News tagged with high definition

New technology to tackle treatment-resistant cancers

Free-flowing cancer cells have been mapped with unprecedented accuracy in the bloodstream of patients with prostate, breast and pancreatic cancer, using a brand new approach, in an attempt to assess and control the disease ...

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Feb 03, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

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

UN sets stage for blazing fast new mobile devices

(AP) -- A United Nations telecom meeting has approved the next generation of mobile technology, which experts say will make devices 500 times faster than 3G smartphones and eliminate the wait time between the tap of a finger ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jan 19, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Touchscreen table computer SUR40 starts pre-orders

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft and Samsung have announced the Microsoft Surface computer, called SUR40, as available for preorder, through the Samsung website, in 23 countries. The unique multi-touch screen is ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Lenovo unveils Android Netflix tablets, plus Win 7 model

It's a tough time to announce new tablet computers, after Apple's phenomenal quarterly report, but Lenovo is unveiling three new models taking aim at the iPad.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jul 22, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 3

UrtheCast to show live HD video of Earth from space (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- UrtheCast, a Canadian-based company, has announced a new project with a global scale, literally. The system will allow those of us who have not actually been in to space to see the earth from ...

Technology / Telecom

created Jul 08, 2011 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 weblog

Acer's Iconia tablet rivals iPad in price, but not much else

If you're shopping for a tablet - but don't want an iPad - your options are growing daily. Among the latest is Acer's Android-powered Iconia Tab A500.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 29, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 1

US cable TV giant adding Skype calls

US cable TV giant Comcast announced plans to add video chat to television viewing through a partnership with Skype.

Technology / Telecom

created Jun 15, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Video recording spy glasses coming to a face near you

(PhysOrg.com) -- ZionEyez, a Seattle-based startup, has created a pair of spy glasses that have the capability of recording and sharing HD video discreetly. The product in question, which has been named the ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 09, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (9) | comments 12 | with audio podcast weblog

Nintendo debuts touchscreen Wii successor

Nintendo has introduced the world to the Wii's touchy new big brother: the Wii U.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jun 07, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Two Greenland glaciers lose enough ice to fill Lake Erie

A new study aimed at refining the way scientists measure ice loss in Greenland is providing a "high-definition picture" of climate-caused changes on the island.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Review: Eee Pad tablet transforms into laptop

(AP) -- The tablet computers that compete with the iPad have mostly been uninspiring. The Eee Pad Transformer stands out with a design that isn't just copied from the iPad: It's a tablet that turns into a ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 18, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 1

3D Anatomy online: one step closer to the real thing?

(Medical Xpress) -- Learning anatomy online is to benefit from a new tool using the latest technology, which allows users to see real specimens in high-definition 3D.

Medicine & Health / Other

created May 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Samsung releases the D9500 3D 75-Inch LED TV

(PhysOrg.com) -- Samsung has officially announced the creation of the D9500 TV today. This very large screen TV, which comes it with 75 inches of screen, is not only bound to take up most of your wall space, ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 09, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 1 | with audio podcast weblog

Fusion of work and play shapes Lenovo laptops

Chinese computer colossus Lenovo is infusing its leading business laptops with more fun features as Internet Age lifestyles blur lines between work and play.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 07, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 3

High-definition television

High-Definition Television (or HDTV) is a digital television broadcasting system with higher resolution than traditional television systems (standard-definition TV, or SDTV). HDTV is digitally broadcast; the earliest implementations used analog broadcasting, but today digital television (DTV) signals are used, requiring less bandwidth due to digital video compression.

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