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kamwoh / Partcraft[ECCV2024] PartCraft: Crafting Creative Objects by Parts
TanayGhanshyam / Crispy Octo GuideWe have come a long way since I was a child in the 1960s when all I wanted for Christmas was a slinky and some Rock’Em – Sock’Em Robots. Now imagine we have traveled ten years into the future, and it is Christmas 2031. Alexa has replaced kids’ parents and Santa Claus. Every toy is connected to the Internet and looks like a robot version of the animal it represents. Clean thermonuclear Christmas trees will be providing us with radiant, gamma-ray energy for all our holiday needs. Pogo sticks have also made a comeback, but they are solar-powered and can leap entire city blocks. And while I am busy pretending to be the Ghost of Christmas Future, I thought it would also be fun to ask the Office of the CTO team about their predictions for futuristic, technical toys. So, I posed these two questions: What cool TECHNICAL toy or gadget would you like Santa to bring you this year in 2021? As a participating member of the Office of the CTO, what cool TECHNICAL toy or gadget (that has not yet been invented) would you like Santa to bring you in 10 years from now in 2031? christmas wishlist for the octo team overlay You know what? We just might see I see a sneak preview of some of these magical tech toys of the future in just a few weeks at the CES 2022 conference. In the meantime, take a look at the wish list from all of our Extreme technical gurus: Marcus Burton – Wireless and Cloud Architect Christmas Wish 2021: Is a Tesla Cybertruck an option? I’ll even take a prototype. That will scratch several technology itches at the same time. Think about it…EV, autonomous driving, AI, 5G probably, cloud-connected, mobile-first, and all the best in materials sciences and mechanical engineering applied to trucks. What more could an outdoorsy tech guy want? Christmas Wish 2031: I’m kinda thinking that while everyone else has their brain slurped out in the metaverse (with VR!), I will prefer to go to the actual mountains. But you know, I have a wife and kids, so I have to think about safety. So here’s my wish: a smart personal device that has a full week of battery life (using ultra-thin silicon wafers) with rapid solar charging, LEO satellite connectivity (for sending “eat your heart out” 3D pics to my friends from the “there’s no 6G here” wilderness), and ultra-HD terrain feature maps for modern navigation. Carla Guzzetti – VP, Experience, Messaging & Enablement Christmas Wish 2021: I want this: Meeting Owl Pro – 360-Degree, 1080p HD Smart Video Conference Camera, Microphone, and Speaker Christmas Wish 2031: I want a gadget where we can have virtual meetings without the need for a wearable! Who wants to wear heavy goggles all day? Doug McDonald – Director of Product Management Christmas Wish 2021: As a technologist often looking for a balance between screen time and health and fitness I hope Santa brings me the Aura Strap. The Aura strap adds additional IoT sensory capabilities to compliment your Apple smartwatch. Bioelectrical impedance analysis is the cutting-edge science behind the AURA Strap. This innovation provides a way to truly see how your body changes over the course of a day. Their body composition analysis includes fat, muscle mass, minerals, and hydration; providing personalized insights that improve the results of your workouts, diet, and your lifestyle as a whole. Christmas Wish 2031: Hopefully, this innovation will be here sooner. Still, in the spirit of my first wish from Santa, I also hope to have a service engine warning light for me. The concept is utilizing advancements in biomedical sensory devices to pinpoint potential changes in your physical metrics that may help in seeking medical attention sooner than later if variances in health data occur. I spoke about this concept in the Digital Diagnosis episode of the Inflection Points podcast from the Office of the CTO. Ed Koehler – Principal Engineer Christmas Wish 2021: My answers are short and sweet. I want a nice drone with high-resolution pan, tilt, and zoom (PTZ) cameras. Christmas Wish 2031: In ten years, I want a drone that I can sit inside and fly away! Puneet Sehgal – Business Initiatives Program Manager Christmas Wish 2021: I have always wanted to enjoy the world from a bird’s eye view. Therefore, my wish is for Santa to bring me a good-quality drone camera this year. It is amazing how quickly drones have evolved from commercial /military use to becoming a personal gadget. Christmas Wish 2031: In 2031, I wish Santa could get me a virtual