Posts Tagged ‘video’
See the game from a football’s perspective
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — Embedding a camera in the side of a football could give spectators a new, ball’s-eye view of the playing field. Continue…
Thursday, February 28, 2013 7:48 - 0 Comments
Science & Technology - Dec 14, 2012 15:31 - 1 Comment
How to turn robots into social butterflies
CARNEGIE MELLON (US) — New technology could teach robots how to behave at parties and other social settings. (more…)
Society & Culture - Dec 7, 2012 16:17 - 0 Comments
In US, YouTube political ads get nasty
U. MELBOURNE (AUS) — American politicians—and their unofficial ad creators—are a mean bunch when it comes to campaigning online, particularly when combining personal and issue attacks in ads posted on YouTube. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 26, 2012 11:53 - 1 Comment
Control remote robots with video and gamepad
GEORGIA TECH (US) — With a new visual control system, guiding a robot remotely—and precisely—could feel a lot like playing a first-person 3D video game. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 18, 2012 11:46 - 1 Comment
How bats catch prey that’s sitting still
YALE (US) — Using high-speed video, scientists have figured out how bats use echolocation to find prey that’s holding still—and hope to use their discovery to improve robots. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 22, 2012 16:31 - 1 Comment
Jellyfish glow lights up neuron ‘traffic’ video
USC (US) — Using bioluminescent proteins from a jellyfish, scientists have lit up the inside of a neuron and captured footage of proteins moving throughout the cell. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 14, 2012 8:45 - 1 Comment
‘Seeds’ are key to viral marketing on YouTube
UC DAVIS (US) — Choosing an influential person to “seed” a video is essential to “buzz” marketing on YouTube, a new study finds. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 19, 2011 12:18 - 3 Comments
Strokes diagnosed via iPhone FaceTime
EMORY (US) — Using two-way video on the iPhone 4 could help doctors assess the severity of a patient’s stroke symptoms, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 27, 2011 17:43 - 0 Comments
Videos via phone reach developing nations
U. ILLINOIS (US) — Short animated videos that can be viewed on cell phones are delivering important messages about issues such as farming and infectious disease to people in developing countries. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 25, 2010 12:34 - 0 Comments
Viral videos traced back to 2 blogs
U. WASHINGTON-SEATTLE (US) — Common wisdom might suggest a posse of political blogs triggers a video’s potential to get viewed by millions, but new research shows just two elite blogs influence a video’s virality. (more…)
Society & Culture - May 19, 2010 15:15 - 6 Comments
Why is smoking so ‘hot’ on YouTube?
MICHIGAN STATE (US)—Pro-smoking videos—especially those that are sexual in nature—are prominent on the online video site YouTube and very accessible to young people, according to a new study. (more…)
Science & Technology - Sep 23, 2009 4:22 - 2 Comments
Molecules star in holographic 3-D movies
NYU (US)–A new technique for recording three-dimensional movies of microscopic systems, such as biological molecules, through holographic video has the potential to improve medical diagnostics and drug discovery. (more…)
Science & Technology - Aug 31, 2009 13:19 - 1 Comment
Candid camera at the nanoscale
UC IRVINE (US)—Can single molecules in motion be caught on camera? A research team thinks so, and is working to make the first real-time videos of single molecules in action, a feat that has proved elusive because size and time scales are so small. (more…)
