Matrix Cam Spies Flying Bullets
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A new camera tracks hot lead -- just like in the slow-motion "bullet time" scenes in The Matrix. The technology could lead to "active armor" that stops bullets midair. By David Hambling.
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InfoWorld - The City of Chicago is developing a futuristic video surveillance system designed to scan city streets looking for everything from bombs to traffic jams.
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Digital images that are billions of pixels in size are now becoming commonplace.
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New technologies wirelessly transmit high-definition video.
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An electronic &quot;artificial eye&quot;, developed for people with impaired vision, has been shown to reliably identify pedestrian crossings, determine when it is safe to walk across and even measure the width of a road.
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LAS VEGAS -- Computer monitors with mechanical arms, wristwatches and binoculars that play music, and phones disguised as cameras are just some of the technological innovations propelling the digital electronics revolution.
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Sony this week unveiled its new Cyber-shot DSC-M1 digital camera that features a swivel screen design that can automatically record video while snapping pictures.
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(InfoWorld) - The City of Chicago is developing a futuristic video surveillance system designed to scan city streets looking for everything from bombs to traffic jams. For the past few years Chicago has been rolling out thousands of video surveillance cameras linked by fiber-optic cables. This Operation Virtual Shield system is intended to give the city's emergency response coordination agency the ability to remotely keep track of emergencies in real time. Now, with the help of IBM, Chicago's Office of Emergency Management and Communications (OEMC) is looking to expand the system's capabilities so thatÂ IBM's software can analyze the thousands of hours of videoÂ being recorded by Operation Virtual Shield. "That's really going to just throw our camera network into hyperdrive," said Kevin Smith, a spokesman with the OEMC. "Ultimately I think what this software might be able to do is simply recognize suspicious behavior and alert our operations people and, at times, our crime detections specialists as to what it sees." The software could recognize a package that had been left in a public park or a car parked where no car is supposed to be, Smith said. IBM has been pushing a similar technology called Smart Surveillance System within the retail industry as a tool to fight shoplifting. The Smart Surveillance System was spun out of IBM's T.J. Watson Research Center earlier this year. Now IBM is talking to a number of cities about rolling out similar projects, according to Sam Docknevich, a Digital Video Surveillance National Practice Leader with IBM. However none is as advanced as the Operation Virtual Shield effort. "Chicago is definitely the leading example of the value of integrating video from multiple organizations and using it to enhance public safety," he said. OEMC's Smith would not say how much the city is spending on the project or when it expects IBM's video analytics capabilities to go live. The trick will be to make the analytics software work in a useful way. "The challenge is going to be teaching computers to recognize the suspicious behavior," said Smith. "Once this is done this will be a very impressive city in terms of public safety." Â
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New authentication software could help news agencies -- stung by doctored images -- detect digital darkroom trickery. By Randy Dotinga.
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Research work could mean data gets in and out of computer chips at speed of light.
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A library providing easy, flexible, and efficient read/write access to video files using a wide variety of codecs in MATLAB on Windows and GNU/Linux platforms, using DirectShow and ffmpeg backends, respectively.   The 0.5-beta3 version has been released.  It includes full 64-bit support, new imread and load plugins, and numerous fixes and improvements.
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Security and surveillance efforts could be bolstered by a simple imaging tool, a scientist claims.
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Scientists have developed a technique that dramatically improves the success rate of face-recognition computer systems
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Submachine gun, check. Semiautomatic pistol, check. Personal digital assistant, check.
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A 3D hologram technique could transform how experts spot forged signatures and other handwritten documents.
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By Eric Auchard LAS VEGAS  - Computer monitors with mechanicalarms, wristwatches and binoculars that play music and phonesdisguised as cameras are just some of the technologicalinnovations propelling the digital electronics revolutionforward.
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The company's latest digital camera includes advanced video features.