Multiview 3-D photography made simple
Computational photography is the use of clever light-gathering tricks and sophisticated algorithms to extract more information from the visual environment than traditional cameras can.
Computational photography is the use of clever light-gathering tricks and sophisticated algorithms to extract more information from the visual environment than traditional cameras can.
Engineering
Jun 19, 2013
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A new study shows how movement-induced postural reflexes in stick insects are modified under different loading conditions. A team of scientists from the University of Cologne (Germany) and Ohio University (U.S.) traced the ...
Plants & Animals
Jul 27, 2022
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Chemical engineers at the University of Illinois Chicago and UCLA have answered longstanding questions about the underlying processes that determine the life cycle of liquid foams. The breakthrough could help improve the ...
Materials Science
Jun 17, 2021
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While speediness is a priority for any animal trying to escape a predator or avoid a fall, a new study by Simon Fraser University researchers suggests that even the fastest reflexes among all animals are remarkably slow.
Plants & Animals
Aug 29, 2018
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Experimenting with mice, neuroscientists at Johns Hopkins Medicine report new evidence that the eye's iris in many lower mammals directly senses light and causes the pupil to constrict without involving the brain.
Plants & Animals
Jun 19, 2017
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(Phys.org) -- Fruit fly courtship is so highly stylized and repetitive, it is as instantly recognizable as the knee jerk or Achilles reflex.
Plants & Animals
Jun 5, 2012
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Greg Gbur's new book from Yale University Press, "Falling Felines and Fundamental Physics," takes on a strange topic for a physicist—the mysteries of the cat.
General Physics
Oct 15, 2019
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Each time you snap a photo with your smartphone – depending on the make and model – it may perform more than a trillion operations for just that single image.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 9, 2019
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Is it a computer program or a living being? At TU Wien (Vienna), the boundaries have become blurred. The neural system of a nematode was translated into computer code – and then the virtual worm was taught amazing tricks.
Engineering
Feb 6, 2018
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A Samsung phone user in France says her Galaxy J5 smartphone caught fire and exploded on Sunday. The model is different from the Galaxy Note 7 that has been recalled worldwide.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 7, 2016
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