Nov 09
when you have a 17 gigapixel camera:
http://www.yosemite-17-gigapixels.com
make sure you click the ‘zoomify’ option to browse around..
Aug 26
in reply to the previous post this amazing technology to edit video
http://grail.cs.washington.edu/projects/videoenhancement/videoEnhancement.htm
Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene from pro on Vimeo.
Aug 15
some amazing stuff from: istartedsomething.com done by microsoft research and the university of Washington:
| if you think you’ve seen what’s possible with Photosynth, then you’ve seen nothing yet. The collaborative research team from the University of Washington and Microsoft Research who only two years ago in 2006 published their paper “Photo Tourism” and their technology demonstration “Photosynth” have again pushed the boundaries of what can be achieved by intuitively processing the abundance of digital images shared on the web.This week at SIGGRAPH 2008 they’re sharing with the world some even better technology they’ve been working on which they call “Finding Paths through the World’s Photos“. Don’t let the name fool you, it’s damn cool. If you’re not much of a reading person like me, take a look at this video demonstration. (Watch it till the end) This technology is much better than Photosynth simply because instead of just presenting individual photographs in a cool 3D environment, it actually manipulates the photo to give you a seamless and more lifelike experience. It’s one thing to click around different photos taken at a particular museum, it’s a whole other story to “walk through” the museum. Now if you want to know exactly how they did it, and you’re a rocket scientist, take a look at their conference paper. For the rest of us, just take it for granted. |
Jul 28
via TechCrunch by John Biggs on 7/25/08
Noted Computer Science professor Randy Pausch passed away today after a long battle with pancreatic cancer. Dr. Pausch was a founder of the Entertainment Technology Center at Carnegie Mellon University and worked on the Alice program, an animated educational system for high school and college students.
It’s not difficult to find educators in CS who are as personable as Dr. Pausch was but it is definitely rare to find one filled with such kindness and an undeniable love for life.
“But we don’t beat the Reaper by living longer. We beat the Reaper by living well,” said Dr. Pausch, who urged the graduates to find and pursue their passion. He put an exclamation point at the end of his remarks by kissing his wife, Jai, and carrying her off stage.
He is survived by his wife and children Dylan, Logan, and Chloe. Donations can be made to the Carnegie Mellon’s Randy Pausch Memorial Fund.
His last lecture:
I know the video is long, but do yourself a favor and watch it !!
Update: I also found this other video of him that i watched before:
Jul 07
looks like Dr. Nebel has let go some hints that the WB-7 experiment is producing the results that Dr. Bussard said he got with WB-6 and they are already thinking of skipping an intermediate step to go to a full size next version.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/7/1/203528/4445/43/545079
Apr 21
Dr. Richard Nebel from? EMC2 is continuing Dr. Robert Bussards Polywell Fusion ideas to produce a machine that can produce unlimited clean and safe electricity. I found a forum where Dr. Nebel and heaps of other people discuss the progress, problems and simulations on how this device will work. Indrek Mandre has created some very pretty simulations of the electric field and some animations of the electron paths here
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ps: if you have no idea what this is all about please watch Dr. Bussards presentation at the Google campus? this man could become famous for saving the world.
Apr 15
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mark is currently on his way to the base camp of mount everest for his second attempt to reach the top. read updates on his adventure here : justkeepclimbing.blog.com.
good luck mark !! hope you make it to the top and back safely !! Update: they made it !! congratulations !! |
Bart, youre saying butt-kisser like its a bad thing!