Friday 13 July 2012
World's smallest, 8.8 megapixel, USB 3.0 camera launched
oint Grey, one of the world's largest and most innovative providers of high performance digital cameras for industrial, bioscience, traffic, and GIS applications have announced the addition of an exciting new model to its popular line of Flea3 USB 3.0 cameras. The new model leverages the bandwidth capabilities of USB 3.0 by delivering 8.8 MP colour images at 21 FPS (185 MByte/s) in an ultra-compact, low-cost package.
The FL3-U3-88S2C features Sony’s new IMX121 sensor with “Exmor R” back-illuminated CMOS architecture. By increasing quantum efficiency and reducing noise, “Exmor R” improves sensitivity and dynamic range for sharp, high-quality colour images. The impressive 4096 x 2160 resolution combined with the ease of USB 3.0 and the camera’s small size makes the new Flea3 suitable for a variety of high resolution colour applications, including automatic optical inspection, ophthalmology, interactive multimedia, and broadcast.
The world's smallest camera, from Point Grey
Point Grey’s Flea3 camera line measures just 29 x 29 x 30mm and provides a unique set of features dedicated to maximizing USB 3.0 reliability, including a 32 megabyte frame buffer; on-camera power, temperature, and status monitoring; and in-field updatable firmware. The camera also provides colour interpolation, look up table, gamma correction, and pixel binning functionality.
“Since demonstrating the world’s first USB 3.0 camera in 2009, Point Grey continues to push the boundaries of imaging technology,” explains Michael Gibbons, Director of Sales and Marketing. Mr. Gibbons adds, “This camera is our latest innovation; we packed a high quality 8.8 MP, 4K2K sensor into the Flea3 and did it at an unbeatable price-point.”
Here's a detailed look at the specs:
Video Data Output - upto 24-bit digital data
Image Data Formats - Y8, Y16, Mono8, Mono12, Mono16 (all models) RGB8, YUV411, YUV422, YUV444, Raw8, Raw12, Raw16 (color models)
Partial Image Modes - Pixel binning and region of interest (ROI) modes
White Balance - Automatic/manual modes, programmable via software
Color Processing - On-camera in YUV or RGB format, or on-PC in Raw format
Digital Interface - USB 3.0 interface
Transfer Rates - 5 Gbit/s
Image Buffer - 32 MB frame buffer
Memory Channels - 2 memory channels for custom camera settings
Dimensions - 29 x 29 x 30 mm excluding lens holder (metal case)
Lens Mount - CS-mount: FL3-U3-13S2, FL3-U3-32S2 / C-mount: FL3-U3-13Y3, FL3-U3-88S2
Mass - 52 g
Power Consumption - 5 V, <3 W, via GPIO or USB 3.0 interface
The addition to Flea3 USB 3.0 cameras
The Flea3 FL3-U3-88S2C-C (colour) model is list priced at USD $945 (Rs. 52,442 approx.) and is available to order from Point Grey and its network of distributors. Click here to view a quick unboxing of the world's smallest camera.
smallest camera in the world by Nikon.
This is really the smallest camera in the world by Nikon.
The Tiniest camera in the world weighs only 11 g and shoots video and photos.
The mini camera cost around $100, It has a battery life of about 36 minutes.
Wanna get this?
Best way to reuse an old piano
This is d one of the best way to reuse an old piano at home...
Isnt it??
Ferrari World Abu Dhabi..
Ferrari World is a Ferrari themed amusement park on Yas Island in Abu Dhabi. The park is the resort covers an area of 30,080 acres (12,173 ha; 47 sq mi) and includes four theme parks, two water parks, 23 on-site themed resort hotels including a campground, two spas and physical fitness centers, five golf courses, and other recreational venues and entertainment. The central park is situated under a 200,000 m2 (2,152,782 sq ft) roof making it the largest indoor amusement park in the world. Ferrari World officially opened on 4 November 2010. The theme park is home to Formula Rossa, the world's fastest roller coaster.