reality (VR) trainer to help me internalize physical motion by looking at a simulation video while sending an electrical impulse to mimic it. It will open endless possibilities, and I could become an ice skater, a karate expert, or a pianist – all in one. Maybe similar research is already being done, but we are far away from something like this maturing for practical use. So, who knows – it’s Santa after all and we are talking 2031! Tim Harrison – Director of Product Marketing, Service Provider Christmas Wish 2021: This year, I would love to extend my audio recording setup and move from a digital 24 channel mixer to a control surface that integrates with my DAW (digital audio workstation) and allows me to use my outboard microphone pre-amps. I’ve been looking at an ICON QCon Pro G2 plus one QCon EX G2 extender to give me direct control over 16 channels at once (I use 16 channels just for my drum kit). Christmas Wish 2031: Ten years from now, I sincerely hope to receive an anti-gravity platform. First, I’ll be old, and climbing stairs will have become more challenging for these creaky old bones. Secondly, who hasn’t hoped for a REAL hoverboard? Once we know what gravity is “made of,” we can start making it easier to manipulate objects on earth and make space more habitable for human physiology. Either that or a puppy. Puppy sitting Divya Balu Pazhayannur – Director of Business Initiatives Christmas Wish 2021: I’m upgrading parts of my house over the holidays and browsing online for kitchen and laundry appliances. If you had told me that I would be spending three hours reading blogs on choosing the right cooktop for me, I would not have believed you. Does it have the right power, is it reliable, is it Wi-Fi enabled, can you talk to it – I’m kidding on that last one. Having said that, I’d love to get the Bosch Benchmark Gas Stovetop. Although I can’t speak to my appliance, its minimalist look has me writing it down on my wish list for Santa. I’ll even offer him some crispy dosas in exchange. Christmas Wish 2031: Apart from flying cars and personal robot assistants, I’d love to get the gift of better connectivity. I miss my family and friends in India, and it would be amazing to engage with them through holographic technology. I imagine it would allow for a much higher level of communication than today’s ‘talking head’ approach. Although do I want my family sitting with me in my living room? Still – I’d like to think a holograph would be just fantastic. Yury Ostrovsky – Sr. Technology Manager Christmas Wish 2021: I believe 2022 will be the year of VR toys. Virtual Reality is already popular, but I believe more applications will be developed in this area. We might see radio waves coming from different sources (Wi-Fi, LTE, 5G, BT, etc.) and visualize propagation in real-time. Christmas Wish 2031: “Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future” – Niels Bohr Kurt Semba – Principal Architect Christmas Wish 2021: The Crown from Neurosity. It helps you get and stay in a deep focus to improve your work and gaming results. Christmas Wish 2031: A non-evasive health device that can quickly look deep into your body and cells and explain why you are not feeling well today. Jon Filson – Senior Producer, Content Christmas Wish 2021: I want a large rollable TV by LG. In part because I watch a lot of football. And while I have a Smart TV, I still can’t get it to connect to my Bluetooth speaker … so while I love it, I want it to work better, and isn’t that so often the way with tech? But more than that, I don’t like and have never liked that rooms have to be designed around TVs. They are big, which is fine, but they are often in the way, which is less so. They should disappear when not in use. It’s $100,000 so I don’t expect it any time soon. But it’s an idea whose time has come. Christmas Wish 2031: I cheated on this one and asked my 12-year-old son Jack what he would want. It’s the portal gun, from Rick and Morty, a show in which a crazed scientist named Rick takes his grandson Morty on wacky adventures in a multi-verse. That last part is important to me. Kids today are already well into multi-verses, while we adults are just struggling to make one decent Metaverse. The next generation is already way ahead of us digitally speaking, it’s clear. Alexey Reznik – Senior UX Designer Christmas Wish 2021: This awesome toy: DJI Mavic 2 Pro – Drone Quadcopter UAV with Hasselblad Camera 3-Axis Gimbal HDR 4K Video Adjustable Aperture 20MP 1″ CMOS Sensor, up to 48mph, Gray Christmas Wish 2031: Something along these lines: BMW Motorrad VISION NEXT 100 BMW Motorcycle Michael