I have created this internet blog so you can share your discoveries about the way the transition from film images to digital images has had an influence on the way we live, think, view reality and interact with reality as well as the way such digital imagery will in the future make changes in our lives and the life of this increasingly imaged world in which we live. Please explore such things and share your findings in this blog and also ask questions and answer questions about digital imagery and its influence upon our lives.
Also share your discoveries about the future of digital image making - what is in store for us and include in your sharing what these new inventions regarding image making might do to our ways of seeing, being entertained, sharing our lives, etc.
Define what digital images are compared to photographic images are - what is the critical difference and why is this difference so, so important in the way image making has and will influence our professions, our personal lives and our social and entertainment lives?
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From Karl Kindt
Students, use this blog to share thoughts with each other about how digital imagery has influenced our society and also any insights you have as to its future impact upon us.
In a lot of my online researching and browsing, I've found that more and more effort is going into making photos easier to organize and categorize. Microsoft has developed a interactive database at which the location of the photo is tagged and they make it available to interactively tour through a location. The photosynth is the technology that was developed to make this happen. Here is a website to check out what i found. http://youtube.com/watch?v=s-DqZ8jAmv0&feature=related
Jesse - excellent find. This new technology with regard to digital images - say more about what you think the ability to tag photos per their location means for us? Does this mean it is tagged with the geographical location - like Paris, or Webster Groves. In otherwords, if digital cameras record the exact location in terms of earth coordinates where the photo was taken what are the implications for criminal investigations as well as the implications for people using digital images in coordination with say Google maps to find out how to go to the place where the photo was taken to see that very scene or building, etc.?
Students - what incredible speed this is for a digital camera or any camera. One million images in one second! The frame rate of movies is about 24 to 32 frames per second. So what implications do you think this innovation will have on our society and what professions?
http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/01/prweb643061.htm
Vision Research Unveils High-Speed Digital Camera Capable of Recording One-Million Pictures-Per-Second
Phantom® V12 is the world's first CMOS-Based high-speed digital camera to hit the one-million pictures-per-second mark.
San Jose, C.A. (PRWEB) January 22, 2008 -- Vision Research, a leading manufacturer of high speed digital imaging systems, today marked another world's first with the launch of the Phantom® V12, a revolutionary new high-speed digital camera that can record an amazing 1,000,000 pictures-per-second (pps). The flagship model of the company's full range of digital cameras, the Phantom V12 opens up a new dimension in the world of high-speed imaging and sets a new standard in both speed and resolution. The Phantom V12 is the ideal solution for recording extraordinarily fast events, specifically ballistics and explosions testing, and those that take place at the microscopic level.
Essentially the heart of the camera, the Phantom V12 boasts a specially designed, 1280x800 high definition CMOS sensor, which is built specifically for high-speed imaging applications. At full resolution, the Phantom V12 can record 6,315 pps in a wide aspect ratio, and at lower resolutions, the camera can go even faster maxing out at 1,000,000 pps at a resolution of 256x8 (optional). The Phantom V12 also features unprecedented light sensitivity with an active pixel size of 20 microns coupled with an improved quantum efficiency. To eliminate blur and accentuate detail, the camera features sub microsecond shuttering, down to 300 nanoseconds (optional).
Emanuel da Silva
Technologies become co-opted into a society over time because conditions with in a society open it up to specific technologies. These conditions may be motivated by societal concern (health and safety), a society’s production capabilities (the ability to produce and distribute), or just an aesthetic push. Many of us understand we are transitioning from an analog format to a digital format. But what is motivating this change. Is the push for the digital format coming more from a market that is ready for the technology, or is the digital push come more from a society’s desire for the technology.
It is very difficult to find a camera that uses film in stores today. What this suggests is that we are full swing into the digital switch. Consumers seem to have little choice in choosing analog over digital. An article by Tim Cain suggests that in the past years people have become used to a digital format, and that the positive aspects of an analog medium may be exaggerated (http://www.herald-review.com/blogs/timcain/?p=958). However, the analog format has entrenched itself in more traditional mediums.
