Kristen Spencer: Microsoft's Project Natal definitely presented the most inventive, innovative motion
capture technology seen to date, with its controller-less combination of facial and voice recognition, body tracking and object scanner.
Not exact matches
Elsewhere, digital photography is used to
capture and analyze data in thousands of other fields as well, from nature photographers documenting never - before -
seen flora and fauna to revolutionaries snapping and sending photos that will spark change, proving that digital photography truly is one of the most important advancements in the history of
technology.
«Carbon
capture and storage is seen as essential technology if the UK is to meet its climate change targets,» says lead author Professor Mike Bickle, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Carbon Capture and Storage at the University of Cam
capture and storage is
seen as essential
technology if the UK is to meet its climate change targets,» says lead author Professor Mike Bickle, Director of the Cambridge Centre for Carbon
Capture and Storage at the University of Cam
Capture and Storage at the University of Cambridge.
An essential piece of this
technology is a camera that
captures the fine structure necessary to
see the modified DNA (and distinguish it from the background).
Girding myself for potentially indecipherable jokes, I'm here to
see Lackner's potentially world - saving
technology: a plastic resin that can
capture carbon dioxide directly from the air.
In the future we will even
see space interferometers searching for Einstein's waves: ESA's LISA pathfinder mission is to be launched this November, to test the
technology of a later eLISA mission, the «Evolved Laser Interferometer Space Antenna» that will also try to
capture gravitational waves with the help of laser
technology; the planned launch date for eLISA is in the 2030s.
The motion
capture technology used to develop Gollum in the first trilogy was wildly impressive and still is, but here, it's so realistic you can truly
see Serkis in Gollum's facial expressions.
There's some very candid, fascinating footage here
capturing the process of making the film (in, for a surprise revelation, not a real Parisian flat but a studio - built apartment replica surrounded by green screens, not at all dissimilar to David Cronenberg's use of similar magic for A Dangerous Method, not that you can tell in either film in its finished form, where the
technology is seamless and unobtrusive), with Haneke working with the actors in a rigorous, nitty - gritty way that lets us
see what infinitesimal precision he's looking for in performance, in movement, in blocking, and in composition.
The facial
capture technology had never been
seen before in a video game and its interrogation system made it stand out not only from every other Rockstar game but from everything else, period.
Let's look at the underrated gem to
see how the use of
technology is
captured in its pages, and how the writers made it as emotionally thrilling as any action movie car chase...
Mark Rylance is quite fine as the BFG (at least what we can
see of his performance via motion -
capture technology), although he is still given far too much gobbledygook dialogue to say by screenwriter Melissa Mathison (E.T.).
It's a weighty technical accomplishment — the extraordinary detailed motion -
capture technology alone... is river - straddling bounds beyond anything you've
seen before.
You'll come out with a newer appreciation for this trilogy and
see the power motion
capture technology can have on acting and storytelling.
SEE THIS MOVIE IF: you are fan of animated family fun with loads of action OR you just want to see how far motion - capture technology has c
SEE THIS MOVIE IF: you are fan of animated family fun with loads of action OR you just want to
see how far motion - capture technology has c
see how far motion -
capture technology has come
The speedier
capture of correspondence such as permission slips, catering requests, HR material, bursaries and paperwork related to special needs as well as the implementation of
technology driven teaching methods for a more enriched learning experience and marking will additionally
see time being freed up whether for teaching or personal recreation.
The
technology enables a driver climbing a steep incline or manoeuvring in a confined space to
see an augmented reality view,
capturing not only the terrain in front of the car but also the angle and position of the front wheels.
Then there's Epic Games, who unveiled at GDC new
capture technology to render the most life - like characters we've ever
seen.
By the 2040s, the Blueprints world
sees renewable energy
technologies compete on price against fossil fuels, which are well managed with carbon
capture and storage.
While ensuring the widespread deployment of carbon
capture / storage
technology does represent a significant challenge, it is more feasible than other policy options being offered by those who simply don't
see any role for coal in our energy future.
(
See «Scaling up carbon dioxide
capture and storage: From megatons to gigatons,» a 2009 paper by Howard J. Herzog at the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology, for just one of many sobering takes on what's needed.)
I don't
see a agronomic
technology in his talk that would exceed the carbon
capture of preindustrial grasslands.
But without a substantial boost in basic research and development and large - scale demonstration projects related to
technologies like mass energy storage,
capturing and storing carbon dioxide, grid management and a new generation of nuclear plants, it's hard to
see timely progress.
While renewables will play an important part, they must be
seen as part of a portfolio of low emissions energy
technologies (including nuclear, renewables and carbon
capture and storage) that deliver increased energy efficiency.
«What we've
seen here today is really a quantum step in implementation of
technology that is able to
capture carbon from the atmosphere and put it into use or
capture it for good and store it.
As recently as the Stern Review in 2006, carbon
capture and storage from coal - fired power stations was
seen as the most promising clean energy
technology on offer.
Carbon
capture and storage
technology, which buries emissions underground, can play a role in the future, but even an optimistic scenario which
sees 3,800 commercial projects worldwide would allow only an extra 4 % of fossil fuel reserves to be burned.
Adding carbon and
capture technology to new coal plants makes electricity from coal more expensive than energy from solar thermal and wind power, even when «firming costs» are included for alternatives (
see table).
For a reality check we spoke to Howard Herzog, senior research engineer with the MIT Energy Initiative, and asked where he's actually
seen carbon
capture technology working in a big way?
If carbon
capture technologies are
seen as more broadly applicable and more important for the fight against climate change, it is more likely that these
technologies will get greater research funding.
(
See «The Cost of Limiting Climate Change Could Double without Carbon
Capture Technology.»)
Google jump - started its 2017 I / O conference around AI and machine learning, and one computer vision
technology it highlighted is Google Lens, which lets the camera do more than just
capture an image — it gives greater context around what it is that you're
seeing.
The past four months have
seen Apple snap up a number of companies with various niche specialties including speech
technology, machine learning and motion
capture.
This 22 per cent rise
saw Xiaomi
capture 17.1 per cent market share, making Chinese
technology company overtaking Fitbit and Apple in the global wearables segment.
Outside, we have a 16 - megapixel main camera with «Smart
Capture»
technology — from refined de-noising processes to Auto HDR to snapping when the viewfinder
sees a smile.
«With Xperia XZ and Xperia X Compact you can
capture every moment as you
see it, with blur - free images day or night, and with true to life colours thanks to our new triple image sensing
technology,» said Hideyuki Furumi, Executive Vice President, Global Sales and Marketing, Sony Mobile Communications.
As
seen in this Technical Sales resume example, brand names often
capture interest, especially if they reflect the type of
technology you'll want to work with in the future.