brings together leaders from around the gl...

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WATCH: What Even Is This?

Posted 11.05.2011

Read More: Video, Going to the Store, David Lewandowski, Weird Videos, Viral Videos, Cgi, Urlesque, Dummies, Comedy News

Every once in a while, the Internet spits out a video so weird, so flabbergasting, that it has no choice but to go viral. Thus is the case with "Going...

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Clinton's Final Four

Natalie Pace | Posted 06.04.2011

Read More: Social Media, Literacy, Education, Africa, Money, Final Four, College, Health, Obama, President Clinton, Japan, Clinton Global Initiative, Cgi, Clinton Global Initiative University, College News
Natalie Pace

Tonight will determine the NCAA champ, but the Champ of the Clinton Final Four has already been selected. This year for the first time, over 117,000 ...

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Sucker Punch: Why You Were Unprepared To See the Film

Dan Pashman | Posted 05.28.2011

Read More: Vanessa Hudgens Sucker Punch, Films, Comics, Jon Hamm, Movie Theaters, Film, Jena Malone, Movies, New Movies, Comic Books, Sucker Punch, Cgi, Filmmaking, Action-Adventure, Special Effects, Abbie Cornish, Fantasy, Comedy News
Dan Pashman

I didn't see Sucker Punch, and chances are, neither did you. The heavily-hyped special effects film opened Friday, but it lost the weekend box office...

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Cinefantastique Podcast: Tron: Legacy

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cinefantastique, Violence, Action-Adventure, Emotion, Garrett Hedlund, Sex, War, Tron, Drama, Death, Success, Debut Feature, Cinefantastique Podcast, Tron Legacy, Jeff Bridges, Acting Legend, Fantasy, Off Beat, Racism, Science Fiction, Cgi, Bruce Boxleitner, Explosions, Motion-Capture, Animation, Disney, CG Animation, Love, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

In the latest episode of the "The Cinefantastique Podcast" Steve Biodrowski, Lawrence French, and Dan Persons attempt to build their own consensual reality after a viewing of "Tron: Legacy".

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George Lucas Planning To Resuscitate Dead Actors For Future Films?

The Huffington Post | Catharine Smith | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Dead Actors, Cgi, George Lucas, George Lucas Dead Actors, George Lucas Cgi, George Lucas 3d, Dead Actors 3d, Technology News

George Lucas wants to round up a bunch of dead actors and resurrect them onscreen, says comedy veteran Mel Smith, who directed the 1994 Lucasfilm Radi...

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Immersion in Pandora: The Virtual World of Avatar

Chris McGowan | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Carter of Mars, Virtual Reality, Avatar, Titanic, Immersive Reality, Immersion, James Cameron Avatar, Terminator 2, Tree of Souls, Hallejulah Mountains, Cgi, Star Wars, Joseph Campbell, Dances With Wolves, James Cameron, 3D Film, Roger Dean, Na'vi, Pandora, Banshees, Virtual Worlds, Cyberspace, Noon Universe, Arkady Strugatsky, Strugatsky Brothers, Entertainment News
Chris McGowan

Avatar is a beautiful movie, but it isn't due to artful cinematography. Rather, the visual splendor lies in the inherent beauty of the alien world in which we are immersed.

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Are You Going Green or Going for the Green?

Tony Greenberg | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Data Centers, Cgi, Going Green, Richard Berman, Tony Greenberg, Aldo Leopold, Taylor Milsal, Electric Cars, Technology News
Tony Greenberg

In our pious zeal to feel better about the mess we're collectively making of the planet, many of us have settled on personal steps to green things up a bit. But are those steps really worthwhile, or just sops to make us feel less guilty?

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Cinefantastique Podcast: Megamind

Dan Persons | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Violence, Action-Adventure, Dreamworks, Justice, Megamind, Emotion, Jonah Hill, Superman, Death, Success, Comedy, Fantasy, Satire, Science Fiction, Will Ferrell, Cgi, Explosions, 3d, Animation, Tina Fey, CG Animation, David Cross, Love, Brad Pitt, Entertainment News
Dan Persons

Throwing caution to the wind, the DreamWorks Animation crew has decided to go for a hat trick, releasing three action-packed, CG animated, 3D-enhanced...

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CGI 2010: Cancer -- the Developing World's 'Time Bomb'

Jane Wales | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Cancer, Harvard Global Equity Initiative, Developing World, Clinton Global Initiative, Partners in Health, Princess Dina Mired, Paul Farmer, Felicia Knaul, Cgi, Antwerp Institute of Tropical Medicine, Health, Vaccinenewsdaily, Impact News
Jane Wales

Of all the pressing issues confronting the developing world, cancer gets comparatively short shrift. And yet, a majority of new cancer diagnoses come from developing countries.

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One Million Pairs of Shoes!

Jack Hidary | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Millionth Pair of Shoes, One for One, Tom's Shoes, Clinton Global Initiative, Cgi, Impact News
Jack Hidary

Toms Shoes just delivered its millionth pair of shoes to those in need. The Toms model of giving a pair of shoes for every pair it sells is now sca...

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Post-CGI Perspectives

Yael Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Jim Carrey, Cancer, Social Media, Clinton Global Initiative, Cgi, Fran Drescher, Fuck Cancer, Bill Gates, Yael Cohen, Lance Armstrong, New York, F Cancer, Impact News
Yael Cohen

While the nine to five of the Clinton Global Initiative was insightful, informative, and interesting it was ultimately the afterhours activities that made my CGI experience so memorable.

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