The Motion Picture industry has not been as receptive to the digital push as the home entertainment industry. This makes sense, because industry leaders will not make a major format change unless they see a market for it. But, there is also an aesthetic aspect to digital versus analog. Some people prefer one format over the other. Cain, in his January 17th article, says that it was difficult for him to view and listen to digital at first, but now he finds it difficult to view and listen to analog over digital. However, some individuals still feel that there are artistic qualities lost with the digital switch.
Although there are people that find analog aesthetically more pleasing, the market seems to be heading towards a digital supremacy. Forms of artistic expression seem less likely to change towards a digital format despite a digital supremacy. For example, people didn’t stop painting after the emergence of photography. The digital switch has targeted the profit driven markets, however the switch leaves the more artistic markets alone. As a result it draws a sharp line between commercial art and what some may consider true art.
For my choice in what I find this society with its digital images affecting me I turn to a point of easy interest. Easy interest. A stimulation that requires little interactivity. 4chan.
4chan.org itself is fairly central in the idea of an image board. The idea of an image board is fairly simple. Make a topic, and add a mandatory image. This is usually not skimped on and thus the board is heavy with issues that are visual. The issues extend from a culture of anonymous members that have probably two common interests: porn and anime. These were at least the beginning interests anyway. Actually it may have only been anime at first. Regardless a nation of anonymous picture sharers was born. The nation of 4chan is small and new; only a couple years old. This provided an interest in its culture with shockingly accurate details on where everything was coming from. 4chan’s state is divided into several provinces, the dominant being the board subjected to a category that doesn’t have a category: random, or /b/ as it is notated at the framed directory. In /b/ the main interest is lulz, or again, porn. The procurator of lulz can come in several forms and usually when the form is chosen it returns in a slightly altered form over and over again like your favorite dish. This dish being connoted as copypasta. Lulz itself is a word that comes from the much easier recognized acronym LOL, so lulz is 4chan talk for humor. A more standardized term for it, though, is the name meme. With the idea of meme decent humor remains around in conservative albeit heavily viral fashion. Evolving but always recognized. No longer is it necessary to scan the internet for new ideas to keep yourself amused, the same idea that you enjoy so much can be presented to you in hundreds of different new but similar fashions. Staying with the form that works you can spend hours forgetting that there might be something vaguely important to do on the image databases reserved for what the members of 4chan produce and participate in. The two I’ve bothered to find are imagechan.com and apparently imagepoop.com with encyclopediadramatica.com close at hand for any mass inside joke I may be ignorant to.
4chan is interesting in two ways, but I’m wary of the number 2 so let’s hope as I continue talking it interests me in 1 or 3 and greater ways. First and foremost this fits into an ideal but appears to be falling short. The internet has produced a quick and massive way to spread ideas for a large number of people to engage in. However, the biggest response seems to be along the lines of pranks and jokes. I should probably be looking somewhere more appropriate for the kind of thing I’m looking for so let’s get to the meat of what 4chan produces.
This is a what is looks like when a meme circulates, the prime of the digital photography influence on 4chan.
Here’s the first one Encyclopedia Dramatica comes up with. This one usually has a running name of “Za Warudo.” It’s named after a poorly pronounced fighting move from the video game Jojo’s Bizarre Adventure. I’ve never played it, but youtube demonstrates that the move makes a negative of the players surroundings as well as freezes time. Then some knives and a bulldozer get involved. It all doesn’t make a lot of sense, and that usually is funny.
