"Ear ear" - a new audio world at the Science Museum
·How do you know instinctively where to look for a plane when it passes over? ·Where is that fly when you want to swat it? ·What has this got to do with Microsoft's new X-box games console? Hearing in three dimensions is the focus of a new display opening tomorrow, Wednesday 14 November, at the Science Museum in London. The display, called Audio... view more... (2001-11-13)
New laryngoscope could make difficult intubations easier
A new tool developed by a Medical College of Georgia resident and faculty member may make it easier to place assisted breathing devices under difficult circumstances. view more (2009-10-16)
Virtual world offers new locale for problem solving
Second Life, a virtual world created in 2003, currently boasts more than 12 million users worldwide who go there for everything from college recruiting to shopping. Now, Penn State researchers are investigating how virtual teams can better solve real world problems by collaborating in Second Life. view more (2008-09-30)
Watermarks for 3D models
Film producers, industrial and furniture designers and last but not least makers of computer games all work with 3D models. The risk of unlawful reproduction and distribution of the data is increasing. "More and more of these animated graphics, which are costly to produce, can simply be retrieved from the Internet," says Michael Arnold... view more... (2003-03-10)
Fears learned by observing others are similar to those learned from direct experience
Humans acquire fears using similar neural processes whether they've personally experienced an aversive event or only witnessed it, according to a study by researchers at New York University's Departments of Psychology. view more (2007-03-16)
University of Western Ontario cameras capture 'fireball'
For the second time this year, The University of Western Ontario Meteor Group has captured incredibly rare video footage of a meteor falling to Earth. The team of astronomers suspects the fireball dropped meteorites in a region north of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, that may total as much as a few hundred grams in mass. view more (2008-10-27)
Loughborough develops a new 'breed' of mouse
Research has shown that, when stressed, users tend to click the mouse button harder. "The new mouse, used together with future software able to adapt a computer's behaviour, could help to reduce the user's stress level," explains Michael Macauley of the design team. "For example, if the mouse button is being clicked excessively... view more... (2000-03-20)
Science teachers compete for ocean research cruise prize
Southampton Oceanography Centre is inviting science and geography teachers in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to compete for an all expenses paid fortnight aboard a marine research cruise to Portugal. The winning teachers will be asked to send back reports and video messages to classrooms across the country via an interactive website - the... view more... (2003-04-02)
Pioneering Video Link Signals Way For Future Communications Between Deaf Community And Health Providers
The Leicester Centre for Deaf People, supported by funding from Leicestershire Health Authority, has launched a groundbreaking video communications initiative to provide a round-the-clock remote sign language interpretation service which will drastically improve communication between healthcare providers and the deaf community. Part of the... view more... (2002-01-16)
Why not mashed paper towels on the Thanksgiving menu?
Why do people eat mashed potatoes on Thanksgiving Day but not mashed paper towels? That's not such an odd question from a chemistry standpoint because potato and paper are almost as similar as two peas in a pod in terms of the carbohydrates they contain. view more (2009-11-24)
Watching the radio
The days are over when all that radio listeners could expect were words and music. At the International Audio and Video Fair (IFA) in Berlin, researchers from the Applied Electronics Department of the Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS presented multimedia radio. It is able to transmit small-sized moving pictures as well as sound.... view more... (1999-09-03)
An open source first for embedded real-time systems
The first commercially available embedded real-time system built from open source components has been developed, opening the door to new critical and non-critical systems applications for industrial control and video surveillance to robotics and aerospace. view more (2005-03-24)
The cradle of golf not in Scotland
Until the beginning of the British Open, everything had been just fine for the unsuspecting Scots who had always considered themselves the inventors of golf. But now Dr Heiner Gillmeister, English language lecturer and sports historian at the University of Bonn, in an article published in the prestigious London The International Journal of the... view more... (2002-07-19)
Indelible watermarks
As the Internet extends its reach and grows in complexity, there is a greater need for digital watermarks in image, audio and video data. Using a similar technique to banknote watermarking, invisible or inaudible information is inserted into digital content to thwart unauthorized use and ensure that honest paying consumers receive the authentic... view more... (2001-08-21)
Real and virtual pendulums swing as 1 in mixed reality state
Using a virtual pendulum and its real-world counterpart, scientists at the University of Illinois have created the first mixed reality state in a physical system. Through bidirectional instantaneous coupling, each pendulum "sensed" the other, their motions became correlated, and the two began swinging as one. view more (2008-03-11)
I oughta be in pictures "¦
Inside every movie buff is a would-be director - and soon he'll be able to prove he's got what it takes: At CeBIT, researchers are demonstrating software that creates virtual representations of objects within a running film. In each scene, the viewer can move and look around. view more (2004-03-18)
MSU researcher adds to knowledge of how early stars, galaxies formed
Research by a Michigan State University scientist sheds new light on how stars and galaxies were formed back in the early days of the universe - some 13 billion years ago. view more (2009-07-10)
High speed broadband will create energy bottleneck and slow Internet
"Increased services like Video on Demand will put pressure on the system and create an energy bottleneck," said Dr Kerry Hinton of the University's Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering and the ARC Special Centre for Ultra-Broadband Information Networks (CUBIN). view more (2008-11-25)
EU-funded project to grow first artificial society
A EUR1.55 million project funded by the European Union's Sixth Framework Programme to grow the first society based on artificial, computer-based beings, much like characters in popular computer games such as SIMS, was officially launched on Wednesday during the AISB2005 convention at the University of Hertfordshire. view more (2005-04-14)
Beijing restrictions offer case study in emissions of key atmospheric gases
The Chinese government's restrictions on Beijing motorists during a three-day conference last November -- widely viewed as a dress rehearsal for efforts to slash smog and airborne pollutants during the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing -- succeeded in cutting the city's emissions of one important class of atmospheric gases by an impressive 40... view more... (2007-05-01)
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