Real-time visualization tool reveals behavioral patterns in Bitcoin transactions
A novel visualization method for exploring dynamic patterns in real-time Bitcoin transactional data can zoom in on individual transactions in large blocks of data and also detect meaningful...
View ArticleHow video can help police – and the public
With three billion camera-equipped cellphones in circulation, we are awash in visual information. Cameras are lighter, smaller and cheaper than ever and they're everywhere, making it possible for...
View ArticleNew guidance system with 3-D sounds for the visually impaired
The visually impaired will be able to use a new system of sensorial guidance that uses 3-D sounds. The system was developed by Geko NAVSAT, a company that receives assistance from the Business...
View ArticleMoving objects and flowing air: How bees position their antennae during flight
Consider the bee that keeps circling your coffee cup or glass of juice—an unsung pollinator hero helping farmers grow tons of fruit and vegetables for our consumption. You try to shoo away the bee, but...
View ArticleSingle camera can capture high quality facial performance
Facial performance capture, a key component of visual effects for movies and computer games, can be obtained using just a single camera with a new methodology developed by Disney Research.
View ArticleNeural networks: Why larger brains are more susceptible to mental illnesses
In humans and other mammals, the cerebral cortex is responsible for sensory, motor, and cognitive functions. Understanding the organization of the neuronal networks in the cortex should provide...
View ArticleScience by stealth: secret missions of a visual science communicator
There once was a DNA molecule, magnified 250 million times. Its mutated form hovered above Federation Square, Melbourne, perceived only subliminally by many of the transient pedestrians below.
View ArticleStudent shows how diagrams can be used to make buildings energy smart
An Imperial engineering student showcases his equations as a set of beautiful diagrams and describes how they can be used to optimise processes.
View ArticlePrototype display enables viewers to watch a 3-D movie from any seat in a...
3-D movies immerse us in new worlds and allow us to see places and things in ways that we otherwise couldn't. But behind every 3-D experience is something that is uniformly despised: those goofy glasses.
View ArticleEngineering student designs tactile maps for people who are visually disabled
Tyler Wooten was a freshman engineering student at Texas A&M University when he came up with an idea that could have a lasting impact on students with visual impairments. Eight months later, his...
View ArticleResearchers discover what makes mice freeze or flee
Mice are likely to freeze at the sight of small slow-moving shapes and flee from fast approaching ones, finds new UCL research.
View ArticleSnake eyes: New insights into visual adaptations
Snakes have adapted their vision to hunt their prey day or night. For example, snakes that need good eyesight to hunt during the day have eye lenses that act as sunglasses, filtering out ultraviolet...
View ArticleHow do the blind watch the Olympics? NBC helps them hear it
Two people in a recording booth deep inside a Connecticut office park are helping millions of blind Americans feel part of the Olympics like never before.
View ArticleNREL supercomputing model provides insights from higher wind and solar...
A new study from the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) used high-performance computing capabilities and innovative visualization tools to model, in...
View ArticleFor arts nonprofits, attendance at events unlikely to influence donors
Arts and cultural nonprofit organizations promote arts appreciation and strengthen communities by providing a wide range of arts programs in music, theater, visual arts and dance. These organizations...
View ArticleAlgorithm could enable visible-light-based imaging for medical devices,...
MIT researchers have developed a technique for recovering visual information from light that has scattered because of interactions with the environment—such as passing through human tissue.
View ArticleHow XSEDE's ECSS program is helping researchers understand tornados with...
A dark, greenish sky...a loud roar, similar to a freight train...low-lying clouds - if you see approaching storms or any of the danger signs, take shelter immediately. A tornado might be in your path!
View ArticleKlimt's 'Kiss', made with 3D printer, to touch and feel
Like most artworks in galleries worldwide, visitors haven't been allowed to reach out and touch Gustav Klimt's "The Kiss" at its home at the Belvedere museum in Vienna—until now.
View ArticleFish can be fooled – just like humans
Humans might have more in common with fish than previously thought, a new University of Queensland visual illusion study indicates.
View ArticleFull-circle viewing: 360-degree electronic holographic display
Princess Leia, your Star Wars hologram moment may be redeemed.
View Article