The youtube video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qbArvIqZzkI
This one’s pretty easy to understand assuming you’ve seen the cartoon network show it’s referencing
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/images/2/2f/Ed_wardo.PNG
or that tapestry
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/images/3/36/Bayeux_tapestry_za_warudo.jpg
easiest
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/images/1/12/Za_warudo_garfield.jpg
Everything else on my list gets convoluted though because it starts incorporating more than one meme into it.
http://encyclopediadramatica.com/images/3/38/Za_warudo_shoop_da_woop.jpeg
Through my online research of the drasticly increasing age of digital imagery techniques, I have discovered that many new software applications, including Photomatix pro, enables an HDR function which makes it possibe to enhance the dynamic range of a set of photos of the same scene taken under several different exposure levels. many programs have begun to run this option, though photomax as wider range of capabilities. the website for photomatix is found at http://www.hdrsoft.com/, but I also found other faQ's on HDR imaging through other sites as well; http://www.cambridgeincolour.com/tutorials/high-dynamic-range.htm
Jake, You have found a very important way Digital image making can bring about much better exposed photographs that encompass much more exposed detail. But what influence does this innovation have, if any, upon our society, our lives, the criminal justice system and forensics, regarding the professions other than photography? Use your imagination and see what impact this new thing we can do will have upon us and our society?
Emanuel da Silva
When most people think of a 3D movie, they automatically think of it as a gimmick. It is not a median that has been taken seriously over the years. Past issues with 3D was bad color and its association with over the top B movies. Things have started to change with the advent digital film making.
In a nutshell, digital film making has made 3D movies cheaper and easier to make. This makes a lot more marketable. In the recently released Beowulf movie more people were willing to see the 3D version of it then the 2D version. This may have come to a surprise to some, because the ticket cost for the 3D version was more then the 2D version.
You might wonder if the difference in producing an old 3D movie is really that different then producing the new 3D movies. The difference is all in digital verse analog. With digital filming the film makers are able to see the 3D images as they are being filmed. And after it is filmed the film makers can digitally manipulate the images to correct any unforeseen visual issues.
With newly found interest in 3D movies by audiences and the ease of making movies 3D, there have been a growth in theaters that provide the special stereoscopic screens needed to create 3D images. Japan has already broadcasted images stereoscopically with other Asian counties planning to do so. Stereoscopic television sets have already been developed and are on the market.
While Asian countries are quick to accept distribute home 3D technology, with plans to even develop a stereoscopic channel, Europe and America stay focus on developing the technology for theaters first. Some believe that the technology for home 3D viewing has not yet reached maturity. At any case, digital imaging technology has made 3D a more practical entertainment medium.
BBC News
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7213534.stm
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7210000/newsid_7214300/7214356.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&bbcws=1
http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_7210000/newsid_7215200/7215259.stm?bw=bb&mp=wm&asb=1&news=1&bbcws=1
Emmanuel's find about 3d/stereo digital movies is interesting in that stereo channels are more in favor out side the US whereas here the emphasis is on theaters.
What I wonder about, and you might think and comment about, is that once the tv channels enable stereo 3d visionary works what then will be the case when the internet and tv join together in a few years - if people can teleconference via the internet in 3d through their tvs the richness of human communication over long distances will not be deeper than ever - almost like really being there. Also it opens the door to possible advertising in 3d which should make an impact on viewers of especially those objects that depth can be a selling point for
I was interested in checking out some of the new digital infrared thermal imaging. This has became a big advantage in the diagnosis and prognosis of medical problems. This new technology has became been used neurology to sports medicine. The scanning device is used to convert the radiation that is exerted from the body and turns it into electrical pulses. This technology is also used in military devices to see the body heat emitted from the enemy to give them an advantage in warfare.
to add to my comment on HDR imaging, i believe that in our society today we can use this capability to our advantage in the criminal justice feild in order to capture such images and have the ability to see things in the image that may have not been clear enough with just the original image, and to use that as more clear evidence on a case involving high suspects and detailed investigation, to help put justice in the hands of a phorensic photographer/investigator.
