An Artificial Photosynthesis System developed by Panasonic could solve global warming and energy issues. Efficiency levels on a par with plants have been achieved, with CO2 being converted into useful organic substances. In the future, Panasonic hopes to operate artificial photosynthesis plants, which would absorb CO2 from factories and produce ethanol. Read More
Professor Akira Ishii’s research group at the Tottori University Department of Engineering is using a mathematical model to investigate how movies and music exhibit the “hit” phenomenon. VIA: DigInfoRead More
Want a tasty creamy cup of hot cocoa? The secret is to serve it in an orange or creme colored cup. It has nothing to do with the chemical structure but the color of the serving vessel tricks our brains into thinking we’re drinking a high caliber of chocolate. Now you know which color to Read MoreRead More
Prof. Dr. Amir Amedi uses music and sounds to make blind people ‘see’ their environment. He uses non-invasive sensory substitution devices and invasive bionic eye procedures to teach blind people to see using sound. Another video of his techniques: Via FStoppersRead More
How do you complete that script you’re working on? How do you finish the film that’s been sitting on your hard drive. Use Science to find the secret to being more productive The first thing we need to acknowledge in the pursuit of a more productive lifestyle is the mountain of evidence that suggests willpower alone Read MoreRead More
Susan Greenfield, Director of the Institute for the Future of the Mind and Professor of Pharmacology at Oxford University, discusses the science behind what it takes to come up with something creative and what we can do to train our brains to be more creative.Read More
VSauce explores the question of will we ever run out of unique combinations of notes for new music? Click over to YouTube for the links mentioned in the video.Read More
After a local farmer left a bowl of eggs on Joe Hutto’s front porch, his life was forever changed. Hutto, possessing a broad background in the natural sciences and an interest in imprinting young animals, incubated the eggs and waited for them to hatch. As the chicks emerged from their shells, they locked eyes with Read MoreRead More
Face Swapping is a fun (and often disturbing) internet meme of swapping people’s faces in an image. But to automate the process and do it with video? That’s what Harvard Computer Science graduate student Kevin Dale focused on in this research project with some really powerful results. We present a method for replacing facial performances Read MoreRead More
Popular Science dug through it’s archives of over a hundred years and found articles of when science improved our movie going experience. After the use of narrative and orchestra music became integral to cinema, filmmakers devoted themselves to elevating movies from experimental form of entertainment into an art form. Not only were we there to Read MoreRead More
Those funny motion capture suits may be a thing of the past. Computer Scientists and filmmakers are working together demonstrating the capability of systems to track and replicate movement with regular video cameras. While movies like “Pirates of the Caribbean” or “Ted” still combined real actors with digital counterparts, the well-known director Steven Spielberg focused entirely on Read MoreRead More
