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Samsung Galaxy Camera Coming for the Holidays in Canada

Samsung Electronics Canada, the global leader in Android™ smartphones, today announced that the GALAXY Camera will be available at Canadian retailers on December 7, 2012 in time for the holiday shopping season.

23 Nov 2012

Terahertz Scanners Non-Destructively Detect Damaging Biocides in Hidden Wall Paintings

Damaging biocides can be detected on old wooden sculptures, hidden wall paintings can be made visible again and the layered structures of pieces of art analyzed. Using terahertz scanners restorers will soon be able to identify quickly, and completely non-destructively, what is happening with an object of art. Fraunhofer scientists will introduce a new generation of such scanners at the denkmal trade fair (Hall 2, H30), from November 22 - 24 in Leipzig, Germany.

22 Nov 2012

iTraff Technology Releases Mobile and Web-Based Image Recognition Platform

iTraff Technology LLC today officially announced the market release of http://www.Recognize.im, a mobile and web-based image recognition platform that enables e-commerce, retail, and marketing industries to quickly integrate image recognition into their applications and create mobile shopping experiences and advertising campaigns.

22 Nov 2012

Visteon Concept Vehicle Incorporates Panomorph Technology to Eliminate Rear-View Blind Spots

ImmerVision, the inventor of the 360-degree panomorph lens and worldwide expert in immersive optical technology, announced today that Visteon’s latest concept vehicle, the e-Bee, incorporates cutting-edge panomorph technology to eliminate rear-view blind spots. With ImmerVision Enables® onboard, the e-Bee was displayed at ELECTRONICA in Munich from November 13-16, and showcased panoramic imaging applications of the future.

From ImmerVision 22 Nov 2012

Global Digital Camera Industry to Grow at 4.8% CAGR to Reach $46 Billion by 2017

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "Global Digital Camera Industry 2012-2017: Trend, Profit, and Forecast Analysis" report to their offering.

21 Nov 2012

Researchers Reconstruct 3D Facial Movements in Real Time

A virtual character produces the same facial expressions as its user. It makes a video game, chat, or an animated film both fun and fast. Faceshift, an EPFL spin-off, launches its software on the market today.

20 Nov 2012

Astronomers Identify Most Distant Galaxy Using NASA's Telescopes

By combining the power of NASA's Hubble and Spitzer space telescopes and one of nature's own natural "zoom lenses" in space, astronomers have set a new record for finding the most distant galaxy seen in the universe.

17 Nov 2012

Astronomers Find Evidence for Born-Again Event

Astronomers have found evidence for a dying Sun-like star coming briefly back to life after casting its gassy shells out into space, mimicking the possible fate our own Solar System faces in a few billion years.

17 Nov 2012

World's Most Powerful X-ray Laser Used to Supercharge an Atom

Supercharging is a technique no longer confined to automotive enthusiasts.

16 Nov 2012

New Deal to Establish DARPA Space Surveillance Telescope in Australia

DARPA’s ground-based Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) may soon head to Australia. An agreement reached this week with Australia’s Department of Defense will allow DARPA to take the 180,000 lb. three-mirror Mersenne-Schmidt telescope to Australia to track and catalogues space debris and objects unique to the space above that region of the world that could threaten DoD satellites. In the joint agreement, the U.S. and Australia have decided to work towards the establishment of the Space Surveillance Telescope (SST) on Australian soil.

15 Nov 2012