In my search this week i stumbled upon an article that discusses High Dynamic Range photography. The article talked about how traditional media has a very low dynamic range. which means that what is recorded is very cut down in quality. basically the light values are very limited by the technology at hand and it does not give an accurate representation as to what is actually being recorded. while contemporary media has a dynamic range of around 300:1 real world scenarios boast ranges beyond 50000:1
http://www.cybergrain.com/tech/hdr/
Wow! I just can't believe the capabilities of the new innovative "toys" that apple has been producing in the last few years. Starting with the ipod and now the iphone, which is extremeley versatile in its capabilities. Apple just recently releasead a new add-on for the iphone which is made specificaly for the phones camera functions, this being the 6x zoom lense that attaches directly to the iphone. this makes for getting close-ups on the go extremely handy and basicaly transforms the "cellphone" into a high-tech digital camera especially for those involved highly in the virtual realm, the web of course, Because as we all know the web is accessible through the iphone witch means uploading photos directly from the iphone to the internet is made possible. Well with goodies such as the add-on zoom lense, people that would make use of this such as newscasters on the run, crime scene investigators, and all ranges of photographers are now capable of snapping a photo and instantly having it on the web for quick review and study. But what I think we all need to realize is that epedemics start from one occurence being a trend and now many other companies realize in order to stay "alive" competition is necesary. So whatch out for the copy cats like sprints pocket pc and others which will soon be the begining to the in-hand virtual/digital world epedemic.
http://technabob.com/blog/2008/01/19/iphone-zoom-lens-get-ready-for-your-close-up/
http://technabob.com/blog/2007/07/29/windows-mobile-users-ask-who-needs-an-iphone/ these are some of the links to check the iphone zoom lense and the competition...
I thought for my next posting on the blog I’d arrange a sort of game that hits on one of the main affects that digital imaging has had. I have a list of links to different pictures ready with at least someone’s word on the certainty of their origin. Well, sometimes I just assume I’m using something which I assume is logic on their origin. If it’s approvable I thought it would be fun for the class to look at a couple and see if they can determine if the picture is original or doctored. I warn though, I gathered all of these from a forum topic discussing pictures that freaked the members out.
http://legalcondom.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/17/170d9b56c6fe3ce82f5f31bb9d397c92ecbd8ef2.jpg
http://img.waffleimages.com/12a13f299a7d2367bf2c2dd6ba0f4b6b849a31f7/jump.jpg
http://img.waffleimages.com/ab5f1f1eeb1192de6cd0c58add9ccbea450602c4/1200799741.jpg
http://img0801.paintedover.com/uploads/0801/fire.jpg
http://timb.mirror.waffleimages.com/files/3f/3ff81ec40e46514e3bea5e29f4b80604297ecfef.jpg
http://img.waffleimages.com/5725f927d68bb33c04e000faf6c61ed039f98247/Polaire%202.jpg
http://img.waffleimages.com/f76fd9ea249bfc00df55826df31e27d368b3cd42/leopold08.jpg
http://img.waffleimages.com/df82e85c4e956bc527730eb856ceb04cf3b041a8/jonestown.jpg
http://img.waffleimages.com/4b1759f1bea13fe0a33599baff7da6b322e2035f/basking.jpg
http://arqtipo.com/wp-content/uploads/2007/06/helena_1.jpg
I know this article isn't covering technology. I thought that this was interesting anyway. Sanyo a Japanese company stated that its Digital Camera volume reached a record sale of 12.2 million units over the year and estimates it will reach 15 million units in annual sales. Increasing its sales from about 81 million yen to 173 million yen. Thats a huge increase in digital camera sales speaking just for one company.
Emanuel da Silva
Digital Vote
Today I walked into an old brick built middle school building. I could hear the echoed sounds of kids just beyond the hall I walked down. Turning the corner I passed a cheery old man on a fold up chair motioning me towards the doors ahead of me. I walked in and voted for the second time in my life. Although why I was voting, and whom I was voting for is important, what peeked my interest was how I voted. I used a pen to fill in an oval on a piece of paper that would later be electronically scanned.
