News tagged with streetscapes

Height, style of 'McMansions' are what turn off neighbors

(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study provides a first glimpse of exactly what people find offensive about super-sized houses which have sprouted up in neighborhoods around the country.

Other Sciences / Other

created Feb 04, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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From opening thunder to closing whimper

Thanks to lightning-fast software from the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), if a truck bomb was discovered in Lower Manhattan we will now be able to predict the ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

What makes an image memorable? We tend to remember pictures of people much better than wide open spaces

Next time you go on vacation, you may want to think twice before shooting hundreds of photos of that scenic mountain or lake.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

For computer chip builders, only one way to go: Up

In the race to build a faster computer chip, there is literally nowhere to go but up. Today's chip surfaces are packed with the tiniest electronic switches the laws of physics allow, but Intel Corp. says it ...

Electronics / Hardware

created May 05, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (8) | comments 8

Intel redesigns transistors for faster computers

Intel Corp. said Wednesday that it has redesigned the electronic switches on its chips so that computers can keep getting cheaper and more powerful.

Electronics / Hardware

created May 04, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 13

Microsoft Street Slide threatens to eclipse street view rivals (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft has unveiled "Street Slide," which gives viewers 360-degree multi-perspective panoramas ("bubbles") of a city streetscape. The system should rival Google's Street View and Bing Maps' ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (16) | comments 3 | with audio podcast report

The city, 2.0. (w/ Video)

Augmented reality tours of real monuments, instant visualisation of virtual objects on living cityscapes and user-generated, digital story telling around famous landmarks are just some of the new applications ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jul 16, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Mixed reality cookbook

What we perceive in the world is highly influenced by what we are looking for. That is old news. Now European researchers have used this theory to create a convincing and engaging 'mixed reality', and they ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Jul 14, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Canada's privacy czar launches Google investigation

Canada's privacy commissioner said Tuesday she was probing Google's inadvertent collection of data from unsecured wireless networks as its cars photographed streetscapes for its mapping service.

Technology / Internet

created Jun 01, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Reality gets hyperlinked

(PhysOrg.com) -- European researchers can now attach hyperlinks to pictures you take using your mobile phone. It offers the prospect of new ways to discover, engage and navigate your surroundings. You wake ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (12) | comments 3

Map reading for dummies

A huge European project into car and road safety has developed a system that will read satellite navigation maps and warn the driver of upcoming hazards – sharp bends, dips and accident black spots – which ...

Technology / Engineering

created Apr 02, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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