Check out this video showing the motion capture process :

And if you want to see the actual game :

YouTube L.A. Noire Walkthrough

The above URL contains a playlist with 33 videos (as of 31 May 2011).

1)
The first thing you need is a software package called “Debugging tools for Windows”.
Please go to the following URL and select the appropriate download for your version of Windows (scroll down) :

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/hardware/gg463009

Install the debugging tools.

2)

Check C:\WINDOWS\Minidump.
There should be one or more Minidump files. Write down the name of the latest file.

3)

You will need to open a command prompt for the next step. In Windows 7 click on the Windows logo icon and type “cmd” in the search box, hit enter. Previous versions of Windows usually have a link to the command prompt in one of the menus. Or click “Run” and type “cmd”, and hit enter.

4)

The location of the Debugging Tools for Windows depends on your Windows version. In most cases it can be found in :

c:\program files\debugging tools for windows [type : cd "c:\program files\debugging tools" and hit enter.]

4)

Type : kd -z C:\WINDOWS\ Minidump\MINIDUMPFILENAME.dmp [where "MINIDUMPFILENAME.dmp" is the name of the file you got from step 2.]

Type : .logopen c:\debuglog.txt [This will output data to the debuglog.txt file, and will be the file you will use for analysis. ]

Type : .sympath srv*c:\symbols*http://msdl.microsoft.com/download/symbols [ Make sure there are no white spaces after the last character. ]

Type : .reload;!analyze -v;r;kv;lmnt;.logclose;q

The above process might take a few minutes.

5)

The last step is to open the debug log file. You can use Notepad for example, just open c:\debuglog.txt. You can also send the file to your techie friends.

After some setbacks, the LHC has now broken several records related to high-energy particle acceleration. The accelerator is capable of colliding protons at 7 TeV (teraelectronvolts) per particle. If all goes well the LHC will be running at full capacity after a planned shutdown in 2012.

Sites related to the Large Hadron Collider:

One of my favourite LHC sites is Colliding Particles. It’s a series of videos following researchers at CERN.

A good explanation of the various experiments and detectors can be found at the CERN LHC public outreach site.

You can always count on the BBC to provide a nicely written guide, click here to go to BBC’s site which contains plenty of interesting facts and media.

People who run CPU and graphic intensive applications on their computers know how hot it can get inside their systems. Computer hardware produces a large amount of heat that builds up inside your computer case, and potentially causing damage to your system. Most computer users use air cooling to keep their stuff from melting. The problem with conventional air cooling is that, although it removes some heat, air molecules stick to the surface of your computer chips. Researchers developed a new technology that produces ions to disperse the air molecules efficiently.

Researchers at Purdue University have demonstrated an ionic wind engine that promises to reduce the heat generated by semiconductors at a substantially faster rate than is possible with traditional cooling technologies.

The experimental cooling device consists of an anode, a wire with a positive charge, positioned 10 millimeters above an array of cathodes, which are negatively charged. As current runs through the device, the cathodes discharge electrons towards the anode. When these electrons collide with molecules in the air, they produce ions with a positive charge that are drawn back to the cathodes, creating an ionic wind that increases airflow on the surface of a mock chip.

CLICK HERE to read the full article.

Click links below to start sound playback:

Matches
Sensual female voice
Virtual Barber Shop

And several general binaural sound samples:

The Binaural Source