HDR Video Demonstration.

This video highlights several clips we've made using our new High Dynamic Range (HDR) process. Video is captured on two Canon 5D mark II DSLRs, each capturing the exact same subject via a beam splitter. The cameras are configured so that they record different exposure values, e.g., one camera is overexposed, the other underexposed. After the footage has been recorded, we use a variety of HDR processing tools to combine the video from the two cameras, yielding the clips you see above.

HDR Video provides filmmakers with many exciting new opportunities. Not only can HDR video create interesting effects, it can also allow for even exposure where artificial lighting is unavailable or impractical. For example, when a subject is backlit, one camera could be set to properly expose the subject, the other the sky, resulting in video with perfect exposure throughout

HDR Video Demonstration Using Two Canon 5D mark II's from Soviet Montage on Vimeo.

400% efficiency boost for LCD displays.

Researchers from the University of Michigan say that a new type of colour filter could significantly increase the energy efficiency of liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). The best LCDs today only emit about eight per cent of the light produced by their back lights. This means that they drain batteries in portable electronics and ramp up electricity bills in businesses and homes.

Normally, LCDs use several layers of optical devices to colourise, polarise, and shutter light from a back light, and inefficiencies emerge at every step. Now researchers at the university have made an optical film that promises to boost the overall efficiency of LCDs by more than 400 per cent--so that 36 per cent of light makes it through. The film colours and polarises the light that passes through an LCD more efficiently than conventional components can.


The colour filter is a three-layer sandwich of an insulating material in between two layers of aluminium; the entire stack is less than 200 nanometres thick and is etched with periodic slits, like a grate. The distance between the slits and their width determines the colour they'll produce when illuminated by a white back light. This is because the grating patterns are on the same size scale as the wavelength of visible light.


The grating shown in the top image filters different colours of light depending on the width of its slits, and the distance between them. The bottom image shows the colours produced by the filter when it’s illuminated with white light.
The Michigan researchers are now focused on making the filters "production worthy," or compatible with the machinery used to mass-produce displays.

Airport shuttle service.

Omnivex Corporation, Microsoft Partner and provider of enterprise software for digital signage networks, has deployed their Moxie software on Destination Shuttle Service’s airport shuttle buses at LAX, called Shuttle Smart. The deployment also includes interactive kiosks placed in the lobbies of Destination Shuttle Service’s partner hotels. The system aims to enhance the hospitality experience by providing passengers with relevant travel, hotel and city information while on the buses and within the hotels.

DSS provides hotel shuttle services for over 2.5 million people annually both to and from LAX and the surrounding hotels. The company wanted a way to effectively communicate with their passengers, welcoming them to town when they arrived and thanking them for their visit when they departed.
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Astronaut Twittert foto’s uit de ruimte.

Dat astronaut Douglas Wheelock een paar kilometer boven de aarde zweeft weerhoudt hem er niet van vrolijk te blijven Twitteren. Via Tweetpic uploadde hij een aantal prachtige foto’s vanuit de ruimte. Onder andere van orkaan Earl die over de Atlantische Oceaan raast.

New double face LED display in Belgium.

ARCH has recently installed its first double face ALS CITY screen in the region of Mons (Belgium).
Using the same urban furniture as the standard ALS CITY series, we can add a second screen on the rear. Two screens of 1,92m x 1,92m in ALS 1575 have been installed on the parking of this casino instead of a "traditional" sign.
The screens offer a virtual resolution of 256 x 256 pixels allowing to display any kind of information concerning the activities of the casino.

For more information about these screens, click here.

DivX komt met eigen IP-TV platform.

Bron; www.glasvezel.nu
Op de IFA kregen al een voorproefje van de nieuwste diensten op tv-gebied. DivX komt eind dit jaar met DivX TV: een IP-TV platform dat moet gaan concurreren met Google TV en Apple TV.

De nieuwe IP-TV van DivX werkt volgens hetzelfde principe van Google TV. De technologie wordt in de televisie zelf geïntegreerd. Anders dan bij Apple TV, waar er een extra set-top box nodig is. De eerste partner voor DivX TV is LG. In december dit jaar vindt de lancering in Amerika plaats.

