News tagged with camera system
Latest 3D TV Technology Offers Interactive Control
(PhysOrg.com) -- Three-dimensional TV is now closer than ever to becoming a reality for consumers, and the latest research is investigating the full extent of 3D TV’s possibilities. In a recent study, researchers ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Mar 19, 2009 |
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OrcaM is new kid on block for 3-D data capture
(PhysOrg.com) -- Call it automated photograph station, seven-camera system, 3-D model showcase, or digital reconstruction tool. OrcaM is being described as all these things. Whatever the tag, the "OrcaM" name ...
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 21, 2012 |
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Close encounters: When Daniel123 met Jane234 (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Qbo robots created a stir recently when their developers succeeded in demonstrating that a Qbo can be trained to recognize itself in the mirror. Now the developers have taken their explorations ...
Jan 04, 2012 |
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Trillion-frame-per-second video
By using optical equipment in a totally unexpected way, MIT researchers have created an imaging system that makes light look slow.
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Motion-capture helping reveal how kangaroos hop
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists in Australia, the UK and US have for the first time used infrared motion capture technology outdoors to work out how kangaroos distribute their weight and the forces as they hop ...
Mar 11, 2011 |
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Imaging the planet-sized companion of a nearby star
(PhysOrg.com) -- Of the nearly 500 extra-solar planets that have been confirmed to date, only about a dozen have actually been seen in images. Because planets are so much fainter than their host stars, special ...
Oct 15, 2010 |
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New surveillance camera system provides text feed
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists at the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) have developed a prototype surveillance camera and computer system to analyze the camera images and deliver a text feed describing ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 03, 2010 |
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Scientists capture 'terrifying' Tolkien-like eclipse (w/ Video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Scientists have captured a 'terrifying' image of a giant Goliath-like star undergoing a two year eclipse. First discovered by a German astronomer 180 years ago, it is the first close-up image of an eclipse ...
Apr 07, 2010 |
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Hollywood places biggest 3-D bet yet on 'Avatar'
(AP) -- When James Cameron directed his first 3-D film, "Terminator 2: 3-D," for Universal Studios theme parks more than a decade ago, the bulky camera equipment made some shots awkward or impossible.
Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation
Jul 24, 2009 |
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Facebook launches iPhone camera app (Update)
Facebook released a "camera" application Thursday that lets people take Instagram-style pictures that can be shared with iPhones.
May 24, 2012 |
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Researchers develop optimal algorithm for determining focus error in eyes and cameras
University of Texas at Austin researchers have discovered how to extract and use information in an individual image to determine how far objects are from the focus distance, a feat only accomplished by human and animal visual ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 26, 2011 |
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New camouflage technology from BAE hides war machines
(PhysOrg.com) -- BAE Systems says it has a camouflage system that can render battle machines like tanks invisible or even seen as other objects in the immediate environment to protect against attack. The 'cloak' ...
Sep 07, 2011 |
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Tsunami airglow signature could lead to early detection system (w/Video)
Researchers at the University of Illinois have become the first to record an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii.
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
Jul 14, 2011 |
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Hubble's Neptune anniversary pictures
(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, Neptune has arrived at the same location in space where it was discovered nearly 165 years ago. To commemorate the event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken these "anniversary ...
Jul 12, 2011 |
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The faces of Vesta (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- New images of the asteroid show the first surface structures and give a preview of the Dawn mission's coming months.
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Jun 24, 2011 |
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