www.euronews.com New technologies are blurring the boundaries between the real and the virtual world. The brain can control a machine, and even perceive it as its own body. Can that improve our lives? At Barcelona University, scientists are working on a European Research Project to link a human brain to a robot using skin electrodes and video goggles so that the user feels they are actually in the android body wherever it is in the world. The electrodes measure brain impulses enabling a person to control the robot's actions without moving their own limbs. The idea is to enable severely disabled people to enter the world via a real-life avatar. Using a remote avatar, anyone can travel without leaving home. But to make the experience feel more realistic, several senses need to work together. In a laboratory in Pisa, scientists are testing a chair that vibrates in time with 3D video playback, recreating some of the physical aspects of walking. An even deeper immersion into the virtual world becomes possible with robotic exoskeletons that simulate physical interactions, and with advanced 3D projection systems. Touching virtual objects, feeling their texture and weight, will make the digital world more natural and easier to live in. But what if virtual models could change the real world, making it more accessible? That's the goal of another European project involving hundreds of diabled people in several countries. Scientists use cameras and sensors to study how physically ...
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euronews futuris - A world without limits
Posted Friday, February 8, 2013 in euronews, futuris, limits, without by Mary Rodriguez
euronews futuris - A world without limits Tube. Duration : 8.52 Mins.
www.euronews.com New technologies are blurring the boundaries between the real and the virtual world. The brain can control a machine, and even perceive it as its own body. Can that improve our lives? At Barcelona University, scientists are working on a European Research Project to link a human brain to a robot using skin electrodes and video goggles so that the user feels they are actually in the android body wherever it is in the world. The electrodes measure brain impulses enabling a person to control the robot's actions without moving their own limbs. The idea is to enable severely disabled people to enter the world via a real-life avatar. Using a remote avatar, anyone can travel without leaving home. But to make the experience feel more realistic, several senses need to work together. In a laboratory in Pisa, scientists are testing a chair that vibrates in time with 3D video playback, recreating some of the physical aspects of walking. An even deeper immersion into the virtual world becomes possible with robotic exoskeletons that simulate physical interactions, and with advanced 3D projection systems. Touching virtual objects, feeling their texture and weight, will make the digital world more natural and easier to live in. But what if virtual models could change the real world, making it more accessible? That's the goal of another European project involving hundreds of diabled people in several countries. Scientists use cameras and sensors to study how physically ...
www.euronews.com New technologies are blurring the boundaries between the real and the virtual world. The brain can control a machine, and even perceive it as its own body. Can that improve our lives? At Barcelona University, scientists are working on a European Research Project to link a human brain to a robot using skin electrodes and video goggles so that the user feels they are actually in the android body wherever it is in the world. The electrodes measure brain impulses enabling a person to control the robot's actions without moving their own limbs. The idea is to enable severely disabled people to enter the world via a real-life avatar. Using a remote avatar, anyone can travel without leaving home. But to make the experience feel more realistic, several senses need to work together. In a laboratory in Pisa, scientists are testing a chair that vibrates in time with 3D video playback, recreating some of the physical aspects of walking. An even deeper immersion into the virtual world becomes possible with robotic exoskeletons that simulate physical interactions, and with advanced 3D projection systems. Touching virtual objects, feeling their texture and weight, will make the digital world more natural and easier to live in. But what if virtual models could change the real world, making it more accessible? That's the goal of another European project involving hundreds of diabled people in several countries. Scientists use cameras and sensors to study how physically ...
euronews hi-tech - Tungstène - the fake photo finder
Posted Tuesday, December 25, 2012 in euronews, finder, hitech, Tungstne by Mary Rodriguez
euronews hi-tech - Tungstène - the fake photo finder Video Clips. Duration : 3.97 Mins.
www.euronews.com A year ago, one photograph was everywhere: an image of Osama bin Laden, killed in a raid by US forces. But, in reality, the image was fake. That image did not come from a camera; it came fresh from a computer. But how can we tell the difference? At Agence France Press - AFP - in Paris, one man has developed software to help distinguish untouched photographs from their technologically doctored cousins. For a press agency, knowing the difference is vital. The software is called Tungstène. It was designed in 2009 in response to requests from the French army and the press. It does not handle classic analogue photographs but, given a digital image, it knows exactly what's what. A fake Iranian missile, too many funeral mourners in North Korea... Tungstène reveals every trick in the book. It works using up to 20 filters and a giant calculator. The date the photo was originally taken and the camera used to take it are also revealed. An optical filter, for example, shows up the diffusion of the light. In one example, an expert deliberately added a third aeroplane to a photograph. It is a manipulation that the programme recognises immediately. Roger Cozien, the man who wrote the programme, said: "We see the traces of turbulence behind the first two planes very clearly. We see very clearly the hot gas behind the planes and also their shape conforms to their makes. But in contrast, behind this third plane, we see there is nothing. That means that, physically, that ...
www.euronews.com A year ago, one photograph was everywhere: an image of Osama bin Laden, killed in a raid by US forces. But, in reality, the image was fake. That image did not come from a camera; it came fresh from a computer. But how can we tell the difference? At Agence France Press - AFP - in Paris, one man has developed software to help distinguish untouched photographs from their technologically doctored cousins. For a press agency, knowing the difference is vital. The software is called Tungstène. It was designed in 2009 in response to requests from the French army and the press. It does not handle classic analogue photographs but, given a digital image, it knows exactly what's what. A fake Iranian missile, too many funeral mourners in North Korea... Tungstène reveals every trick in the book. It works using up to 20 filters and a giant calculator. The date the photo was originally taken and the camera used to take it are also revealed. An optical filter, for example, shows up the diffusion of the light. In one example, an expert deliberately added a third aeroplane to a photograph. It is a manipulation that the programme recognises immediately. Roger Cozien, the man who wrote the programme, said: "We see the traces of turbulence behind the first two planes very clearly. We see very clearly the hot gas behind the planes and also their shape conforms to their makes. But in contrast, behind this third plane, we see there is nothing. That means that, physically, that ...
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