Photograph
hideA photograph (often shortened to photo) is an image created by light falling on a light-sensitive surface, usually photographic film or an electronic imager such as a CCD or a CMOS chip. Most photographs are created using a camera, which uses a lens to focus the scene's visible wavelengths of light into a reproduction of what the human eye would see. The process and practice of creating photographs is called photography. The word "photograph" coined 1839 by Sir John Herschel and is based on the Greek φώς (phos), "light" + γραφίς (graphis), "stylus", "paintbrush" or γραφή (graphê), "representation by means of lines" or "drawing", together meaning "drawing with light".
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See your photos in 3D on new website
Technology / Computer Sciences
Jul 09, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- You could turn your holiday snaps or favourite figurines into three-dimensional images with new free software developed by a researcher from Queensland University of Technology and the Australasian ...
Rome was built in a day, with hundreds of thousands of digital photos
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Sep 15, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The ancient city of Rome was not built in a day. It took nearly a decade to build the Colosseum, and almost a century to construct St. Peter's Basilica. But now the city, including these landmarks, ...
Photo safeguards confidential information
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 22, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- These days you can take a photograph with almost every mobile phone. However, using this sort of photo to protect confidential data and send it safely is something new. Ileana Buhan, a PhD ...
Researchers Teach Computers to Search for Photos Based on Their Contents
Technology / Computer Sciences
Oct 08, 2008 |
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A pair of Penn State researchers has developed a statistical approach, called Automatic Linguistic Indexing of Pictures in Real-Time (ALIPR), that one day could make it easier to search the Internet for photographs. ...
Yahoo wins round in Oregon nude photo court battle
May 11, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Yahoo has won a legal battle over removing nude photos that an Oregon woman claimed her boyfriend posted on its Web site without her knowledge or permission.
Digital Foci Ships Image Moments 6 Digiframe
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 06, 2008 |
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The Digital Foci IMT-063 Image Moments 6 digiframe features a 5.7 inch 640 x 480 display with LED backlighting, two tone chrome finish, 450Mb of internal storage, support for memory cards, and USB 2.0 connectivity. ...
Research Raises Questions About Age Progression Photographs of Missing Children
Apr 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- When a child goes missing, law enforcement agencies often digitally alter old photos to show how the child might have aged. In one of the first laboratory studies to test the effectiveness of these photographs, ...
Apple iPhone to Receive Some Upgrades
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
May 26, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- The Apple iPhone is one of the most versatile smart phones around today and it's about to get better. The news of what the next generation iPhone will be like is traveling fast.
FBI delves into DMV photos in search for fugitives
Oct 13, 2009 |
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(AP) -- In its search for fugitives, the FBI has begun using facial-recognition technology on millions of motorists, comparing driver's license photos with pictures of convicts in a high-tech analysis of ...
Dell hopes PCs can't be too rich or too thin
Mar 17, 2009 |
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(AP) -- The way it came on the scene, it could have been a rare perfume or a designer handbag, undaunted by the roiling economy.
Poll finds sexting common among young people
Dec 03, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Think your kid is not "sexting"? Think again. Sexting - sharing sexually explicit photos, videos and chat by cell phone or online - is fairly commonplace among young people, despite sometimes grim ...
White House creates Flickr photostream
Apr 30, 2009 |
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The White House posted hundreds of pictures on online photo-sharing service Flickr on Wednesday chronicling President Barack Obama's first 100 days in office.
Google tricycle snaps views from Philly campus
Jun 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- Coming soon to a campus near you - the Google tricycle.
Obituary photos suggest growing bias against aging faces
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 13, 2009 |
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A new study that looked at obituary photographs published in one metropolitan newspaper suggests that Americans may have become more biased toward youthful appearance, particularly for women.
Gadgets: A solution for working with underwater cameras
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 02, 2009 |
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Anyone who takes underwater photos knows how challenging it is to navigate in the water while holding a camera. Another obstacle can be trying to see through the camera's viewfinder or LCD screen while wearing an underwater ...
