[Bf-committers] Oscars, Netherlands and Horses [slightly OT]

[joeedh]

Jonathan Merritt wrote:

> Hi Everyone,
>
> One of the winners of the Technical Achievement Awards at the Oscars 
> this year was Vicon, for their Motion Analysis System:
>    http://www.oscars.org/77academyawards/sci-techawards/winners.html
>
> One of the individual winners of this award was Dr Ton van den 
> Bogert.  He did his PhD at the  Veterinary School of the University of 
> Utrecht in the Netherlands (where he is originally from), on the topic 
> of "Computer Simulation of Locomotion in the Horse".  (I have a copy 
> that he sent me sitting on my desk! :-).
>
> The moral of the story is that in order to win an Academy Award, you 
> should all first start a PhD in equine biomechanics.  >:-]
>
I remember him, he was using blender for his project, wasn't he?

joeedh