News tagged with visual effects

NASA's new 'Earth now' app: your world, unplugged

A free, new iPhone app from NASA literally puts the whole world in the palm of your hands. "Earth Now" immerses cyber explorers in dazzling visualizations of near-real-time global climate data from NASA's ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Mar 20, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Developers of film recorder to receive Oscar

(AP) -- The first Oscar recipients of the new year were announced Thursday by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.

Technology / Other

created Jan 06, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

With WeVideo, you can edit video in the cloud, then share it

The Internet has long been a great place to express yourself in words. But two of the biggest trends on the Web, cloud computing and social networks, are also making it a great place to express yourself with images - to create ...

Technology / Internet

created Dec 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Terminator-style info-vision takes step towards reality

The streaming of real-time information across your field of vision is a step closer to reality with the development of a prototype contact lens that could potentially provide the wearer with hands-free information ...

Technology / Engineering

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 13 | with audio podcast

Smithsonian holds vote on video games for exhibit

(AP) -- The Smithsonian American Art Museum is asking the public to help select video games that will be included in its first exhibit to explore the art and visual effects of gaming.

Technology / Software

created Feb 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

Disney's 'Tron' movie reverse-ages Jeff Bridges

(AP) -- Hollywood has famously had better luck using makeup to make young actors look old - like Russell Crowe in "A Beautiful Mind" - than making old actors look young. But the ability to manipulate images ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 07, 2010 | popularity 3 / 5 (4) | comments 6

RXplore: New Regenstrief tool lets docs instantly track down drug reactions

It's not uncommon for individuals to take as many as a dozen different prescriptions, each with its own set of possible side effects. If a patient experiences one of the potential hundreds of different adverse ...

Medicine & Health / Medications

created Apr 12, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Giant alien robots start life as sketches

(AP) -- Giant alien robots don't actually exist. So the dozens featured in "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" had to be built from the ground up.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jun 26, 2009 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 5