The Premier League has given the go-head for for goal-line sensor tech, with the proven Hawk-Eye system set to be introduced for the 2013/14 season. Seven cameras in each goal will ensure "millimetre accurate" tracking of the ball, taking some of the guesswork out of controversial did it/didn't it moments. Read More >>
Featured comment by Hulkish Thor Man:
"Alright mikeo seems like you don't understand my point of view. So lets leave that there.
I really couldn't care less what you think or say but als..." More »
As neat as they are, the Lytro camera's re-focusing tricks aren't going to convince most of us to replace our highly pocketable cameraphones. So a California company called DigitalOptics has found a way to give us the best of both worlds with a new ultra-thin sensor that promises Lytro-like tricks. Read More >>
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"It combine them all into a single image so you can get every focal point between the focuses too, I think. If not, you have a point." More »
Using similar techniques that enable the Nintendo 3DS to display 3D images without the need for special glasses, Panasonic has developed a new image sensor that can capture 3D stills and videos without the need for multiple lenses. Read More >>
Researchers at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, Austria have developed a new kind of image sensor that could one day revolutionize the form factor of digital cameras. Instead of a postage stamp-sized digital eye, the sensor is a flat, flexible, transparent plastic sheet that could be invisibly overlayed on displays, or just used as is. Read More >>
Featured comment by Oflife:
"1. As forecast in "1984" by a certain Mr. George Orwell. #viewscreen
2. Which leads the inevitable privacy issues, being it would be hard to cover ..." More »
If Choose Your Own Adventure books weren't your go-to in fourth grade there's something seriously wrong with you. But you're going to have another chance to dictate the creative process thanks to a movie that chooses its ending based on sensor data from the audience. Read More >>
Featured comment by JulianT:
"Dinosaurs...I wish I'd had dinosaurs to dodge, I'd have given my eye-teeth to have just had a dinosaur to dodge you lucky bastard, honestly, you don't..." More »
When I was a Christmas postman, many years ago, some of the bored guys in the sorting office's loading bay liked to play a boisterous game of "catch" when parcels marked "video recorder" and "fragile" arrived. How they guffawed when one landed in the bottom of a skip with a sickening crunch, ruining somebody's Christmas. Read More >>
Featured comment by Longfellow:
"I'm lucky in terms of Royal Mail - I live about three minutes from the sorting office too!
It is good to have neighbours who can take parcels for y..." More »
This video wants to make me rip my eyes out using the edge of my Xbox gamepad, but it heralds an immediate future that fires a clusterstorm of nerdgasms inside my sci-fi-damaged brain. It shows what Capri, the next 3D sensor by the makers of Microsoft Kinect, is bringing to us: extreme precision, fast motion tracking that gadget makers would be able to embed everywhere, from your tablet, laptop and TV to elevators, robots and appliances. Read More >>
Featured comment by alienvariety:
"Given they're the makers of the Kinect, they don't show much allegiance to Microsoft with all those Apple products on display..." More »
I haven't played basketball in years. I don't even exercise regularly. I love air conditioning. I explain all this to D-TRAINED, a Nike physical trainer, on a soul-sapping hot day. He ignores my slob story and runs me through a gruelling series of drills. Afterward, with my hands melting into my knees, D-TRAINED walks over and hands me an iPhone—and it shows me what I really did. Read More >>
The goal-line sensor technology that could've made Frank Lampard even more pleased with himself is about to get its highest-profile test yet, with the Hawk-Eye system set to get a full workout next month in an England friendly. Read More >>
Featured comment by flynndean:
"But yes. All business travel. Apart from a few days in Iceland earlier this year and a long weekend in Barcelona last year...I haven't had an actual h..." More »
Kinect has drawn a huge amount of interest, not just from gamers but computer scientists, engineers and artists. Now, it seems Microsoft is branching out, because one of its latest research projects offers gesture control powered by just a computer's speakers, microphone, and some inaudible sound. Read More >>
Featured comment by Hyperstate:
"This is a really clever use of doppler tech, I was trying to work out how it could be done before reading the article and that totally didn't occur to..." More »
Scientists have developed a sensor that could be tattooed onto your tooth, diagnose an infection, and transmit that information to medical professionals without you having to go to the doctor. Read More >>
Featured comment by ispy:
"didn't say it was, party pooper. was just casting my mind back to the seemingly unfathomable display of the handlink, which is also a made up handhel..." More »
Who in their right mind would want to interact with babies? They're dumb, they leak, they smell (on account of the leakage), and for all that noise, babies can't even give you a hint as to what set them off. But the new Exmobaby sensor suit just might. Read More >>