Within the last ten years I’ve noticed the development of a new user-friendly technology. The development of touch screen technologies has made operating computers less code based and more visually intuitive. This technology has lent itself towards voting. In this form of voting people vote by touching a digital screen and those votes are then electronically tallied. Although the process could be visually similar to the paper form of voting (which has been part of its appeal), many still feel uncomfortable with the electronic form of voting.
I have run into several articles and reports that pointed out the concerns many have about electronic voting. The proponents for electronic voting say that it is a cheaper, quicker, and easier form of voting. Some of the arguments against electronic voting revolve around the concerns that the new touch screen machines could be subject to tampering and the machines are too confusing to some older or tech-illiterate voters.
I think the issue with electronic voting is primarily a generational debate. Most people feel uneasy about a new form of technology that has a major impact on their lives. It is within human nature to fear the unknown verses having comfort with the tried and tested. Now that we have more access to electronic forms of purchasing items through the internet or through supermarket touch screen checkout machines we become more acclimated to the electronic form of voting.
3-D images are so cool. You can look at an image one way, but once you wear some funky red and blue specs- the images comes alive. This my first image I managed to blog. Unfortunately, to view this image you need some funky specs. Remember to place the red plastic lens over the left eye and blue plastic lens over the right. I have been practicing my own three dimensional image...still needs work. This one is cool for many reasons: 1. It's the Hulk 2. He is animated to look like he is coming at you & 3. Well, it's a good picture of 3-D image. http://search.live.com/images/results.aspx?q=3+dimensional&mkt=en-us#focal=37fbec6b7a92d2a4fc6e07d07d0e3697&furl=http%3A%2F%2Fimagecache2.allposters.com%2Fimages%2Fpic%2Fneo%2F70375_3~The-Hulk-Marvel-Posters.jpg
The most expensive commercials slots are during the SuperBowl game. One of my favorites was by pepsi with Justin Timberlake. Advertising to drink more of their product in order to win prizes such as tickets to meet a celebrity or electronics. It looks like they use a green screen to show Justin Timberlake being magnetically pulled towards the girl drinking pepsi and with the flat screen flying across to the father. This is the beauty of digital technology because you can film yourself in a closed area surrounded with a green backing, record your motions, and edit the background to appear somewhere else. Or rotate the position and size of the body for a greater effect. I pulled the commercial clip from youtube.com. Here is the link http://youtube.com/watch?v=TUNpabjjazc
This is my first time blogging and i don't know how to get the image to appear on this page, but I did come across an image that caught my eye. It's a collage of images including a middle school looking girl carrying an AK 47 assault rifle, smokey explosion from bombs, and it have a window frame in front of it as if the view is looking through the window. The image is 500 x 392 pixels- 156.5kB-JPEG. Well, the point of this image is to show how the age of soldiers are children fighting in a conflicting war in their country. An image reflecting soldiers who either suffered or died from the dreadful war. http://images.search.yahoo.com/search/images/view?back=http%3A%2F%2Fimages.search.yahoo.com%2Fsearch%2Fimages%3F_adv_prop%3Dimage%26fr%3Dyfp-t-501%26va%3Dpolitical%2Bviews%2Bdigital%26sz%3Dall&w=500&h=392&imgurl=static.flickr.com%2F1418%2F1387771444_8e5aae19cb_m.jpg&rurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdavid_lewis_baker_arts%2F1387771444%2F&size=156.5kB&name=1387771444_8e5aae19cb.jpg&p=political+views+digital&type=jpeg&no=3&tt=19&oid=1d1ade296939b190&fusr=David+Lewis-Baker&tit=Iraq+War+%28Windows+of+Suffering+%2313%29&hurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.flickr.com%2Fphotos%2Fdavid_lewis_baker_arts%2F&ei=ISO-8859-1&src=p
Here is the link to check out the actual image.
