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Spotlight on 'seam carving'

At the 6sight conference in Monterey Calif., Ariel Shamir, a visiting scientist with Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, discusses "seam carving" technology, which lets an image be expanded or shrunk without distorting the important parts.

Tags: 6sight, image, distorting, seam, carving, news, stephen shankland, scientists

Videos 2007-11-15

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Pre-Copenhagen climate talks end in Barcelona

Who could he be talking about?How about the 57% of people in America who don't buy carbon emissions causing global warming?Looks like the other "vested interests" needs to step up their re-education regime, er, I mean, need to do more "raising awareness."Lies told to control populationOh yeah, look at Al...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, Kevin Rudd

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

German chancellor chides Congress on global warming

Lies Lies LiesCan someone PLEASE stop this non-sense articlesof the lies on this topic.No one is believing this non-sense and if you want to walk to work, live in a mud hut then go for it don't cram it down my throat!;)Stupidity Stupidity StupidityAnd exactly what do YOU know about...

Tags: Stupidity, global warming, U.S. Congress

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

A British look at global warming denial

Need to use facts and make them real, not tenuous 'proofs'A lot of the debate seems to be centred around personalities and their need for acknowledgement of 'their' ideas.'I know because I am a scientist' means nothing, because to most, 'science' is just opinion, like history. It is often shrouded...

Tags: global warming

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

A British look at global warming denial

And this examination takes us back to the Norsemen and their settlements in Newfoundland and Greenland. And that pesky issue of the Medaeval Warming. And the semantics and geography of "Vinland." The writer correctly connects anti-global warming sentiments with anti-government sentiments. I'd say toos in a strong...

Tags: Expert, Global Warming, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Macnification 1.6.1 (Mac)

Macnification is a workflow solution for digital electron microscopy. It enables scientists to organize, find, annotate, analyze, adjust, compare and publish microscopic images. All major image file formats can be imported into Macnification, as well as their metadata, which are presented in a fully customizable view. A full-screen image view...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Spreadsheet, Orbicule, Macnification, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-11-04

Canadian organization enables peer-to-peer carbon comparisons

Waste of time.Global warming is a lie anyway.People who really want to believe that - against all science - should not burden others.Where are your facts to support otherwise?I would like to see your proof that Global Warming is NOT occurring.Here you go. My pleasure.My challenge to you: watch this...

Tags: Corporate communications, P2P, global warming, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Washington: lots of talk about global warming

Fuller: Too many blogs about the LIE of global warming.Global warming b*llshit demolished:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/1533290/Climate-chaos-Dont-believe-it.htmlGuys (or should I say - Fuller), stop LYING.Also, stop saying there's a problem and then coming up with burdening 'solutions' to non-existent problems. The latest FASCIST idea: Blame Children for 'global warming'. Yeah right.http://unitedfamiliesinternational.wordpress.com/2009/11/02/children-to-blame-for-climate-change/Fuller, why are you...

Tags: global warming, carbon dioxide

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Kerry-Boxer bill battle set for Tuesday

That is just the bipartisanship ........ President Obama campaigned on. Not!!!Harry leaves and we're all better offWhy don't you go somewhere else to blow off all this hot air and perhaps the U.S. emissions will be cut in half? :-)Harry's blogs: e-pollution on this IT tech site.ntLeveling the playing field...The...

Tags: Blogging, Arctic

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Science boycotts over envirnomental issues?

bad ideaSo, like, back in 1933, boycott Einstein and other scientists in Germany because you didn't like Nazi laws as of 1933?Probably not a good idea.Let's just boycott all other countries because they are all full of foreigners.Eco-worshippers are a bunch of crybabiesSure... let's boycott everyone that doesn't agree with...

Tags: boycott

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Science boycotts over envirnomental issues?

Here's an issue below the public opinion horizon, but one that could become crucial in future years. Is it wise to boycott a nation's academic and scientists over that country's action or laws? There's been some move in China to boycott over their population control law. Other...

Tags: Boycott, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-11-02

What's the hurry? You can still see Miami from the plane.

Add another choiceHarry, you need to add another choice on your survey."If the climate [b]IS[/b] warming, it is part of a natural cycle and has very little to do with mankind's actions, and there is very little that we can do to affect it."another choice being added--Harry FullerFuller, why the...

Tags: launch-pad, global warming

Discussion threads 2009-10-31

Microsoft's MSN Direct service ending in 2012

I understand there are some scientists now stating that the end of the calendar, and maybe end of the world, year of 2012 is actually off by a couple hundred years so all those 2012 movies may start to look a bit silly. Then again, if you happen to have...

Tags: MSN, Microsoft Corp., GPS, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Matthew Miller

Blog posts 2009-10-27

Another flashpoint in global warming warnings

"The sky is falling, the sky is falling"Chicken Little date unknownNo, the sky is not falling, but, there are wide ranging problems caused by global warming that people have to deal with right here, right now. Somebody actually has to deal with overflowing lakes. The eco system on our planet...

Tags: global warming, Sun Microsystems Inc., global warming warning, flashpoint

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

College Scientific Calculator 27 1.0.1.3 (Windows)

College Scientific Calculator 27 will be useful for scientists, engineers, teachers, and students. It calculates mathematical formulas of any length and complexity. Calculation history can be stored into text file or printed. There are ten variables or constants available for storing often used numbers. Precision of calculations is 63 digits....

Tags: Tvalx, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-27

College Scientific Calculator 36 1.0.1.3 (Windows)

College Scientific Calculator 36 for scientists, engineers, teachers, and students. Calculates mathematical formulas of any length and complexity. Calculation history can be stored into text file or printed. There are ten variables or constants available for storing often used numbers. Common constants and user constants lists. Precision of calculations is...

Tags: Tvalx, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-27

College Scientific Calculator 45 1.0.1.2 (Windows)

College Scientific Calculator 45 for scientists, engineers, teachers, and students. Calculates mathematical formulas of any length and complexity. Calculation history can be stored into text file or printed. There are ten variables or constants available for storing often used numbers. Common Constants and user constants lists. Precision of calculations is...

Tags: Tvalx, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Carbon nanotubes: Great for agriculture, but for humans?

In what can eventually kick up a firestorm similar to the genetically modified food controversy, the emerging field of "nano-agriculture" is making headlines. It involves the use of nano-particles â€" wisps 1/50,000th the width of a human hair â€" in agriculture and could have beneficial affects for crops, say...

Tags: Food, Agriculture, Nanotube, Carbon Nanotube, Food & Beverage, Nanotechnology, Manufacturing, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-10-25

iPhone app review: Mantis Bible Study

boo!if i wanted religion, i would have gone to my nearest parish. cmon zdnet, this is a business tech site, not jesus's facebookWhy is software excluded from'tech' just because it happens to be for religious purposes? Are you saying that software made by, dare I say it, religious people...

Tags: Bible

Discussion threads 2009-10-25

Caltech develops robot with digital camera to study sight restoration

That's not Wall-E, but Cyclops, a four-wheeled robot developed by Caltech scientists for studying possible forms of sight restoration with the help of a digital camera planted in the eye of the robot. According to CNET, the movements of the digital camera eye could "help refine...

Tags: California Institute Of Technology, Digital Camera, Camera, Retinal, Digital Cameras, Digital Photography, Robots, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Emerging Technologies, Rachel King

Blog posts 2009-10-22