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3D-Seek.com, the shapely search engine
Showcased at demofall 2006 this year, Imaginistics has created the world's first shape-based search engine, 3d-seek. Designers, architects, and 3D data consultants will benefit from the technology, allowing you to draw a a rough sketch of the part you are looking for or use an existing 3D model you have, and it will fetch results based on what you draw. You can also add text to your query, which will bring back slightly better results in some cases. The technology is unique and has been in beta for the past 6 months. Already, the site has 4600+ suppliers to find parts you may need for your project.
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Yes, amazingly, it's possible to have a sequel to a game called "The World's Hardest Game". It doesn't seem logically possible, since if the first one was actually the world's hardest, how could another one come along and share the moniker? It made me doubt the name in the first place. That is, until I tried the game.
The mechanics of the game are very simple. You are a small red square, ...
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Scott said 9:48AM on 10-06-2006
Nothing new here, Princeton has had a working version of this for a few years. I've been using it to find 3d models for a while now.
http://shape.cs.princeton.edu/search.html
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prepostra said 1:10AM on 10-07-2006
Getting a "We're sorry the web browser you are using is currently not supported. Please use a recent version of Internet Explorer." error message is a bit last century isn't it?
Somehow I don't think I'll bother, it will probably want all that ActivedreX "goodness" turned on as well.
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Chris Kelley said 7:04AM on 10-10-2006
Echoing an earlier comment, not unique in the least. Geolus Search is actually in production in a number of places and is based on sophisticated technology (that actually works). Check it out at http://www.ugs.com/geolus
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The 2009 Mustang said 4:57PM on 10-10-2006
First off why not just link to the site rather than another site talking about the site?
Secondly, it doesn't work very well. I tried multiple shapes (rom simple to complex) and although some of the search results were somewhat close most of them were far off. For example I searched for a rectangular shape with holes in it, and it showed me a gear!
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