News tagged with video footage

Stunning Lyrid meteor over earth at night

(Phys.org) -- On the night of April 21, the 2012 Lyrid meteor shower peaked in the skies over Earth. While NASA allsky cameras were looking up at the night skies, astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Spy software can see smartphone texting realtime (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Last month, there was news from video provider Qumu of their discomforting survey that at least half of Americans would use smartphones to secretly spy on others. Now there is rattling news that spy software ...

Technology / Software

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (6) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

TV outside the box: Using cell phones, new system would let TV programs spill off the screen (w/ Video)

Augmented reality is an emerging discipline that uses handheld devices to superimpose digital data on the real world: If, say, you're in Paris and point your phone at the Eiffel Tower, the tower's image would ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (5) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Sony to release a professional grade OLED screen

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sony is set to begin selling a professional-grade monitor that will contain the largest number of commercial organic light-emitting diodes in a single screen produced to date. The monitor, ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 17, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast weblog

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

River flowing from China dries up in India: lawmaker

A major river in India's northeast that originates in Tibet has suddenly dried up, triggering speculation that China might be responsible, a local official told AFP on Thursday.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Intel Working on Black Box for Smart Cars

(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel revealed their aircraft-style black box last week at their research showcase in Santa Clara, California. The device can send video footage of driver's behavior during an accident to ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 05, 2010 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (8) | comments 10 | with audio podcast weblog

Fake video dramatically alters eyewitness accounts

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at the have found that fake video evidence can dramatically alter people's perceptions of events, even convincing them to testify as an eyewitness to an event that never happened.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Sep 14, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1

Mistletoe hugs, kisses spotted by computer (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Hugs and kisses exchanged under the mistletoe are among the human interactions which can now be automatically recognized by computers from video footage, thanks to new research.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Dec 22, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Video of virus in action shows viruses can spread faster than thought possible

New video footage of a virus infecting cells is challenging what researchers have long believed about how viruses spread, suggesting that scientists may be able to create new drugs to tackle some viruses.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Jan 21, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Microsoft sharpens its ads to jab rivals

From the Gmail Man, who peeks into people's private mail, to the VMware salesman stuck in the '70s, Microsoft's marketing campaigns have become quite pointed in the past year.

Technology / Business

created Feb 23, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Wild crows reveal tool skills

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study using motion sensitive video cameras has revealed how New Caledonian crows use tools in the wild, Oxford University scientists report.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Jan 11, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 5

Google offers 'guided tour' of the moon

(AP) -- Google Inc. is offering a more wide-ranging view of the Moon, 40 years after humans first landed there.

Technology / Internet

created Jul 20, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Help NASA find life on Mars with MAPPER

(PhysOrg.com) -- Would you like to participate in NASA's analog research program? Interested in helping scientists pinpoint where to look for signs of life on Mars and elsewhere in the universe? Now you can, ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Sep 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

US fixed drones hacked by Iraqi insurgents: Pentagon

The US military has fixed a problem that allowed Iraqi militants to use cheap software to intercept the video feeds of US-operated drones, a defense official said on Thursday.

Technology / Other

created Dec 17, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0