Voor de consumenten met glasvezel is het dus nog eventjes wachten op nog een IP-TV dienst waar men uit kan kiezen. Het groeiende dienstenaanbod voor hoge kwaliteit film en video via de televisie is voordelig voor de glasvezelindustrie; het kan de vraag naar glasvezel stimuleren.

An All iPad Classroom.

The University of Notre Dame is testing a new iPad-based class model. The course is part of an ambitious study undertaken by the University on the impact of “e-learning.” Students in a Project Management class will not only use the devices in place of traditional paper books, but they will be encouraged to use the i Pads for all their daily information activities as well.

“While the iPad is more than just an e-reader, allowing students to do a lot more with not just the ebook but with searching for articles and other information as well, the Notre Dame course professor, Corey Angst, wants to make clear that the iPad is part of a bigger kit of resources for students. No one device has come close to being a catch-all for students, but Apple is hoping to inch closer to the iPad being one tool that can’t be left out of any classroom. Whether or not the use of e-readers in classrooms makes a difference on the environmental footprint of scholastic is yet to be seen. While thousands of paper books can fit into one device, reducing the number of trees sacrificed to the printing industry, the embodied energy of electronics, let alone their e-waste at end of life, creates a massive footprint for the devices.”

Archos internet tablets.

Bron; www.fan.tv
Archos, de marktleider op het gebied van draagbare multimedia-apparatuur, lanceert in één klap vijf nieuwe op Android gebaseerde tablets.De nieuwe producten lopen uiteen van de zeer betaalbare en draagbare Archos 28- en 32-internet-tablets tot internet-tablets met groot scherm Archos 70 en 101. Daarnaast is er ook nog de Archos 43-internet-tablet. Archos combineert in deze nieuwe serie producten supersnel internetten, games, e-boeken, sociale netwerken en andere applicaties. Daarnaast bieden de producten afspeelmogelijkheden voor HD-video en muziek. Dit alles in een zeer compacte behuizing.

Archos heeft verder vier unieke Android-applicaties voor het afspelen en bekijken van foto's, video's en muziek ontwikkeld. Mede dankzij de 3D-coveranimaties zijn gebruikers verzekerd van een eenvoudige digitale gebruikservaring.

Archos 101 internet-tabletHet Archos 101-internet-tablet biedt een uniek design en de nieuwste technologieën. Het voordeel van een continu met internet verbonden Android-apparaat is, dat de gebruiker altijd supersnel toegang heeft tot het web. Daarnaast biedt de tablet een perfecte HD-kijkervaring. Door een speciaal constructieproces is de tablet voorzien van een 10,1-inch scherm met hoge resolutie in een zeer dun en lichtgewicht apparaat.

Archos heeft op basis van een uniek constructieproces met roestvrij staal de vorm van een tablet opnieuw gedefinieerd en deze nog kleiner, dunner, lichter en daardoor beter draagbaar gemaakt. Het Archos 101-internet-tablet is slechts 12 mm dun en weegt 480 gram. Toch beschikt hij over een helder en krachtig HD-scherm van 10,1-inch groot.
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Deze toekomst is niet meer zo ver weg !

User interface designers The Astonishing Tribe developed this video to showcase their thoughts on what the future of screens may look like. The highlights of the video include stretchable screens, intuitive content sharing, interactive surfaces, and hybrid digital mirrors.

Screen technology is now taking the next leap and the coming years imagination is the only thing stopping us. We will soon have dual screens, malleable screens, screens built into wifi connected mirrors, desks or backside of gadgets clothed with e-ink screens, tactile feedback, color screens with great contrast in sunlight, holographics/stereoscopic screens, color e-ink touch screens, or screens actually knowing where they are in relation to other screens thanks to ultrasonic emitters and microphones.

Much of what's included in the video is not that far off. In many cases, the technology exists today. It's all about moving from prototypes and experimentation to mass production. The barriers are both technological and economic. Conquering the technology-side of the equation will eliminate many of the cost restrictions. As we move closer to the year 2014, continued innovation will foster a more screen-centric future.

Multi-touch everywhere.

You can see some of these applications would be great in educational settings. Just look at the joy on the faces of the kids in the Multi-Touch Everywhere video!
(Short video clips of the Osmosis applications in action can be found in the showcase page of the company's website.)
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