Zooming in to catch the bad guys
Jun 30, 2009 General IT
It's a frequent scene in television crime dramas: Clever police technicians zoom in on a security camera video to read a license plate or capture the face of a hold-up artist. But in real life, enhancing this low-quality video to focus in on important clues hasn't been an easy task. Until now.Tags: Bad Guys, Camera Video, Crime Dramas, Face, Focus, License Plate, Low Quality, Security Camera, Security Video, Television Crime, Zoom
The art of invisibility and the perfect cat’s eye
Jun 30, 2009 Science
(PhysOrg.com) -- In recent years scientists have explored the impossible by developing invisibility or 'cloaking' devices, but can the same technology also help make things more visible?Tags: Cat Eye, Cat S Eye, Cloaking Devices, Invisibility, Scientists, Technology
Dutch researchers develop self-learning security system for computer networks
Jun 30, 2009 General IT
(PhysOrg.com) -- Cyber attacks on computer networks are becoming increasingly commonplace. To counter the threat, they are protected by so-called network intrusion detection systems. But these fail to identify some attacks, or do not spot them until it is too late.Tags: Computer Networks, Cyber Attacks, Dutch Researchers, Intrusion Detection Systems, Network Intrusion Detection, Network Intrusion Detection Systems, Security System
A ‘quantum of sol’ — how nanotechnology could hold the key to a solar-powered future
Jun 30, 2009 Science
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new generation of 'nano-structured' millimetre-sized solar cells that could convert the sun's energy to electricity more than twice as efficiently as current technology, is the subject of an Imperial College London exhibit called 'A Quantum of Sol' at the Royal Society Summer S...Tags: Current Technology, Electricity, Imperial College London, London Exhibit, Nanotechnology, New Generation, Quantum, Science Exhibition, Sol, Solar Cells, Summer Science, Sun Energy
Asus USB Blu-ray is Slim, Portable, Good Looking
Jun 30, 2009 Hardware & Gadgets
The new Asus Blu-ray external drive has a spiffy glowing "X" that may provoke Mulder and Scully to search for more answers.Tags: Asus Usb, Blu Ray, Mulder And Scully
Researchers discover new fluorescent silicon nanoparticles
Jun 30, 2009 Science
Researchers in the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Leicester have developed a new synthesis method, which has led them to the discovery of fluorescent silicon nanoparticles and may ultimately help track the uptake of drugs by the body's cells.Tags: Astronomy, Cells, Department Of Physics, Discover, Discovery, Drugs, Silicon Nanoparticles, Synthesis Method, University Of Leicester
The sound of light: Innovative technology shatters the barriers of modern light microscopy
Jun 30, 2009 Science
In the past, even modern technologies have failed to produce high-resolution fluorescence images from this depth because of the strong scattering of light. In the Nature Photonics journal, the Munich researchers describe how they can reveal genetic expression within live fly larvae and fish by "l...Tags: Coronary Vessels, Fish, Fly, Fly Larvae, Future Technology, Genetic Expression, High Resolution, Images, Innovative Technology, Light Microscopy, Munich, Nature Journal, Nature Photonics, Scattering Of Light, Sound Technology, Tumors
Researchers unveil whiskered robot rat
Jun 30, 2009 General
A team of scientists have developed an innovative robot rat which can seek out and identify objects using its whiskers. The SCRATCHbot robot will be demonstrated this week at an international workshop looking at how robots can help us examine the workings of the brain.Tags: Brain, International Workshop, Rat, Robot, Robots, Scientists, Whiskers
PAETEC Closes $350 Million Senior Secured Notes Offering
Jun 30, 2009 Telecoms
PAETEC Holding Corp. (NASDAQ GS: PAET) has closed its previously announced senior secured notes offering. The Company issued senior secured notes in an aggregate principal amount of $350 million in a private offering to institutional investors. The senior secured notes have a fixed interest rate ...Tags: Fixed Interest, Institutional Investors, Interest Rate, Nasdaq, Paet, Paetec, Private Investors, Q3 2007
Biology knows best — human-like vision lets robots navigate naturally
Jun 30, 2009 General
(PhysOrg.com) -- A robotic vision system that mimics key visual functions of the human brain promises to let robots manoeuvre quickly and safely through cluttered environments, and to help guide the visually impaired.Tags: Biology, Environments, Functions Of The Human Brain, Robotic Vision System, Robots, Visual Functions
