News tagged with moving objects
Time crystals could behave almost like perpetual motion machines
(PhysOrg.com) -- As every young science student knows, moving objects have kinetic energy. But just how much energy does something need to move? In a new study, a pair of physicists has shown that it’s ...
Feb 20, 2012 |
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Flight-tests autonomous multi-target, multi-user tracking capability
The Naval Research Laboratory and the Space Dynamics Laboratory (SDL) through the support of the Office of Naval Research (ONR), has shown an autonomous multi-sensor motion-tracking and interrogation system ...
Aug 17, 2011 |
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Faster computer graphics
Photographs of moving objects are almost always a little blurry — or a lot blurry, if the objects are moving rapidly enough. To make their work look as much like conventional film as possible, game and ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Algorithm for identifying object boundaries in digital images 50,000 times more efficient than predecessor
Determining the boundaries of objects is one of the central problems in computer vision. It's something humans do with ease: We glance out the window and immediately see cars as distinct from the sidewalk ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
May 31, 2011 |
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iRobot planning an Android-based robot
(PhysOrg.com) -- iRobot is working on robots that have the brains of an Android tablet. The goal is an Android-based tablet that is able to see the world around it, hear input from humans, respond and think ...
May 12, 2011 |
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Why older people are less astute drivers and how the answer could help us understand depression
When elderly drivers get behind the wheel, they often confront the harrowing reality that they cannot easily see other cars, pedestrians, or cyclists moving around them. This frightening effect of aging, it ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Jan 25, 2011 |
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Go-anywhere tracking of first responders with WIISARD radio-frequency system
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego, are hoping that a device the size of a business card will one day reduce the toll of human lives in disaster situations.
Nov 11, 2010 |
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Two or three is all we see
The human brain can see only up to three moving objects at a given instant, new research has found.
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Sep 15, 2010 |
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Smart computer learns from video
Swiss researchers have written a computer programme that is able to analyse temporal and spatial patterns of moving objects, and on top of that is capable of learning. This would be a significant aid in traffic ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 23, 2010 |
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Training eye movement may reduce driver distraction
More than 16 people are killed and more than 1,300 people are injured each day in crashes involving a distracted driver, a phenomenon that could be reduced with the right application of motion information and appropriate ...
Jun 08, 2010 |
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Invention provides quicker, more efficient use of surveillance videos
Millions of surveillance cameras around the world are today watching public and private areas around the clock, providing police with a valuable tool for catching perpetrators carrying out criminal acts. Rapid ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jun 08, 2010 |
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An artificial eye on your driving
With just a half second's notice, a driver can swerve to avoid a fatal accident or slam on the brakes to miss hitting a child running after a ball. But first, the driver must perceive the danger.
Apr 20, 2010 |
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Older Drivers Recognize Their Shortcomings, Except One
(PhysOrg.com) -- Many drivers over age 70 realize that their reaction time is slower so they naturally compensate by driving more carefully, says Matthew Romoser, who studies age-related physical and cognitive ...
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 18, 2009 |
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