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New tools are making 3-D figure modeling and animation easier and less time-consuming. When you move one of these mannequins into a different pose, the 32 position sensors that keep track of the relative locations of its 16 joints send information to a computer program, which renders the information as a 3-D model in real time. The Qumarion package, which includes a mannequin and the software, sells for US $750.










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Willie Jones is an associate editor at IEEE Spectrum. In addition to editing and planning daily coverage, he manages several of Spectrum's newsletters and contributes regularly to the monthly Big Picture section that appears in the print edition.
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