Posts Tagged ‘digital’
Consumer-grade camera detects cancer cells
RICE (US)—Using an off-the-shelf digital camera, researchers have created an inexpensive device that is powerful enough to let doctors easily distinguish cancerous cells from healthy cells simply by viewing the LCD monitor on the back of the camera. Continue…
Thursday, June 24, 2010 14:00 - 7 Comments
Science & Technology - Nov 9, 2009 15:02 - 0 Comments
Now it’s conductive; now it’s not
JOHNS HOPKINS (US)—A substance long known to conduct electricity is now being used in a different way to block it, opening up possible new applications in transistor technology and devices such as electronic books. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Sep 17, 2009 19:58 - 5 Comments
Photo reveals Africa’s cryptic cat
“It is a very cryptic animal. Almost nothing is known about it,” says Gary Aronsen.
Best of 2009 - Sep 15, 2009 5:00 - 3 Comments
BEST OF 2009: Not a monster. It’s Frankencamera
STANFORD (US)—A team of photo scientists is reinventing digital photography with the introduction of an open-source camera. Dubbed “Frankencamera,” the prototype will give programmers around the world the chance to create software that will teach cameras new tricks. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jun 3, 2009 15:48 - 1 Comment
Free ancient treasures, no digging required
U. CHICAGO (US)—A wealth of material that documents the ancient Middle East has become available through a new, free online service at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago. (more…)
Science & Technology - Apr 30, 2009 15:21 - 2 Comments
High-tech cameras digitize ancient tablets
Matthew Stolper from Chicago’s Oriental Institute examines a tablet on loan from the government of Iran. It’s one of thousands of tablets being imaged for a digital archive.
Society & Culture - Apr 28, 2009 15:04 - 0 Comments
Digital archive puts the ‘e’ in Homer
UC Irvine’s Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, directed by Maria Pantelia, draws its name and inspiration from a 16th-century dictionary by French scholar and printer Henri Estienne. This stack of three books—by 5th-century B.C. Greek poet Pindar—represents a small fraction of the archive’s digitized works. (Credit: Daniel A. Anderson)
Society & Culture - Mar 11, 2009 13:23 - 3 Comments
Project resurrects 90,000 rare books via print-on-demand
CORNELL (US)—Theodore E. Burton’s 1902 book Financial Crises and Periods of Industrial and Commercial Depression could have remained hidden in the stacks for eternity. Now—and perhaps just in the nick of time, given the relevance of Burton’s topic—a partnership with Amazon.com is making that book and some 90,000 others from Cornell University’s library shelves available online as print-on-demand books. (more…)
