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. In his PhD thesis, Leonardo de Maeztu-Reinares is proposing 3D reconstruction algorithms; they are on a par with the results of the best available techniques and can be executed more rapidly on a computer. His work is based on stereoscopic vision, a technique for obtaining three-dimensional images and which, in order to get accurate results, calls for a computationally heavy load and considerable algorithmic complexity. His work has been published in international journals like the IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. http://phys.org/news280148119.html Technology Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:10:01 EST news280148119 State media say a pair of mating Amur leopards was spotted in northeastern China, in another indication of a comeback for an extremely rare cat once thought to be next to extinction. http://phys.org/news273914751.html Biology Wed, 05 Dec 2012 07:26:01 EST news273914751 On November 14, 2012, tens of thousands of viewers across northeastern Australia got a great view of one of the most awe-inspiring sights in astronomy—a total solar eclipse. Of course many fantastic photos and videos were taken of the event, but one team of eclipse hunters from Romania went a step further—or should I say higher—and captured the event from a video camera mounted on a weather balloon soaring over 36,800 meters (120,000 feet) up! http://phys.org/news273494011.html Space & Earth Fri, 30 Nov 2012 10:33:45 EST news273494011 (Phys.org)—Cornell researchers have created an autonomous flying robot that is as smart as a bird when it comes to maneuvering around obstacles. http://phys.org/news270970865.html Electronics Thu, 01 Nov 2012 06:41:12 EST news270970865 Forget about crackly lines or blurry webcams. Video conferencing has just got a whole lot better. By combining robotics, video and a host of other sensor and display technologies, European scientists can now virtually 'beam' you to locations on the other side of the globe. It may sound like science fiction, but this new approach can make it feel like you are really 'there'! http://phys.org/news270727156.html Electronics Mon, 29 Oct 2012 11:00:26 EST news270727156 (AP)—The birth of a panda cub this weekend at Washington's zoo was cause for a party, but behind the excitement there's also some nail-biting. http://phys.org/news267199988.html Biology Tue, 18 Sep 2012 15:13:21 EST news267199988 A biometric security system based on how a user moves their eyes is being developed by technologists in Finland. Writing in the International Journal of Biometrics, the team explains how a person's saccades, their tiny, but rapid, involuntary eye movements, can be measured using a video camera. The pattern of saccades is as unique as an iris or fingerprint scan but easier to record and so could provide an alternative secure biometric identification technology. http://phys.org/news265444932.html Technology Wed, 29 Aug 2012 07:42:55 EST news265444932 (Phys.org)—Take a commercially available panoramic video camera used for recording, add a computer for storing recorded footage, and a head-mounted visual display that can switch seamlessly between the footage and a live feed captured by a camera and attached microphone. The result of all this is what Japanese researchers are using in their explorations of "substitutional reality," or SR. This is a purposeful new direction from virtual reality. The SR system delivers a "conviction" of being in the real world, which is absent in VR technologies. http://phys.org/news265348186.html Technology Tue, 28 Aug 2012 05:10:01 EST news265348186 While in-store shopping accounts for 92 percent of retail volume, consumers are expecting the same levels of personalization and customization that they do when they shop online; 58 percent of consumers want to get in-store product information and 19 percent of consumers are already browsing their mobile devices while in-store. Scientists at IBM Research - Haifa are looking to bring all the benefits of online shopping into traditional, brick-and-mortar stores and are creating a new augmented reality mobile shopping application (app) that will give in-store shoppers instant product details and promotions through their mobile devices. http://phys.org/news260557425.html Technology Tue, 03 Jul 2012 18:05:13 EST news260557425 (Phys.org) -- OmniVision has announced two high-resolution image sensors for the digital still and digital video camera market (DS/DVC) and higher end smartphones. In end-user language, it is a claim for superior quality visuals for digital video cameras and top of the line mobile phones. The company sees its marketplace comfortably split between those end users who hold on to their cameras and those who turn to smartphones for neat imaging features. The newly announced high-resolution mobile sensors can capture 4K2K video. The 16-megapixel camera sensors are part-number dubbed the OV16820 and OV16825. http://phys.org/news257134301.html Electronics Fri, 25 May 2012 05:20:01 EST news257134301 In collaboration with colleagues from Portugal and Spain, researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology in Jena, Germany, have developed an apparatus that automatically applies odors to an airstream, while filming and analyzing the behavior of insects simultaneously. The system is called Flywalk and consists of glass tubes, airstream regulators, and a video camera. The reactions of 15 flies to up to eight different odorant signals can be tested at the same time. A first series of tests revealed that male and female fruit flies responded differently to attractant substances. The tests confirmed that male flies were no longer attracted to females that had already mated with another male because of the particular odor, cis-vaccenyl acetate, surrounding these females. http://phys.org/news254569204.html Biology Wed, 25 Apr 2012 10:43:25 EST news254569204 (PhysOrg.com) -- A new surveillance camera by Hitachi Kokusai Electric can look at footage that contains an image of someone, either still or video, and then search other video or still images on file for other instances of that same face. In so doing, it can search, process and display up to thirty six million faces in just one second. Each hit is displayed immediately in its native format, i.e. still or video, in thumbnail form, which its makers say, allows the camera to display the actions of a person prior to, or even after, being seen by the surveillance camera. All they need do is click on the thumbnail to watch the video play. http://phys.org/news251719064.html Technology Fri, 