19.02.11

Telepresence Bots Help Sick Teens Attend Class, Providing Real-Time Lessons and Adolescent Interaction

With telepresence robots serving as stand-ins, there's no reason for sick kids to miss school. Some children may prefer to skip class, of course, but for those with serious immune system disorders, telepresence ‘bots are a
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Lexmark's Scanner Borrows the Brains of a Camera for Instant Imagery

Why scan when you can snap? For more than 20 years, flatbed scanners have used slow-moving sensor bars to copy an image by scrolling over documents a little at a time. In replacing that bar with a retooled camera sensor, the Lexmark Genesis captures the entire image
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Ga-Ga-Glasses

Polaroid's crazy GL20 camera glasses, designed by the Haus of Gaga Lifecasting devices are interesting--you wear them as they unobtrusively capture photos, video,
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Samsung Uncorks De-Bezeled UN65D8000 TV, Laptop/Tablet Hybrid, Sexy Skinny Blu-Ray Deck and More

All the worthwhile highlights from Samsung's CES press conference Samsung's CES press conference is usually the most lavish, and this year seems to be no different. Check out an up-close look at Samsung's standout new gear here, including their best new TV
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Casio's Super Compact, Super Flexible TRYX Reimagines the Point-and-Shoot Camera

Compact, ultra-fast image processors power high-quality, shape-shifting cameras Camera makers are reimagining the boxy point-and-shoot. Shrunken sensors allow for crafty designs, while faster processors create shots old models can't match. Casio's slim TRYX is the first
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Testing the Best: Sony's NEX-5, the Small Wonder

The compact camera to sell you on compact cameras Earlier this year, I bought my first DSLR, and took it (and its gigantic lens) everywhere. My vacation photos and day-to-day snaps never looked better. But I couldn't say the same for my left (A.K.A. my bag-carrying)
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Affordable 3-D Cameras For Amateur Photographers

With only a handful of 3-D channels and titles available, the task of filling the growing number of 3-D TV screens falls to snap-happy vacationers and amateur auteurs. They finally get their choice of 3-D cameras this fall, but the images they produce are not all created
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A huge week in photography

In the days leading up to the industry-stopping Photokina event, the major players have lifted the lid on all-new and exciting camera bodies that are sure to command the attention of conference attendees when it finally kicks off.
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EEG Monitoring Headband Could Track and Catalog Your Emotional Response to Movies

Plenty of human-gadget interfaces can let you control a robot or a computer with your mind. But these communications are command-based -- your PR2 still can't tell whether you're asking it for a beer to celebrate, or to drink away your sorrows. An EEG-based affective computing
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Hubble Shoots a Spooky Snapshot of a Faraway Haunted Nebula

This spooky image of a tiny nebula known as IRAS 05437+2502 was recently released by the Hubble Space Telescope, but perhaps even more eerie than the wispy, ghost-like appearance
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A huge week in photography

In the days leading up to the industry-stopping Photokina event, the major players have lifted the lid on all-new and exciting camera bodies that are sure to command the attention of conference attendees when it finally kicks off.
Read more...


Build a life-size paper clone of yourself for under $40

A young German guy has a detailed Instructable online this week that explains how you can exercise your inner narcissist and make a 3D paper clone of yourself. It's worth checking out
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Video: Sony unveils paper-thin OLED screen that rolls up while still playing

We're putting things that used to be on paper on video devices, things usually associated with large video screens onto pocket-sized devices, and now Sony is putting video on a flexible
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Is Apple's FaceTime on the iPhone really from the future?

Videocalling has been a sci-fi staple for decades. From 2001 to Back to the Future people chatting face-to-face from great distances was a way of saying "Hey, look, it's the future!" So does FaceTime mean we're in the future? FaceTime is
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Hubble Shoots a Spooky Snapshot of a Faraway Haunted Nebula

This spooky image of a tiny nebula known as IRAS 05437+2502 was recently released by the Hubble Space Telescope, but perhaps even more eerie than the wispy, ghost-like appearance
Read more...


Video-stitching surveillance camera gives DHS 360-degree, 100-megapixel seamless views

Big Brother was watching before, but soon he'll bewatching with a whole new set of high-tech eyes. The US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is creating a wide-eyed
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Lexmark's Scanner Borrows the Brains of a Camera for Instant Imagery

Why scan when you can snap? For more than 20 years, flatbed scanners have used slow-moving sensor bars to copy an image by scrolling over documents a little at a time. In replacing that bar with a retooled camera sensor, the Lexmark Genesis captures the entire image
Read more...


Testing the Best: Sony's NEX-5, the Small Wonder

The compact camera to sell you on compact cameras Earlier this year, I bought my first DSLR, and took it (and its gigantic lens) everywhere. My vacation photos and day-to-day snaps never looked better. But I couldn't say the same for my left (A.K.A. my bag-carrying)
Read more...


Chatroulette plans penis-recognition algorithm to block pervy users

There's something exhilarating about meeting someone new, whether it's in a coffee shop or online. That is, until your new pal pulls a Lyndon Johnson and
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EEG Monitoring Headband Could Track and Catalog Your Emotional Response to Movies

Plenty of human-gadget interfaces can let you control a robot or a computer with your mind. But these communications are command-based -- your PR2 still can't tell whether you're asking it for a beer to celebrate, or to drink away your sorrows. An EEG-based affective computing
Read more...


Video-stitching surveillance camera gives DHS 360-degree, 100-megapixel seamless views

Big Brother was watching before, but soon he'll bewatching with a whole new set of high-tech eyes. The US Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (S&T) is creating a wide-eyed
Read more...


Chatroulette plans penis-recognition algorithm to block pervy users

There's something exhilarating about meeting someone new, whether it's in a coffee shop or online. That is, until your new pal pulls a Lyndon Johnson and
Read more...


Is Apple's FaceTime on the iPhone really from the future?

Videocalling has been a sci-fi staple for decades. From 2001 to Back to the Future people chatting face-to-face from great distances was a way of saying "Hey, look, it's the future!" So does FaceTime mean we're in the future? FaceTime is
Read more...


Apple Tablet Event Live

We're here in San Francisco for Apple's anticipated announcement Update: Here are our hands on impressions of the iPad. Our liveblog with all the details of the announcement is archived
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Meta Files: SD Photo Album Frees Pics from, Um, SD Cards

High-capacity SD cards are the black holes of digital photo libraries. Eight gigs of
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Canon T2i: Cinema-Grade Full HD Video in an Entry-Level DSLR

It wasn't that long ago that the T1i first brought 1080p video to an entry-level digital SLR--albeit
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A Prototype Camera that Punches Out Images

And perhaps one day, it will even see the light of retail day Regardless of whether you?re
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DARPA Wants Roving 'Smart Cameras' That Understand What They See

The problem with surveillance cameras is that they can see but they can't think, which means there always has to be a human on the other end making cognitive sense of what's right in front of the camera. But if we meshed machine vision with visual intelligence,
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Canon Go For a Splash with the PowerShot D10

Perhaps -10 degree C environments are more your cup of tea though? Canon still has you covered
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Canon To Deliver Season Finale of House MD

The director of hit television series, House MD, has revealed via Twitter that the season finale of the latest series was filmed entirely on a Canon 5D Mk II DSLR camera. We’re not sure if this is part of a directorial stunt or pre-arranged marketing activity between Canon and the makers
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