Rash – Distinguished Engineer – Security Christmas Wish 2021: Satechi USB-C Multiport MX Adapter – Dual 4K HDMI. Christmas Wish 2031: A virtual reality headset that actually works. Alena Amir – Senior Content and Communications Manager Christmas Wish 2021: With conversations around VR/AR and the metaverse taking the world by storm, Santa could help out with an Oculus Quest. Purely for research purposes of course! Christmas Wish 2031: The 1985 movie, Back to the Future, was a family favorite and sure we didn’t get it all exactly right by 2015 but hey, it’s almost 2022! About time we get those hoverboards! David Coleman – Director of Wireless Christmas Wish 2021: Well, it looks like drones are the #1 wish item for 2021, and I am no exception. My wife and I just bought a home in the mountains of Blue Ridge, Georgia, where there is an abundance of wildlife. I want a state-of-the-art drone for bear surveillance. Christmas Wish 2031: In ten years, I will be 71 years old, and I hope to be at least semi-retired and savoring the fruits of my long tech career. Even though we are looking to the future, I want a time machine to revisit the past. I would travel back to July 16th, 1969, and watch Apollo 11 liftoff from Cape Kennedy to the moon. I actually did that as a nine-year-old kid. Oh, and I would also travel back to 1966 and play with my Rock’Em – Sock’Em Robots. Rock'em Sock'em Robots To summarize, our peeps in the Office of the CTO all envision Christmas 2031, where the way we interact as a society will have progressed. In 2021, we already have unlimited access to information, so future tech toys might depend less on magical new technologies and more on the kinds of experiences these new technologies can create. And when those experiences can be shared across the globe in real-time, the world gains an opportunity to learn from each other and grow together in ways that would never have been possible.
kamwoh / DreamcreaturePartCraft: Crafting Creative Objects by Parts (ECCV 2024)
ameyrocks01 / FOR MVC DEVLEOPERS THE FEAUTURES OF ASP.NET CORE FOR MVC DEVLEOPERS THE FEAUTURES OF ASP.NET CORE ASP.NET Core 1.0 gives a patched up Web development system adapted towards the prerequisites of present day Web applications. The new structure, as of now in RC1, obliges you to learn numerous new ideas not found in ASP.NET MVC 5. To that end, this article identifies a couple of essential components that ASP.NET MVC 5 designers ought to know as they get ready to take in this new structure. 1. ASP.NET Core on Numerous Runways ASP.NET Core is a piece of .NET Core—another measured structure that backings numerous stages.ASP.NET and the .NET framework are focused on towards the Windows stage. Then again, ASP.NET Core is created to bolster various stages including Windows, Mac, and Linux. This additionally implies, dissimilar to ASP.NET web applications, basically, keep running under IIS, the ASP.NET Core applications can keep running under non-IIS Web servers. Figure 1 demonstrates the part of the .NET Core and ASP.NET Core. The part of the .NET Core and ASP.NET Core - A Web application worked with ASP.NET Core can target ASP.NET Framework 4.6 or the ASP.NET Core. The Web applications focusing on ASP.NET Framework 4.6 run just on the Windows stage. The Web applications focusing on the ASP.NET Core can keep running on Windows and non-Windows stages. Obviously, as on this composition, ASP.NET Core doesn't offer the same rich usefulness offered by ASP.NET Framework 4.6. 2. Part of Project.json ASP.NET Core utilizes an exceptional document—Project.json for putting away all the undertaking level configuration data. Project.config can store numerous design settings, for example, references to NuGet bundles utilized as a part of the task and target structures. "dependencies": { "Microsoft.AspNet.IISPlatformHandler": "1.0.0-rc1-final", "Microsoft.AspNet.Server.Kestrel": "1.0.0-rc1-final", "Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc": "6.0.0-rc1-final", "Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.TagHelpers": "6.0.0-rc1-final", "Microsoft.AspNet.StaticFiles": "1.0.0-rc1-final", "Microsoft.AspNet.Tooling.Razor": "1.0.0-rc1-final", "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Abstractions": "1.0.0-rc1-final", "Microsoft.Extensions.Configuration.Json": "1.0.0-rc1-final", "EntityFramework.MicrosoftSqlServer": "7.0.0-rc1-final", "EntityFramework.Commands": "7.0.0-rc1-final", "Microsoft.AspNet.Session": "1.0.0-rc1-final", "Newtonsoft.Json": "8.0.3" The Project.json record stores configuration data in JSON position. The above markup demonstrates a conditions segment