http://phys.org/ en-us Phys.org internet news portal provides the latest news on science including: Physics, Nanotechnology, Life Sciences, Space Science, Earth Science, Environment, Health and Medicine. (Phys.org)—The Kickstarter campaign launched by Lynx Laboratories, from Austin, Texas, is off to a swift-kick start. Obviously, visitors to their page like what they promise. With their goal of $50,000, they have at the time of this writing raised $53,358, with 36 days to go. Their six-pound sensation is a point and shoot 3-D camera promoted as a step up in affordable 3-D modeling. According to the team, "If you can use a point-and-shoot Nikon, you'll find the Lynx even easier to use." http://phys.org/news279696284.html Electronics Sun, 10 Feb 2013 07:20:01 EST news279696284 (Phys.org)—Toshiba may be targeting the end of 2013 for the launch of a new camera sensor for smartphones and tablets, where the picture taker can choose a specific area of focus in the photo after having taken the photo. Photography enthusiasts as well as all creative picture-takers will be able to manage how they want the photograph to tell the story, allowing for managing the focus after the fact. This resonates heavily with the Lytro light field camera, which was introduced as a way to allow photographers to shoot the image first and focus on the subject later, thinking about focus points during the editing process. http://phys.org/news275939810.html Technology Fri, 28 Dec 2012 17:59:11 EST news275939810 (Phys.org)—Americans love their electronics, and millions will undoubtedly receive everything from flat-screen TVs and e-readers to video games and coffee makers this holiday season. Over time, even the best of these devices inexplicably stop working. Often it's not worth the time and money to have them repaired, but the nagging question of "why" still lingers long after they're thrown in the trash. http://phys.org/news273919798.html Chemistry Wed, 05 Dec 2012 08:53:28 EST news273919798 A nationally renowned scholar on the preservation of ancient Chinese ceramics, Prof. Chandra Reedy is applying digital image analysis to study the technology used to produce glazed ceramics of nearly 1,000 years ago.  http://phys.org/news268039634.html Other Sciences Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:27:25 EST news268039634 A radical camera that lets users adjust the focus after taking pictures will be available in October at shops in Australia, Canada, Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States. http://phys.org/news267807152.html Electronics Tue, 25 Sep 2012 15:52:45 EST news267807152 (Phys.org) -- University at Albany Computer Scientist Siwei Lyu and colleagues, working in partnership with the New York State Center for Information Forensics and Assurance (CIFA), have identified a new method using “noise” to authenticate digital photography. The research is supported by a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). http://phys.org/news259914333.html Technology Tue, 26 Jun 2012 07:52:59 EST news259914333 A suspected member of the Al Qaeda terrorist group, arrested in May last year in Germany, was found with a memory stick hidden in his underwear. Police discovered the stick contained a password-protected folder with pornographic videos inside it, but suspicious computer forensic experts thought there must be more. After weeks of analysis, they determined that one of the pornographic videos contained concealed documents detailing Al Qaeda operations and plans. http://phys.org/news255311643.html Technology Fri, 04 May 2012 07:00:01 EST news255311643 Aircraft-carrier crew use a set of standard hand gestures to guide planes on the carrier deck. But as robot planes are increasingly used for routine air missions, researchers at MIT are working on a system that would enable them to follow the same types of gestures. http://phys.org/news251012057.html Technology Thu, 15 Mar 2012 06:34:35 EST news251012057 Before wastewater reaches recipient waters, nutrients must be removed in order to avoid eutrophication and large algal blooms, which may result in serious damage to animal and plant life. Robert Almstrand at the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, has shown in his thesis that better removal of nitrogen from wastewater can be achieved by providing the bacteria that purify the water with alternating high and low levels of nutrients. http://phys.org/news250190393.html Space & Earth Mon, 05 Mar 2012 17:19:58 EST news250190393 A radical new camera that lets you adjust the focus after you take a picture began shipping this week. http://phys.org/news249843724.html Electronics Thu, 01 Mar 2012 17:02:44 EST news249843724 The activity of online communities does not grow in line with the number of users, according to a model recently published in the European Physical Journal B. http://phys.org/news234092796.html Physics Thu, 01 Sep 2011 10:46:54 EST news234092796 On the 5th October 2010 the historic Hastings Pier was set on fire, destroying 95% of the Grade II listed building, leading to concerns over its future. Now scientists from the UK's National Physical Laboratory (NPL) are helping to show that the future of the pier is more positive than expected. http://phys.org/news222338815.html Technology Mon, 18 Apr 2011 09:47:05 EST news222338815 (PhysOrg.com) -- An Oxford University academic has applied digital image analysis to intimate letters sent simultaneously by Jonathan Swift to two women, with some surprising results. http://phys.org/news215431216.html Other Sciences Fri, 28 Jan 2011 10:01:10 EST news215431216 Researchers at the Technion-Israel Institute of Technology have developed a user-friendly method for creating realistic three-dimensional avatars (graphical representations of computer users) from any digital image. http://phys.org/news210415938.html Technology Wed, 01 Dec 2010 08:53:02 EST news210415938 Object recognition is one of the core topics in computer vision research: After all, a computer that can see isn't much use if it has no idea what it's looking at. Researchers at MIT, working with colleagues at the University of California, Los Angeles, have developed new techniques that should make object recognition systems much easier to build and should enable them use computer memory more efficiently. http://phys.org/news192462261.html Technology Fri, 07 May 2010 14:44:49 EST news192462261 Today, computers can't reliably identify the objects in digital images. But if they could, they could comb through hours of video for the two or three minutes that a viewer might be interested in, or perform web searches where the search term was an image, not a sequence of words. And of course, object recognition is a prerequisite for the kind of home assistance robot that could execute an order like "Bring me the stapler." Now, MIT researchers have found a way to improve object recognition systems by using information about context. If the MIT system thinks it’s identified a chair, for instance, it becomes more confident that the rectangular thing nearby is a table. http://phys.org/news187005534.html Technology Fri, 05 Mar 2010 10:30:01 EST news187005534 (PhysOrg.com) -- Augmented reality (AR) systems are being developed for real applications in store windows and shopping malls in Japan. http://phys.org/news179569499.html Technology Wed, 09 Dec 2009 10:10:01 EST news179569499 Elpida Memory, Japan's leading global supplier of Dynamic Random Access Memory, today announced that it had developed a 1-gigabit GDDR5 (product name: EDW1032BABG) that operates at a world-class high speed of 6Gbps. http://phys.org/news177953610.html Technology Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:00:01 EST news177953610 This past weekend at the 2009 PDN PhotoPlus Expo, companies from all over showed off the latest and greatest in digital photography gear. Here is a sampling of items that caught my attention while walking the floor at the Jacob Javits center in New York City. http://phys.org/news175978293.html Electronics Wed, 28 Oct 2009 20:30:01 EST news175978293 Silicon Image today introduced the camerIC-18, the newest member of its family of camerIC camera processor IP cores. http://phys.org/news174590335.html Technology Mon, 12 Oct 2009 18:30:01 EST news174590335 (PhysOrg.com) -- An NJIT electrical engineer has cracked the code that will enable researchers around the world to detect tampering with electronic images. http://phys.org/news157818404.html Technology Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:27:16 EST news157818404