News tagged with visualization technology

Design, ergonomics students to present infographics study

In a culture awash in data, infographics -- visual representations of facts and figures -- are vital to communicating complicated information on websites, in books and newspapers and elsewhere.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

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

Researcher sees new angles in visual search

Engineering professor Shih-Fu Chang is trying to make visual search technology as effortless as typing a keyword like “Morningside restaurants” into Google.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Oct 26, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Boosting creativity with interactive technology

Researchers at the University of Gothenburg show that interactive technology generates new ways of seeing, showing and creating. The new technology boosts creativity.

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 04, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 18

Mantis shrimp eye could improve high-definition DVDs, holographic technology

(PhysOrg.com) -- The eye of the peacock mantis shrimp has led an international team of researchers to develop a two-part waveplate that could improve CD, DVD, blu-ray and holographic technology, creating even ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Google buys shopping comparison site Like.com

Search giant Google has bought the shopping comparison website Like.com, the two companies said on Monday.

Technology / Business

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mindjet boosts online collaboration with Catalyst

US technology firm Mindjet has unleashed a Catalyst technology platform that "attacks a major problem" in business by helping turn online brainstorming sessions into real-world results.

Technology / Business

created Oct 08, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is technology producing a decline in critical thinking and analysis?

As technology has played a bigger role in our lives, our skills in critical thinking and analysis have declined, while our visual skills have improved, according to research by Patricia Greenfield, UCLA distinguished professor ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Jan 28, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (10) | comments 18

New visualization techniques yield star formation insights

New computer visualization technology developed by the Harvard Initiative in Innovative Computing has helped astrophysicists understand that gravity plays a larger role than previously thought in deep space's ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Dec 31, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 3