This blog I'm posting today is a couple of skits my older brother made from playing with his green screen. It's kind of like something you would see from a Dave Chappel show or SNL skit.
Digital Imagery has really made an impact on the music industry. the video 'SummerFling' by T.S. is an example of digital technology at work. enjoy
Religion going Digital
One of the most notorious religious protesting groups, the Westboro Baptist Church, has done many things that people have thought of to be insane and extremely unnecessary. At first, they were being recognized through paper articles but over time as they became more notorious and news spread, television began covering their protests and ridiculous stories. Shirley Phelps, the wife of the leader of the church was even on fox news to talk about these things, and that of course turned into an argument. But the point here is, that digital imagery and technology are enabling this group to reach across the nation so people can hear them, whether it is good or bad, it is the technology that is giving these people publicity, and we all know that any publicity is good publicity.
See the video for an example.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=b3PyoUPcobA
Politics Going Digital
It's easy to say that "now more than ever" politics will be affected by television, or any other aspect of society, but it is true. This year, the candidates have take video exposure to new levels by appearing in debates on mySpace, YouTube and other websites of the same category. So not only will digital imaging technology affect this years campaigns, but even the future campaigns exponentially more. It seems like the only logical step left for the candidates to take in order to reach the modern generation of students and the likes.
Not saying it's a bad thing, what they're doing, but it certainly is shifting away from the norm of things of how elections and campaigns have been administrated in the past, but like I said it's the only logical step left. Our generation is very much concerned about the future of our technology because that is what we operate on. Without digital imaging, and the tools to harness it we would not be in the situation were in. So seeing how certain candidates handle themselves in regards to this technology and how they decide to use it will surely have an impact, maybe slight but impact non-theless, on how our generation votes this year.
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/francis/pages/politics-and-
Science going Digital
There are a lot odd yet impressive and astounding advancements in the world today that it never ceases to amaze me. This article surprised me a bit, but I'm sure that it was in development for a long time before it was announced. I am referring to the "bionic eye" that is in development at the University of Southern California. It is a camera that is small enough that it can be implanted into the human eye and connected into the optical nerve to transmit signals into the brain. There is also a small battery located in the camera, which I am unsure of how it is charged.
This sounds amazing and revolutionary for the blind, and all that goodness. But I keep wondering about what if something happens, I mean its electronics inside of someone's eyeball. Theres a possibility for danger. But I guess we'll just have to wait for more information because only minor details are know right now.
http://www.medgadget.com/archives/2008/01/bionic_eye_with_blind_in_mind.html
http://www.engadget.com/2008/01/22/researchers-develop-eye-implantable-camera/
Society Going Digital
Video has made leaps throughout history that could have never been imagined 20 or even 5 years ago. And it is now making another leap into the world of streaming. Video has been streaming for years now, but never the way that companies are starting to today. I'm talking about live streaming of shows, concerts, events or even speeches and lectures. In addition to live streaming, companies like NetFlix and Apple are making a move into the business of streaming rentals in HD. The amount of bandwidth that is necessary for this type of transmission could have never been imagined three to five years ago.
A local company, that I actually worked for not too long ago, iClips.net is making its own mark in the live streaming world. What they do is stream live concerts, shows and events like the Dalai Llama or Nelson Mandela's lectures. I recently left the company to pursue other desires even though it was the job that I have been looking for, go figure. But they have managed to compete with every other company whether minor or major, to become one of the most popular providers of free streaming concerts and major music festivals around the country.
One of their major competitors is the AT&T Blue Room. They have been getting into the streaming world around the same time as iClips, but as far as I can tell, have not been able to hit their goal like they wanted. Personally, I think one of the best feats that iClips has managed to do besides broadcasting two-three stages simultaneously live from the same event, is broadcasting those streams in at least DV quality, and also have done HD streams.