In late 2005, it was reported that Ferrari and Aldar Properties signed an agreement to build the world's first Ferrari theme park in Abu Dhabi. At the time, it was expected that the park was to open in 2008, however, delays saw it bumped back until 2010. Construction began in November 2008 and was completed in under two years. In mid 2010, it was announced that Ferrari World would open on 28 October 2010.However, it was delayed by a week due to the passing of Ras al-Khaimah's Sheikh Saqr bin Mohammad al-Qassimi the day prior. Ferrari World officially opened to the public on the 4th of November 2010.
On December 2011, after one year of operation, Ferrari World shortened its operating hours due to perceived visitor population trends. This resulted in 100 positions eliminated with remaining staff receiving salary and benefit adjustments.
The iconic roof of Ferrari World was designed by Benoy Architects. It is modelled after the side profile of a Ferrari GT. Ramboll provided the structural engineering, masterplanning and urban design, geotechnical engineering and the facade engineering. The roof has a total surface area of 200,000 m2 (2,152,782 sq ft) with a perimeter of 2,200 m (7,218 ft). The theme park, measuring 86,000 m2 (925,696 sq ft), is located under this 50 m (164 ft) high roof. These factors make Ferrari World the largest indoor theme park in the world.
A Ferrari logo adorns the roof of the building and measures 65 m (213 ft) by 48.5 m (159.1 ft) - the largest Ferrari logo ever created. 12,370 tonnes of steel has been used to support this roof. The centre of the roof is marked by a 100 m (328 ft)} glazed funnel. The structure was declared complete on 29 October 2009 with the park due to open one year later.
1,585-foot Fort Steuben Bridge
Precisely taken this well timed clear photo .....
Blowing Up a 1,585-Foot Bridge...!!
The 1,585-foot Fort Steuben Bridge spanned the Ohio River, linking Ohio to West Virginia for 84 years, but it took just seconds for it to drop in a controlled demolition in February. The Ohio Department of Transportation closed the aging concrete-and-steel suspension bridge in 2009 and finally hired general contractors Joseph B. Fay Company to take the bridge down. (Traffic that used to pass along the Fort Steuben now crosses the Ohio approximately 1,000 feet upriver on the Veterans Memorial Bridge, which opened in 1990.) After months of planning, over the course of a week, demolition experts placed 153 pounds of explosives, in 490 shaped charges, in 136 locations along the bridge. On demolition day, experts detonated explosives on the stiffening truss. Then they severed the main suspension cables and ultimately brought down the bridge’s two towers.
Best Filters Ever
Graphene Sheets Can Be Turned Into the Best Filters Ever, For Desalination and Much More...!!
using graphene, the wonder material of the future: Clean drinking water. Graphene could cheaply and easily remove salt from seawater, potentially turning the oceans into a vast drinking supply for thirsty populations. With properly sized holes, graphene sheets may be able to serve as all-purpose filters.
For desalination, the key is in properly-sized graphene pores that can allow water molecules to pass through but not salt. The ideal size is about one nanometer — even a smidge tinier, three-quarters of a nanometer, is too small for water itself to pass through. The pores are not blocking thick salt crystals, necessarily — they’re blocking the atoms that make up salt.
Graphene is special in lots of ways; one-atom-thick sheets of bonded carbon atoms, it’s the strongest material known, and it has important electronic properties. Its smallest possible bond is about 0.14 nanometers, so it can be hooked together in very tiny configurations, although this is difficult to do. At MIT, materials scientist Jeffrey Grossman and graduate students have been running computer models to determine the right pore size. They may need to bombard graphene sheets with helium ions to make properly-sized pores, or perhaps some nanostructuring techniques to grow the right size sheets. The pores may also need to be treated with other chemicals to make them interact with water molecules.
Once it’s constructed, a graphene water purification system would be fairly simple, at least energy-wise. Modern desalination techniques require vast amounts of energy to force water through porous membranes at very high pressures. But a graphene sheet could filter it passively, interacting with ions in the saltwater. With the same water pressure as regular desalination plants, the graphene system would be hundreds of times faster, according to Grossman — or it could work at much lower pressure, and therefore lower cost.
[ACS Nano Letters via MIT News]
Dark circles under the eyes
Dark Circles:
Dark circles under the eyes are the common problem of both men and women..Due to stress, lack of sleep and nutrition deficiency.
