News tagged with visual mapping
A georeferenced digital 'comic' to improve emergency management
Spanish researchers at the Universidad Carlos III of Madrid have developed a computer application that allows georeferenced images that have been uploaded to social networks on the Internet to be recovered, ...
Mar 12, 2012 |
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Calculating what's in the universe from the biggest color 3-D map
Since 2000, the three Sloan Digital Sky Surveys (SDSS I, II, III) have surveyed well over a quarter of the night sky and produced the biggest color map of the universe in three dimensions ever. Now scientists ...
Jan 11, 2012 |
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Feeling the way: Robotic device can help visually impaired people
(PhysOrg.com) -- For many people, it has become routine to go online to check out a map before traveling to a new place. But for blind people, Google maps and other visual mapping applications are of little ...
Nov 23, 2009 |
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A glimpse at vision: First impressions count
Human beings far outpace computers in their ability to recognize faces and other objects, handling with ease variations in size, color, orientation, lighting conditions and other factors. But how our brains ...
Medicine & Health / Neuroscience
Apr 29, 2009 |
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Decoding funny faces to detect disease
Like Russell Crowe's character in A Beautiful Mind, life is often difficult for the 2.4 million Americans with schizophrenia. A late or incorrect diagnosis and the lack of effective treatment options can ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Feb 04, 2009 |
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