So it is pretty feasible to do such a thing, especially in todays age where a group of college students (very smart college students nonetheless) can pull of something that no one has done before in the web streaming world. The only thing that is holding a company like iClips back is the limited funding the the bandwidth limitation, which they have no control over. But once the world adapts to higher bandwidth cable, fiber optics and all that other goodness, the web will become something that the television never could and that day is not far away.
If you are interested in anything that iClips.net or AT&T Blue Room broadcast/produce you can visit their websites at:
iClips.net
AT&T Blue Room
Recently due to our increasingly visual culture schools k-12 and colleges have been using digital imagery to help increase visual literacy. And this doesn't just apply to the students of the classroom but the teachers as well. This just shows the rapid advance of this technological revolution that digital imagery has brought to our society that now, even though its just the beggining, teachers and students in the classroom are being almost, I guess one could say, forced to use digital imagery techniques in order to educate and provide the needs for the classroom. In that,
learn to appreciate and analyze photographs,
increase their visual literacy,
develop and improve observational skills, and
increase critical thinking skills.
What i think this really shows is how the spread of digital imagery throughout the classroom means that soon generations from now the students and teachers that have spent time learning and dealing with digital imagery in occordance to their schooling are going to end up using that knowledge in the real world. As I have said before in my previous blog, this is the "tipping point" for the digital imagery epedemic. Soon our society and almost all professions will survive due to digital imaging and its capabilities.
http://thejournal.com/articles/17145_1
http://corporate.classroom.com/newslettersamples/DigitalCamerasintheClassroom.pdf
Here is a blog i found about the affects that digital imagery have on professional photographers, check it out at:
http://leslie-hu-146.blogspot.com/2007/12/changing-face-of-photo-journalism.html
Digital Cameras to aid police...
One of the links off your page took me to news clipping about digital cameras being used in police cruisers. It was not addressing the issue of how they are helping but how they can help. The police department in Columbus, Ohio with 200 cars only 63 are equipped with the cameras. With people being sue happy these days the idea of police using these cameras would help that out a lot. "It’s tough to argue with the pictures." the article states. Financially its tough because the economy is down. Congress did approve 376,000 dollar budget to increase the number of cars. This will allow for more suits that are brought against police officers to eliminate false accusations.
Bruce Willis' latest Die Hard movie, 'Live Free or Die Hard' is about how we rely on technology. All it takes is for someone to cleverly hack into the main computer that controls all technology across the country. The villan was able to watch the daughter trapped in the elevator through the camera, and was able to use any web camera he wanted. It's a good movie to watch. The link is below.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/1808403725/video/2691344/20070514/138/2691344-1000-wmv-s.35718938-,2691344-100-flash-s.35718939-,2691344-300-flash-s.35718940-,2691344-700-flash-s.35718942-,2691344-100-wmv-s.35718935-,2691344-300-wmv-s.35718936-,2691344-1000-flash-s.35718945-,2691344-700-wmv-s.35718937-,2691347-2700-qtv-s.35718947-,2691347-6800-qtv-s.35718948-,2691347-10300-qtv-s.35718949-
http://www.myspace.com/wydtrack
the website to check out the skits my older brother posted. Thought I pasted the link in.
The business world has taken a leap into the realm of virtual reality. Using it to help train workers in the work feild and to allow productions for designers and builders of all kinds to end up with a better product while spending less money as well. This has been a growing trend in the business world and will continue to be due to our vastly growing digital culture. here is a link to the website i found this information on, it goes in to more detail: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16599296/
Digital technology in defense to national terrorism.
The government is starting to implement imaging systems to recognized different threats such as wiring on a article of clothing and wiring on a bomb. These imaging systems have to be real time and handle large amounts of scanning. Also they are developing that ability to scan eyes for tracking at airports for shopping and security. The brand-new iris-scanning system at Schiphol Airport in Amsterdam is a dramatic example: you stare briefly into a lens instead of presenting your passport. The iris is the most personally distinct feature of the human body, even more distinct than a fingerprint. The camera can see through your glasses and contact lenses. Indeed, digital technology is allowing us to track and identify suspicious characters way before they get a chance to harm others.