23 Mar 2012 11:30:01 EST news251719064 (AP) -- Four decades after winning Academy Awards for its cinema lenses, Canon Inc. was back in Hollywood on Thursday, unveiling a new high-end digital video camera before an audience of some of the world's most famous filmmakers. http://phys.org/news239623311.html Electronics Fri, 04 Nov 2011 11:10:01 EST news239623311 If you can't decide between a small Web tablet and a smartphone, you can now compromise with an enormous phone. http://phys.org/news234721525.html Electronics Thu, 08 Sep 2011 18:20:02 EST news234721525 (PhysOrg.com) -- A Canadian filmmaker whose childhood hero was Lee Majors as a bionic man is making the most out of what he has done to compensate for having lost one eye by becoming Eyeborg Man. Rob Spence, who lost an eye in a childhood shooting accident, calls himself Eyeborg Man because he wears a prosthetic eye that behaves as a miniature video camera, transmitting footage wirelessly to a recording device. What he looks at realtime is filmed realtime. He sees it as a kind of window on his soul. Those in medical science see it as a step toward stirring interest in the future of bionics. Spence’s bionic eye consists of a wireless video camera that sits between two layers of a prosthetic eye. The design comes from his collaboration with a former engineer for the rocket firm SpaceX, Kosta Grammatis. http://phys.org/news233895555.html Technology Tue, 30 Aug 2011 06:00:01 EST news233895555 (AP) -- Jonathan Kaplan made it easy for consumers to shoot cheesy home movies when he founded the company behind the Flip Video camcorder. Now, he's hoping to popularize something cheesier - and gooier - by starting a chain of grilled cheese restaurants that combine fast food with high tech. http://phys.org/news233857726.html Technology Mon, 29 Aug 2011 17:29:05 EST news233857726 (AP) -- Shares of Eastman Kodak Co. shot higher Friday after a judge at the U.S. International Trade Commission rejected Apple Inc.'s digital-camera patent claims against the photography pioneer. http://phys.org/news224509960.html Technology Fri, 13 May 2011 12:52:59 EST news224509960 I've been a fan of live webcams since I discovered them online years ago. I've also always wanted to set up my own camera, but it's not an easy undertaking. http://phys.org/news222347088.html Electronics Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:50:01 EST news222347088 (AP) -- Cisco Systems Inc., one of the titans of the technology industry, on Tuesday said it is killing the Flip Video, the most popular video camera in the U.S., just two years after it bought the startup that created it. http://phys.org/news221823452.html Technology Tue, 12 Apr 2011 10:37:50 EST news221823452 (PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the University at Buffalo and Amrita University in India have developed the framework for a smart environment that can track people's whereabouts without the use of invasive technologies such as constant filming or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags. The new tracking method could improve safety and security in nursing homes, hospitals and other closed spaces while providing occupants with freedom from continuous surveillance. http://phys.org/news218447526.html Technology Fri, 04 Mar 2011 07:52:40 EST news218447526 (PhysOrg.com) -- A prototype robot spy "ornithopter," the Nano-Hummingbird, has successfully completed flight trials in California. Developed by the company AeroVironment Inc., the miniature spybot looks like a hummingbird complete with flapping wings, and is only slightly larger and heavier than most hummingbirds, but smaller than the largest species. http://phys.org/news217238555.html Technology Fri, 18 Feb 2011 08:40:01 EST news217238555 (AP) -- By now, Apple's introduction of new iPods each fall is about as surprising as kids going back to school. http://phys.org/news204402052.html Electronics Wed, 22 Sep 2010 19:21:13 EST news204402052 (AP) -- Two Russian cosmonauts on Tuesday completed a nearly 7-hour-long spacewalk to replace a video camera and improve cable connections to the orbiting laboratory's newest module. http://phys.org/news199455660.html Space & Earth Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:40:01 EST news199455660 Getting started with video cameras is pretty easy, but editing the video is a whole different problem -- especially for beginners. http://phys.org/news197286039.html Electronics Fri, 02 Jul 2010 10:41:07 EST news197286039 How safe is the food we get from restaurants, cafeterias and other food-service providers? A new study from North Carolina State University -- the first study to place video cameras in commercial kitchens to see how precisely food handlers followed food-safety guidelines -- discovered that risky practices happen more often than previously thought. http://phys.org/news195217064.html Medicine & Health Tue, 08 Jun 2010 11:58:20 EST news195217064 Japanese mobile phone carrier Softbank on Tuesday said it will begin accepting pre-orders for Apple's fourth-generation iPhone on June 15 with the launch date set for nine days later. http://phys.org/news195197026.html Electronics Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:23:59 EST news195197026 Ben-Gurion University of the Negev students have developed an innovative optical radar system that helps blind people maneuver around obstacles. http://phys.org/news194802698.html Technology Thu, 03 Jun 2010 17:10:01 EST news194802698 Spanish sign language is used by over 100,000 people with hearing impairments and is made up of hundreds of signs. CVC-UAB researchers Sergio Escalera, Petia Radeva and Jordi Vitria selected over twenty of these signs to develop a new visual interpretation system which allows deaf people to carry out consultations in the language they commonly use. http://phys.org/news194695620.html Technology Wed, 02 Jun 2010 11:30:02 EST news194695620 University of Toronto announced a breakthrough development in video camera design. The Omni-focus Video Camera, based on an entirely new distance-mapping principle, delivers automatic real-time focus of both near and far field images, simultaneously, in high resolution. This unprecedented capability can be broadly applied in industry, including manufacturing, medicine, defense, security -- and for the consumer market. http://phys.org/news192211412.html Technology Tue, 04 May 2010 17:04:23 EST news192211412 Technology blogs were buzzing on Monday after gadget site Gizmodo published pictures of what it said was Apple's next iPhone. http://phys.org/news190911524.html Electronics Mon, 19 Apr 2010 15:58:57 EST news190911524