News tagged with wide angle lens

Researchers create all seeing 'eye'

The remarkable ability of insects to look in all directions at once has been emulated by a team of international scientists who have built an artificial 'eye' with an unobstructed all-round view.

Technology / Engineering

created Jan 05, 2009 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 0




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Berkeley lab scientists unveil an X-ray technique called HARPES

The expression “beauty’s only skin-deep” has often been applied to the chemistry of materials because so much action takes place at the surface. However, for many of the materials in today’s ...

Physics / General Physics

created Aug 25, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Like no other view on Earth

You think your vacation pictures are impressive? Try to imagine what it was like 45 years ago as scientists and engineers produced the very first images of our planet from deep space.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 24, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (9) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Nearby galaxy boasts two monster black holes, both active

(PhysOrg.com) -- A study using NASA's Swift satellite and the Chandra X-ray Observatory has found a second supersized black hole at the heart of an unusual nearby galaxy already known to be sporting one.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 10, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (14) | comments 41 | with audio podcast

Camera duo on Mars rover mast will shoot color views

(PhysOrg.com) -- Two digital color cameras riding high on the mast of NASA's next Mars rover will complement each other in showing the surface of Mars in exquisite detail.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 01, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Seeing in stereo: Engineers invent lens for 3-D microscope

Engineers at Ohio State University have invented a lens that enables microscopic objects to be seen from nine different angles at once to create a 3D image.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Mar 21, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (7) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Review: Apps can enhance smart phone cameras

(AP) -- Frankly, I can't remember the last time I picked up my digital camera. Since a smart phone is always on me, either in my bag or back pocket, I use its camera constantly while my perfectly capable ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The best gadgets from CES 2011

After spending last week at the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, a common question is: What was the best thing I saw at the show?

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 13, 2011 | popularity 2 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Physicist developing, improving designer optical materials

Advancements in fabrication technologies may lead to superlenses and other designer optical materials, according to an Iowa State University and Ames Laboratory physicist.

Physics / Optics & Photonics

created Dec 16, 2010 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Focusing on aerosols through the macro lens

The devil is in the details, the very small details, when it comes to global climate models, and those details are now easier to see, thanks to climate change researchers from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Nov 01, 2010 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Gestural hand-tracking interface being developed by MIT researchers (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers at MIT have developed software that can track a Lycra fabric glove with a special color pattern. Using only a cheap web camera equipped with a wide angle lens, the software can ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Sep 14, 2010 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (10) | comments 5 | with audio podcast weblog


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