We present an interactive system for intuitive manipulation of dynamic cloth using multi-touch technology. The system consists of two main modes that can be toggled anytime, namely cloth creation mode and cloth manipulation mode. In cloth creation mode, the user creates pieces of cloth by drawing each desired shape directly onto the scene using simple swipe gestures. The system automatically ge...

Little firm information exists about the global terrorist network, and the type of data used by network analysts—testimony of participants—is not available. Relying on newspaper and other media reports, some general conjectures about the network features of the terrorist organization can be offered: It may well be characterized by a high degree of connectivity and considerable redundancy. The d...

Polymer brushes and hydrogels are sensitive to the environment, which can cause uncontrolled variations on their performance. Herein, for the first time, we report a non-swelling "PEG molecular net-cloth" on a solid surface, fabricated using a novel "visible light induced surface controlled graft cross-linking polymerization" (VSCGCP) technique. Via this method, we show that 1) the 3D-network s...

decorate cloth. Although evidence of this art has been documented in many parts of the world, probably its origin is in the Island of Java, Indonesia. The word batik is derived from the Indonesian word ambatik, which means a cloth with little dots. Batik involves brushing or drawing molten wax onto designated areas of a cloth so that those areas can then resist coloration. Next, the cloth is dy...