that contains a rundown of NuGet bundles required by the application. For instance, the Web application under thought requires the 6.0.0-rc1-last form of Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc get together, etc 3. Part of AppSettings.json ASP.NET stores application configuration settings in Web.config. For instance, engineers utilize the <appSettings> area to store custom application settings, the <connectionStrings> segment to store database association strings, etc. ASP.NET Core utilizes AppSettings.json to store such bits of data. Consider the accompanying configuration: { "AppSettings": { "Title": "My ASP.NET Core Application" }, "Data": { "DefaultConnection": { "ConnectionString": "data source=.; initial catalog=Northwind;integrated security=true" } } } The previous JSON markup comprises of two properties or keys, to be specific AppSettings and Data. The AppSettings property holds a sub-key named Title. The Title sub-key has a string estimation of "My ASP.NET Core Application". Also, the Data key has a DefaultConnection sub-key. The DefaultConnection thusly has a ConnectionString sub-key. 4. Application set-up In ASP.NET, Global.asax goes about as the passage point for your application. You can wire different events handlers for occasions, for example, Application_Start and Session_Start, in the Global.asax record. In ASP.NET Core, the application startup happens in an unexpected way—it happens through a Startup class. one such Startup class - public class Startup { public Startup(IHostingEnvironment env, IApplicationEnvironment app) { ConfigurationBuilder builder = new ConfigurationBuilder(); builder.SetBasePath(app.ApplicationBasePath); builder.AddJsonFile("appsettings.json"); IConfigurationRoot config = builder.Build(); string str = config.Get<string> ("Data:DefaultConnection:ConnectionString"); // do something with str } public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { services.AddMvc(); services.AddEntityFramework() .AddSqlServer(); } public void Configure(IApplicationBuilder app) { app.UseStaticFiles(); app.UseMvc(routes => { routes.MapRoute( name: "default", template: "{controller=Home}/ {action=Index}/{id?}"); }); } public static void Main(string[] args) => WebApplication.Run<Startup>(args); } The Startup class appeared above starts with a constructor. The constructor stacks the AppSettings.json record utilizing ConfigurationBuilder class. The Get() strategy then is utilized to peruse the database association string put away in the AppSettings.json document. The ConfigureServices() technique includes the administrations required by the application. For instance, here you add MVC and Entity Framework to the administrations gathering. The Configure() technique determines and arranges the administrations included before for application's utilization. For instance, the MVC directing is designed in the code appeared previously. 5. Tag Helpers In ASP.NET MVC 5, you utilized HTML assistants, for example, BeginForm(), LabelFor(), and TextBoxFor() to render structures and frame fields. You can keep on using HTML partners in ASP.NET Core, too. However, there is a superior option: Tag Helpers. Label aides take the type of standard HTML labels with certain extraordinary asp-* credits added to them. Consider the accompanying markup that renders a structure: <form asp-controller="Home" asp-action="Save" method="post"> <table border="1" cellpadding="10"> <tr> <td><label asp-for="FirstName">First Name :</label></td> <td><input type="text" asp-for="FirstName" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label asp-for="LastName">Last Name :</label></td> <td><input type="text" asp-for="LastName" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label asp-for="Email">Email :</label></td> <td><input type="text" asp-for="Email" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td><label asp-for="Phone">Phone :</label></td> <td><input type="text" asp-for="Phone" /></td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="2"> <input type="submit" value="Submit" /> </td> </tr> </table> </form> Observe clearly, the properties that start with asp-. They are characterized by the label aides. For instance, the structure label aide utilizes asp-controller ascribe to indicate the objective controller name and asp-activity credit to determine the objective activity technique name. Correspondingly, asp-for traits utilized with name and info label partners tie a name or a text box to a model property. Label partners are more advantageous to use than HTML assistants in light of the fact that their linguistic structure nearly takes after the HTML markup. 