Archive for the ‘Equipments’

  • Spotted at Olympics: 3D photography in action
    The 3D era is coming to movies and video–but it appears the world of still imagery won’t be left behind. Stereography, in which two cameras take photos simulating the perspective of two human eyes, has been used to create 3D imagery since the 19th century. Russ Beinder spotted a more modern approach at the Olympics, with a photographer using two modern digital...
    by Nilanie at March 2nd, 2010 at 12:03 pm
  • New Full-Body Scanners Coming to Two Airports
    The first of 150 full-body scanners planned for U.S. airports will be installed in Boston next week, officials said Tuesday. The plan is to install three machines at Logan International Airport, according to a homeland security official who spoke on condition of anonymity because the announcement has not yet been made. In the next two weeks, officials plan to install another...
    by Vaaman at February 24th, 2010 at 11:02 am
  • Discrimination fears raised by Insurance company’s DNA test offer
    Cut-price genetic tests being provided by NIB, which could unintentionally make them eligible for higher premiums can also prevent them from getting life insurance or insurance payouts. Concerns are majorly for people who are wanting to apply for life insurance which is sold by NIB also. According to reports, there was no need for customers to give the results of genetic...
    by Nilanie at February 17th, 2010 at 06:02 pm
  • Mumbai: Adam tablet to compete with Apple iPad?
    India is well recognized as a leading country of software technology but has not been able to make a name for itself in IT hardware. This notion will appearently soon come to an end with the discovery of Adam tablet PC. This has created enough buzz on gadget blogs and tech websites ever since its first demonstration held in January at the Consumer Electronics Show. This...
    by Nilanie at February 15th, 2010 at 05:02 pm
  • Weekly global technology agenda: Mobile World Congress, Nano Tech 2010
    GSMA Mobile World Congress February 15 – 18 Barcelona, Spain  This four-day event is dedicated to cutting-edge mobile technology. There is a full program of conferences, keynotes and panel discussions that runs alongside an exhibition of hottest new products and concept designs from the top mobile companies in the field. The Mobile World Congress Awards Ceremony...
    by Nilanie at February 12th, 2010 at 07:02 pm
  • World’s most precise clock created
    The new record-holder for the most precise timekeeper could tick off the 13.7-billion-year age of the universe to within 4 seconds. The optical clock monitors the oscillation of a trapped atom of aluminium-27. It is more than twice as precise as an earlier version, reported in 2008, and was built at the National Institute of Standards and Technology in Boulder, Colorado....
    by Nilanie at February 9th, 2010 at 05:02 pm
  • Watch the full Apple iPad Keynote online
    Did anything even matter before the iPad? Or did the lives tech geeks as they knew them officially begin today? Answers: No. Nothing, not even some presidential address, seemed to overshadow the unveiling of Apple’s tablet in San Francisco. Aside from the gadget’s name, which some bloggers noted has the sound of a hygiene product..a range of tech junkies took to the...
    by Nilanie at January 28th, 2010 at 07:01 pm
  • Mouse in the house?
    Which trap is the perfect one? In some parts of the world mices are already proud inhabitor of  all kind of flats and houses, accompanied by a couple of humans. Never mind the struggle each day a mouse needs to go through… “The humane ideal is that the animal is killed instantly, or unconsciousness induced without any fear or distress. “This is a global...
    by Nilanie at July 28th, 2009 at 02:07 am
  • This document will self-erase in five minutes
    THIS article will self-erase in 10 seconds. At least it would if it had been written on a film that exploits the colour-changing ability of nanoparticles. The technology could make it possible to create documents that wipe themselves clean after they’ve been read. A team at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois, coated gold nanoparticles with a layer of hair-like...
    by Nilanie at July 8th, 2009 at 06:07 pm
  • How To: Fisheye Photography Done Right
     Reshape your photography with a circular fisheye lens. Get low: For a fresh perspective on drooping trillium, David FitzSimmons lay in the wild leeks and shot upward, composing so the trees framed the plant. Exposure, 1/30 sec at f/16, ISO 400. ARMY OF TWO Sigma’s 4.5mm f/2.8 and 8mm f/3.5, with 180-degree fields of view, are the only widely available circular...
    by Nilanie at June 24th, 2009 at 08:06 pm