Just massage gently around the eyes with few drops of almond oil for a minute. Wipe it off with cotton after 15 minutes. Mix cucumber juice and potato juice, apply it on the dark circles and wash it off after 20 minutes..
Do u have these under ur eyes??
Nanotechnology cancer treatments
Nanotechnology cancer treatments would use gold particles to carry anticancer drugs straight to the cancer.
If scientists can load their cancer-detecting gold nanoparticles with anticancer drugs, they could attack the cancer exactly where it lives. Such a treatment means fewer side effects and less medication used. Nanoparticles also carry the potential for targeted and time-release drugs. A potent dose of drugs could be delivered to a specific area but engineered to release over a planned period to ensure maximum effectiveness and the patient's safety.
These treatments aim to take advantage of the power of nanotechnology and the voracious tendencies of cancer cells, which feast on everything in sight, including drug-laden nanoparticles. One experiment of this type used modified bacteria cells that were 20 percent the size of normal cells. These cells were equipped with antibodies that latched onto cancer cells before releasing the anticancer drugs they contained.
Another used nanoparticles as a companion to other treatments. These particles were sucked up by cancer cells and the cells were then heated with a magnetic field to weaken them. The weakened cancer cells were then much more susceptible to chemotherapy.
It may sound odd, but the dye in your blue jeans or your ballpoint pen has also been paired with gold nanoparticles to fight cancer. This dye, known as phthalocyanine, reacts with light. The nanoparticles take the dye directly to cancer cells while normal cells reject the dye. Once the particles are inside, scientists "activate" them with light to destroy the cancer. Similar therapies have existed to treat skin cancers with light-activated dye, but scientists are now working to use nanoparticles and dye to treat tumors deep in the body.
Chalmers University of technology campus Sweden
Chalmers University of Technology is a Swedish university located in Gothenburg that focuses on research and education in technology, natural science and architecture. One building stands out amongst a sea of innovative design in the heart of their campus that is quite impossible to miss. Inspired by the Italian Renaissance, colorful geometric shapes adorn the outer facade creating a piece of functional art. The interior has ample floor space as the upper levels project over the lower. As a result, the building partially shades itself on sunny days. Eco-conscious to its core, the building by Wingårdh Arkitektontor is truly a modern marvel.
The University was founded in 1829 following a donation by William Chalmers (1748–1811), a director of the Swedish East India Company, whose ships sailed across the world to supply Europe with goods from the East. He donated some of his fortune for the establishment of an "industrial school". Chalmers was run as a private institution until 1937, when the institute became a state-owned university. In 1994, the school once again became a private institution[dubious – discuss], owned by a foundation. Chalmers is one of only three universities in Sweden which are named after a person, the other two being Karolinska Institutet and Linnaeus University.
Extreme Earth. Blue Iceberg
Extreme Earth. Blue Iceberg
Photograph by Maria Stenzel
Chinstrap penguins (Pygoscelis antarctica) ride out high surf on blue-ice icebergs near Candlemas Island in the South Sandwich Islands. Safe for the moment from predaceous leopard seals, chinstrap penguins are the second most abundant species in Antarctica and the sub-Antarctic...
6 Air Purifing house plants:
6 Air Purifing house plants:
1. Bamboo Palm: According to NASA, it removes formaldahyde and is also said to act as a natural humidifier.
2. Snake Plant: Found by NASA to absorb nitrogen oxides and formaldahyde.
3. Areca Palm: One of the best air purifying plants for general air cleanliness.
4. Spider Plant: Great indoor plant for removing carbon monoxide and other toxins or impurities. Spider plants are one of three plants NASA deems best at removing formaldahyde from the air.
5. Peace Lily: Peace lilies could be called the “clean-all.” They’re often placed in bathrooms or laundry rooms because they’re known for removing mold spores. Also know to remove formaldahyde and trichloroethylene.
6. Gerbera Daisy: Not only do these gorgeous flowers remove benzene from the air, they’re known to improve sleep by absorbing carbon dioxide and giving off more oxygen over night.
