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TV broadcasting in 3-D

The market for consumer 3D television sets is expanding at the enormous pace of a 75% annual growth rate, following the trend for popular movies shot in 3D. With this rapidly growing market, comes the need for standardization ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 27, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

3-D movies via Internet and satellite

Multiview video coding (MVC) is the new standard for 3-D movie compression. While reducing the data significantly, MVC allows at the same time providing full high-resolution quality. At the International Broadcasting ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 26, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Opening the gate to the cell's recycling center

(PhysOrg.com) -- In cells, as in cities, disposing of garbage and recycling anything that can be reused is an essential service. In both city and cell, health problems can arise when the process breaks down.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Explained: Gallager codes

In the 1948 paper that created the field of information theory, MIT grad (and future professor) Claude Shannon threw down the gauntlet to future generations of researchers. In those predigital days, communications ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

First acoustic metamaterial 'superlens' created

A team of researchers at the University of Illinois has created the world's first acoustic "superlens," an innovation that could have practical implications for high-resolution ultrasound imaging, non-destructive ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 24, 2009 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (13) | comments 6