Date: Sat, 20 Aug 2005 20:13:24 -0700
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From: Steve Axtell <steve-AT-axtell.com>
Subject: Re: [Puptcrit] Checked archives but...



>Mary, here ya go.....sorry it took so long.   Ax


http://news.cnet.co.uk/gadgets/0,39029672,39189575,00.htm

"Chalk the whole thing up to Spitting Image. The
underlying technology was developed several years
ago by Dan Sandbach and Chris Chapman, two
material scientists working on the satirical
puppet show, which lampooned leaders such as
Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher. They
designed the fabric to give the puppets more
natural movements. The programme ended, but the
two continued to tinker with the material and
formed the company in 1998. ......"




>On Aug 15, 2005, at 1:15 AM, Mary Robinette Kowal wrote:
>
>>Not the illuminating fabric.  No, this was
>>something they thought could make flexible
>>keyboards, and I dimly remember something about
>>a jacket that had a sound system built into it,
>>or something.  In the puppets they used it for controls or flexibility I think.
>>
>>I'll hit Google and try that way.  Oh, and
>>Mathieu, thanks for the links.  That wasn't
>>what I was looking for but it's very interesting.
>>
>>Mary Robinette Kowal
>>Other Hand Productions
>>http://www.otherhandproductions.com
>
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