Emanuel da Silva
Remote Digital Imagery Display and Manipulation
What’s the future of medicine? Well, if I had to guess I would say digital imagery. The practice of medicine is become more specialized. The more we understand within the medical practice the more specialized (or divided) the medical practice becomes. It isn’t unusual for individual to go to several doctors just diagnose an individual. When time is a factor in someone’s health, the speed in which medical information is transferred becomes a major issue. Digital imagery and transfer has the ability to solve the issue of growing specialization of medicine, because the technology gives physicians the ability to quickly transfer, view, and manipulate multiple medical information.
Harris Corporation, which is better know as a military and securities technology developer, has come out with a way for medical professionals to view and manipulate medical information digitally from a remote location. Harris Corp’s “remote digital imagery display” technology is characterized as a way for users to, “view, pan across and zoom into digital images as if they were looking through a microscope at the actual slides.” This technology promises to give users the ability to “manipulate multi-gigabyte digital images in a virtual environment.”
Despite being a technological break though, this remote digital imagery display will allow for a quicker and more fluid transfer of medical samples. In a time when medicine is taking a larger role in US politics and economics the introduction of a technology that has the potential of making medicine more efficient is naturally appealing. With digital imagery’s ability to reduce cost, the digitization of medicine is primed.
http://www.harris.com/view_pressrelease.asp?act=lookup&pr_id=2364
I found an article that talks about an innovative technology that would use digital imaging to register and track visotors in a particular place, such as a government establishment. it would be a quick and effcient substitute for the paper log.
http://www.actionscript.org/resources/articles/323/1/Avery-Dennison-builds-innovative-digital-photo-ID-solution-using-Macromedia-technologies/Page1.html
http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/archive/releases/2004/07/
This is an image taken from the Hubble Space Telescope, but it is unique in that scientists are now able to use a type of stereo imaging to see further into space than they have ever been able to. The take multiple pictures of a given spot from slightly different angles using Hubble and then merge the images together and use a computer program to balance the light and chart stars that were currently completely invisible to us on earth.
This allows scientists to see the oldest stars we have ever been able to see and thus understand more about the origins of the universe.
A couple of things since i have a few to make up.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#topic=Electronic%20Devices&url=http%253A%252F%252Fwww.youtube.com%252Fwatch%253Fv%253DGh4Ovsh2DZY
A couple of things i found via technology searches on stumbleupon. the first (above) is a keyboard that can be played without ever touching it. As you can see if you watch it there is a bit of lag but i find it interesting that the technology is there to essentially detect where your hands are in space above a certain area. You can see that it detects both horizontal and vertical, i would guess this is laser or infrared technology although it doesn't specify, this kind of stuff stems from photo tech. I made me think of Iron Man for those of you who have seen it, when he is designing the suit and is able to manipulate a holograph using his hand (spin it around etc). The holograph technology isn't there yet but come that kind of technology it would eliminate the need for a mouse or track pad as one would simple be able to use their hands like they would on a solid 3-d object. This would particularly assist in the fields of medical science and surgery as a doctor could perform remote surgery without a screen. and also engineering as would allow conceptual machines to be manipulated without having to make them.
http://www.stumbleupon.com/toolbar/#search=hologram&url=http%2525253A//www.zdnet.com.au/news/hardware/soa/Holograms-beamed-to-handsets-by-2010/0%2525252C130061702%2525252C339290025%2525252C00.htm
this one is a bit more interesting. An Indian company has developed a mobile camera that films a complete 3-d environment. Not only does this make the technology portable but it does so without loosing resolution because of the new nature of the devise, which is not possible with current stereoscopic technology.
They envision this technology being used for practical and fun use but also in forensics and crime hunting as it will allow investigators to see the environment in 3-d from a normal picture.
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