6. View Components In MVC 5, you utilized halfway perspectives as a way to reuse markup and code. ASP.NET Core presents View Components, the more intense and adaptable option. A perspective part comprises of a class normally acquired from ViewComponent base class and a perspective record containing the required markup. This programming model is entirely like the one utilized by controllers and perspectives. It permits you to separate code and markup from each other—code in the perspective segment class and markup in a perspective. Once made, you can utilize a perspective segment on a perspective by utilizing the @Component.Invoke() technique. 7. Dependency Injection ASP.NET Core gives an inbuilt reliance infusion system. The DI system of ASP.NET Core offers four-lifetime modes for a sort being infused: Singleton: An object of an administration (the sort to be infused) is made and supplied to all the requests to that administration. Along these lines, fundamentally all requests get the same article to work with. Scoped: An object of an administration is made for every single request. In this way, every request gets another event of an administration to work with. Transient: An object of an administration is made each time an article is asked. Instance: For this situation, you are in charge of making an object of an administration. The DI system then uses that case in singleton mode said prior public void ConfigureServices(IServiceCollection services) { services.AddMvc(); services.AddSingleton<IMyService,MyService>(); } Here, MyService is the sort to be enlisted with the DI structure and actualizes IMyService. The AddSingleton() technique enlists this type for Singleton mode portrayed previously. Once a sort is enrolled with the DI system, you can infuse it in a controller like this: public class HomeController : Controller { private IMyService obj; public HomeController(IMyService obj) { this.obj = obj; } .... .... } 8. Gulp, Grunt, and Bower Support Gulp and Grunt are JavaScript assignment runners. They help you computerize generally required undertakings, for example, packaging JavaScript and CSS records, minifying JavaScript and CSS documents, and arranging Less and Sass records (and some more). They are introduced utilizing npm (Node Package Manager). The ASP.NET Core venture made utilizing Visual Studio 2015 permits you to include Grunt and Gulp arrangement documents furthermore gives Task Runner Explorer to screen the errands. Bower is a bundle administrator basically for front-end bundles. Front-end bundles are the bundles that you use in your Web pages, for example, JavaScript libraries/systems and CSS records. For instance, you may introduce jQuery in your ASP.NET Core venture by utilizing Bower. An ASP.NET Core venture made utilizing Visual Studio 2015 permits you to include a Bower setup document. You likewise can work with the bundles utilizing the Manage Bower Packages menu choice. 9. Single Programming for Web API Model for and MVC In MVC 5, controllers acquire from the System.Web.Mvc.Controller base class. What's more, Web API 2 controllers acquire from System.Web.Http.ApiController. In ASP.NET Core, both of these structures are converged into a solitary system. Therefore, under ASP.NET Core, an MVC controller and Web API controller both acquire from Microsoft.AspNet.Mvc.Controller base class. You then can design viewpoints, for example, HTTP verb mapping and the directing of the controllers as coveted. 10. Static Files and the wwwroot Folder In ASP.NET, there is no settled area for putting away static documents, for example, picture records, JavaScript documents, and CSS records (engineers regularly utilized a Content envelope to store such documents). In ASP.NET Core, all the static records are kept under the wwwroot envelope (default). You likewise can change the name of this envelope by utilizing the Project.json document. Refer the figure following down - After arrangement, the wwwroot turns into the Web application's root. Every one of the URLs to static records are determined as for this envelope. Along these lines,/pictures/logo.png anticipates that logo.png will be available under the wwwroot/pictures envelope. Conclusion - ASP.NET Core 1.0 is a redone system outfitted towards present day cloud based, measured Web applications. Despite the fact that the new structure safeguards the key ideas of MVC 5, ASP.NET engineers will discover numerous contrasts between MVC 5 and ASP.NET Core 1.0. This article specified the imperative new components/ideas that you have to comprehend to start your voyage with ASP.NET Core 1.0.
