News tagged with camera system

Digital photos could put kids at risk

A study published in the International Journal of Electronic Security and Digital Forensics this month suggests that parents and carers could be putting children at risk if they upload digital photos that are automatically "geota ...

Technology / Internet

created Feb 09, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Japan's Fujifilm seeks tie-up with Olympus

Japanese film and camera maker Fujifilm has offered scandal-hit Olympus a capital and business tie-up, it said Monday as it announced a slump in third-quarter profits.

Technology / Business

created Jan 30, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

OrcaM is new kid on block for 3-D data capture

(PhysOrg.com) -- Call it automated photograph station, seven-camera system, 3-D model showcase, or digital reconstruction tool. OrcaM is being described as all these things. Whatever the tag, the "OrcaM" name ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jan 21, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (10) | comments 19 | with audio podcast report

Close encounters: When Daniel123 met Jane234 (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Qbo robots created a stir recently when their developers succeeded in demonstrating that a Qbo can be trained to recognize itself in the mirror. Now the developers have taken their explorations ...

Electronics / Robotics

created Jan 04, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 4 | with audio podcast report

Trillion-frame-per-second video

By using optical equipment in a totally unexpected way, MIT researchers have created an imaging system that makes light look slow.

Technology / Engineering

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (41) | comments 31 | with audio podcast

GM: Self-driving vehicles could be ready by end of decade

Vehicles that partially drive themselves will be available by the middle of the decade with more sophisticated self-driving systems by the end of the decade, General Motors Vice President of Global Research ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Researchers develop optimal algorithm for determining focus error in eyes and cameras

University of Texas at Austin researchers have discovered how to extract and use information in an individual image to determine how far objects are from the focus distance, a feat only accomplished by human and animal visual ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Sep 26, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New technology used in first fluorescence-guided ovarian cancer surgery

The first fluorescence-guided surgery on an ovarian cancer patient was performed using a cancer cell "homing device" and imaging agent created by a Purdue University researcher.

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 18, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New software used in first global camera trap mammal study

A novel software system developed by researchers at the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego, has been used in the first global camera trap study of mammals, which made international ...

Biology / Ecology

created Sep 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New camouflage technology from BAE hides war machines

(PhysOrg.com) -- BAE Systems says it has a camouflage system that can render battle machines like tanks invisible or even seen as other objects in the immediate environment to protect against attack. The 'cloak' ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 07, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 15 | with audio podcast report

3D television without glasses

When the boundaries merge between the action and the viewer, television becomes a special experience. Fraunhofer research scientists are optimizing the technologies that make it possible to watch TV in 3D ...

Technology / Engineering

created Sep 01, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 3

Tsunami airglow signature could lead to early detection system (w/Video)

Researchers at the University of Illinois have become the first to record an airglow signature in the upper atmosphere produced by a tsunami using a camera system based in Maui, Hawaii.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 14, 2011 | popularity 3.6 / 5 (8) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Hubble's Neptune anniversary pictures

(PhysOrg.com) -- Today, Neptune has arrived at the same location in space where it was discovered nearly 165 years ago. To commemorate the event, NASA's Hubble Space Telescope has taken these "anniversary ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jul 12, 2011 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (5) | comments 4 | with audio podcast

Japan's Ricoh to buy Pentax digital camera brand

Japanese office equipment and camera maker Ricoh on Friday said it would buy Hoya Corporation's Pentax digital camera business as it looks to expand its consumer products business.

Technology / Business

created Jul 01, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

The faces of Vesta (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- New images of the asteroid show the first surface structures and give a preview of the Dawn mission's coming months.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 24, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 1