Do u have these plants in ur home?
Enormous Giga Cam
Enormous Giga Cam The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope camera has 189 sensors and will provide more than 3 gigapixels per image. A human is shown on the side for scale. Courtesy LSST Project
The biggest digital camera in the world, both in terms of physical size and giga-capacity, just won an early approval from the U.S. Department of Energy, which is funding the project. The camera for the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope will now proceed to a detailed engineering and design phase, another step toward the start of construction in two years.
From its perch in the Chilean Andes, the LSST will make a survey of the entire sky every three nights, snapping the equivalent of 800,000 8-megapixel images and gathering 30 terabytes of data every night. The camera required to do this is a 3-ton monster, capable of capturing an area 49 times the size of the moon in a single image. Its deep, wide-field images will capture anything from near-Earth asteroids to the properties of dark matter and dark energy.
The most recent decadal survey of astronomical priorities placed the LSST at the top of the list, with astronomers anticipating many detailed returns from a telescope that will spot new phenomena in near real-time. It will take images in five or more bands of the light spectrum, from 400nm to 1060nm (visible to infrared light).
Now that it’s achieved “Critical Decision 1” status, the camera project can start a formal design and building phase, following a specific budget and time frame. The DOE and the National Science Foundation are sharing the cost of the entire telescope project, with the DOE funding the camera portion. The telescope is supposed to start construction by 2014.
While the camera design review progresses, work has already started on the telescope’s 8.4-meter primary mirror and the telescope’s home atop Cerro Pachón in northern Chile.
The Largest Solar Furnace...!!
The largest solar furnace is at Odeillo in the Pyrénées-Orientales in France, opened in 1970. It employs an array of plane mirrors to gather sunlight, reflecting it onto a larger curved mirror.
As far as energy sources go, focused solar heat is ancient. In ancient Greece, glass vases were filled with water to create a "burning glass" and as the Greeks got better at creating lenses, focused sunlight was used to light sacred fires and even cauterize wounds.
The most famous of these solar powered burning lenses is the system Archimedes is said to have used to ignite a fleet of Roman ships. And it wasn't just the Greeks and Romans who used solar power lenses either, "Visby" lenses made of ground rock crystal were used by the Vikings in the 1000s, and similar technology is believed to have been used by the Celts and even the ancient Egyptians.
The name "solar furnace," translates in Latin to heliocaminus. A heliocaminus was simply a glass enclosed room meant to focus and heat the room, much like a modern sunroom. The principles behind a modern solar furnace hasn't changed much from these sun rooms and "burning lenses."
The world's largest solar furnace is located in Font-Romeu-Odeillo-Via, a commune in the sunny Pyrenees mountains on the French-Spanish border. The furnace consists of a field of 10,000 mirrors bounce the sun's rays onto a large concave mirror which focuses the enormous amount of sunlight onto an area roughly the size of a cooking pot which reaches temperatures above 3,000 °C or 5,430 degrees Fahrenheit.
The solar furnace itself isn't exactly new. The first modern solar furnace was built in Mont Louis, in 1949 by professor Félix Trombe, and the current one was constructed in 1970. However the solar furnace continues to generate a beam of focused sunlight as powerful today as it was 3000 years ago.
Rabies...!!
Rabies...!!
Rabies is a deadly viral infection that is mainly spread by infected animals.
Causes
Rabies is spread by infected saliva that enters the body through a bite or broken skin. The virus travels from the wound to the brain, where it causes swelling, or inflammation. This inflammation leads to symptoms of the disease. Most rabies deaths occur in children.
In the past, human cases in the United States usually resulted from a dog bite, but recently, more cases of human rabies have been linked to bats and raccoons. Although dog bites are a common cause of rabies in developing countries, there have been no reports of rabies caused by dog bites in the United States for a number of years due to widespread animal vaccination.
Other wild animals that can spread the rabies virus include:
Foxes
Skunks
Very rarely, rabies has been transmitted without an actual bite. This is believed to have been caused by infected saliva that has gotten into the air.
The United Kingdom had once completely eradicated rabies, but recently, rabies-infected bats have been found in Scotland.
