News tagged with visual quality

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

Proposed National Signage Code: What It Would Look Like in a Real Community

The 2009 National Signage Research and Education Conference, to be hosted by UC, will include presentation of a model signage code for the United States. In order to see what a community might look like if ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Sep 11, 2009 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Zooming in to catch the bad guys

It's a frequent scene in television crime dramas: Clever police technicians zoom in on a security camera video to read a license plate or capture the face of a hold-up artist. But in real life, enhancing this low-quality ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (7) | comments 4




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Lenovo's first smartphone with Intel Inside launched in China

Intel Corporation and Lenovo Group today announced the general availability of the Lenovo LePhone K800 in China, Lenovo’s first smartphone with Intel Inside. The LePhone K800 will be available on Lenovo’s ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 31, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

The need for speed

Coherent Raman scattering methods have one key advantage over spontaneous Raman microscopy: speed. The (sub-)microsecond pixel dwell times offered by narrowband CRS imaging methods have initiated a new era ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

OmniVision tops up sensors for cameras, phones

(Phys.org) -- OmniVision has announced two high-resolution image sensors for the digital still and digital video camera market (DS/DVC) and higher end smartphones. In end-user language, it is a claim for superior ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

Kyocera releases smartphones for easy listening

(Phys.org) -- "Can you hear me? You’re dying? Oh, you're drying. Are you talking into your phone?" While smartphones continue with noisy attempts to deliver stunning visuals and entertaining apps, the fu ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 17, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Today's fear and loathing of fat bodies rooted in ancient Western civilization

Our modern love-hate relationship with fat dates to antiquity, says a University of Kansas researcher who writes about the cultural history of fat in Western civilization.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Fujitsu develops high-speed thin client technology for 10-fold improvement in responsiveness

 Fujitsu Laboratories Limited today announced that it has developed technology for high-speed thin clients that will respond as much as ten times faster to user operations, even in low-quality network ...

Technology / Software

created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Redefining archaeological research

Gently cradling a 5,000-year-old cuneiform clay tablet from Ur (modern day Iraq), Andrew Nelson wishes he could peel back the layers to find out what makes up this first-generation iPad. And thanks to a new ...

Other Sciences / Archaeology & Fossils

created May 11, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Female cowbirds prefer less intense male courtship displays

In most species, females prefer the most intense courtship display males can muster, but a new study finds that female cowbirds actually prefer less intense displays. The full results are published May 2 in the open access ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Students to demonstrate smart camera trap at new engineering competition

(Phys.org) -- Forget about building a better mouse trap. University of California, San Diego sophomore Riley Yeakle and his teammates have come up with a better camera trap, and they will be facing off with ...

Technology / Engineering

created May 02, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Computer surveillance will help keep an eye on national security

Protecting community through intelligent surveillance technology is vital but current facial recognition systems make it difficult to identify people in unconstrained environments.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1


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