News tagged with digital images

Seeing things: Researchers teach computers to recognize objects

(PhysOrg.com) -- If computers could recognize objects, they could automatically search through hours of video footage for a particular two-minute scene. A tourist strolling down a street in a strange city ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

Silicon Image Introduces New 18 MegaPixel Camera Processor IP Core

Silicon Image today introduced the camerIC-18, the newest member of its family of camerIC camera processor IP cores.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Oct 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

The naked truth about our landscape

Australia has been stripped bare of vegetation to expose the surface that lies beneath.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Polaroid PoGo brings instant printing to the digital age

(PhysOrg.com) -- Polaroid, founded in 1937 by American physicist Edwin H. Land, invented instant photographic printing. Its first instant film camera went on sale in November 1948, but in February 2008 the ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (6) | comments 0 weblog

Leading Companies Form Mobile HD Interface Working Group to Drive Industry Standard

Nokia, Samsung Electronics, Silicon Image, Sony and Toshiba today announced the formation of a Mobile High-Definition Interface Working Group that intends to create an industry standard for an audio/video interface to connect ...

Technology / Other

created Sep 29, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Canon D10 great for underwater photography

I've tested many underwater point-and-shoot digital cameras and none are as simple to use as the Canon D10. The digital file it produced underwater was simply better than any other point-and-shoot camera ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Sony Debuts Digital Still Camera with Back-Illuminated 'Exmor R' CMOS Sensor

Sony today announced two new Cyber-shot cameras (DSC-TX1 and DSC-WX1 models) that provide unprecedented advances in low-light performance with approximately twice the sensitivity of cameras with traditional ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Aug 06, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Wet spring increases risk of barn fires caused by hot, moist hay

(PhysOrg.com) -- This year's unusually wet spring and early summer has led many farmers to store hay that's wetter than normal, increasing the danger of barn fires, according to an expert in Penn State's College of Agricultural ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created Jul 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Sound imaging: clever acoustics help blind people see the world (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Video from portable cameras is analysed to calculate the distance of obstacles and predict the movements of people and cars. This information is then transformed and relayed to a blind person ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Kodak taking Kodachrome away

Kodak is taking Kodachrome away. More than 35 years after Paul Simon immortalized the color film in song, the company announced on Monday that it would be ending production of Kodachrome.

Technology / Business

created Jun 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sometimes it's just easier to use a pencil

I wonder sometimes how I got along without many of today's technological marvels. The personal computer is the one that stands out most to me but before I get into that, I decided to list some of the technology items that ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Electrical engineer cracks code to detect media tampering

(PhysOrg.com) -- An NJIT electrical engineer has cracked the code that will enable researchers around the world to detect tampering with electronic images.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 01, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (6) | comments 6

Getty Images in deal to distribute Flickr photos

Getty Images and Yahoo! on Wednesday announced a deal which the digital media company will distribute pictures shared at Yahoo!'s Flickr website.

Technology / Internet

created Mar 11, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

THESEUS - tool for internet services

(PhysOrg.com) -- The improved use and exploitation of digital knowledge - that is the aim of the THESEUS Project. In the future semantic technologies will be able to recognise the meaning of information content. Fraunhofer ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 03, 2009 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Samsung Introduces Pair of 12 Mega-Pixel, 24mm Ultra-Wide Angle Compact Digital Cameras

Samsung Electronics today unveiled two new 12 mega-pixel compact digital cameras boasting 24mm ultra-wide angle Schneider lenses. Samsung’s new TL320 raises the bar for innovation in the digital imaging industry ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Feb 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1