Symptoms
The actual time between infection and when you get sick (called the "incubation period") ranges from 10 days - 7 years. The average incubation period is 3 - 7 weeks.
Symptoms may include:
Anxiety, stress, and tension
Drooling
Convulsions
Exaggerated sensation at the bite site
Excitability
Loss of feeling in an area of the body
Loss of muscle function
Low-grade fever (102 degrees F or lower)
Muscle spasms
Numbness and tingling
Pain at the site of the bite
Restlessness
Swallowing difficulty (drinking causes spasms of the voicebox)
Exams and Tests
If an animal bites you, try to gather as much information about the animal as possible. Call your local animal control authorities to safely capture the animal. If rabies is suspected, the animal will be watched for signs of rabies.
A special test called immunofluorescence is used to look at the brain tissue after an animal is dead. This test can reveal whether or not the animal had rabies.
The same test can be used to check for rabies in humans, using a piece of skin from the neck. Doctors may also look for the rabies virus in your saliva or spinal fluid, although these tests are not as sensitive and may need to be repeated.
Treatment
Clean the wound well with soap and water, and seek professional medical help. You'll need a doctor to thoroughly clean the wound and remove any foreign objects. Most of the time, stitches should not be used for animal bite wounds.
If there is any risk of rabies, you will be given a series of a preventive vaccine. This is generally given in 5 doses over 28 days.
Most patients also receive a treatment called human rabies immunoglobulin (HRIG). This is given the day the bite occurred.
Call your doctor right away after an animal bite or after being exposed to animals such as bats, foxes, and skunks. They may carry rabies.
Call even when no bite took place.
Immunization and treatment for possible rabies are recommended for at least up to 14 days after exposure or a bite.
There is no known effective treatment for people with symptoms of a rabies infection.
Outlook (Prognosis)
It's possible to prevent rabies if immunization is given soon after the bite. To date, no one in the United States has developed rabies when given the vaccine promptly and appropriately.
Once the symptoms appear, the person rarely survives the disease, even with treatment. Death from respiratory failure usually occurs within 7 days after symptoms start.
Possible Complications
Untreated, rabies can lead to coma and death.
In rare cases, some people may have an allergic reaction to the rabies vaccine
Dutch by design Key Hanger Board
Never lose your keys again! Or at least give it a good try with this Keyhanger Board from Dutch by Design.
With the Fall Cure starting up we’ve been thinking about areas we’d like to improve, like the nonexistant landing strip that really ought to be by the front door to catch all the things we carry in with us.
Do u like the concept....???
Do u like the concept....???
John F Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln Similarities
John F Kennedy and Abraham Lincoln Similarities
Both presidents were shot in their heads.
Both presidents were shot from behind.
Both presidents were shot in presence of their wives.
Both presidents were shot on a Friday.
Both presidents had a son die during their presidency.
Lincoln had a secretary named Kennedy who told him not to go to the theatre; Kennedy had a secretary named Evelyn Lincoln who warned him not to go to Dallas.
Both assassins were killed before they could be put on trial.
Both assassins have 3-word, 15-letter names.
Both assassins were born in the late '30s.
Both assassins sympathized with organizations that were adversarial to the United States.
lion's mane jellyfish
The lion's mane jellyfish (Cyanea capillata) is the largest known species of jellyfish. Its range is confined to cold, boreal waters of the Arctic, northern Atlantic, and northern Pacific Oceans, seldom found farther south than 42°N latitude. Similar jellyfish, which may be the same species, are known to inhabit seas near Australia and New Zealand. The largest recorded specimen found, washed up on the shore of Massachusetts Bay in 1870, had a bell (body) with a diameter of 7 feet 6 inches (2.29 m) and tentacles 120 feet (37 m) long. Lion's mane jellyfish have been frequently observed below 42°N latitude for some time—specifically in the larger bays of the east coast of the United States.
World Population Day...!!
The World Population Day is observed on July 11 every year to raise the awareness of people about global population issues.
The theme of the World Population Day 2012 is “Universal Access to Reproductive Health Services”.
The world population on July 9, 2012, was estimated to have been 7,025,071,966.
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