ImageJ is one of the popular image analysis programs along with Fiji, Bioimage and Icy. There is another program that is used for image analysis that has several qualities that make it very useful. It is written completely in Java and so can run on multiple platforms, is object oriented for image storage that enables…
A Japanese group has compiled images that correspond to those seen by the person in a dream enabling researchers to reconstruct the dreams. In short, this was accomplished in two passes: first recording the images that are relevant to people and then correlating it with the specific areas of brain stimulated, as seen through MRI….
It is known that eyes of the common fly is a compound eye with multiple detectors and multiple lenses. It has always been thought that the 180 degree vision would be very useful and could be very high resolution. Though interesting to think about in terms of camera’s, it has been difficult to create multiple…
There are large data-sets that are being generated that are amazingly large, completely open for anyone to use and see and can generate valuable conclusions. Hapmap is one such grand project. This is made up of participants from US, UK, China, Japan, Canada and Nigeria. Look at the link below to get all the…
Murano is known for the glass blowing industry in Italy’s venice. Tourists visit in great numbers and almost all of them pass by Murano to buy some glass piece of value. However, what they buy are the usual momento’s and nothing very expensive. Thus, a glass blower who has to keep the kiln working day…
Robert Dudley was trying to design a system that would pick out the ripe cauliflowers that were ripe amidst the leaves. However, he ended up discovering a system that can decide when the strawberries are ripe for picking. His system uses imaging with microwave, light and terahertz radiation. He found that the microwave radiation, that…
The southeast countries and members of South Eastern Nations (ASEAN: Brunei, Burma, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Philippines, Vietnam, Indonesia and Thailand) have been working on unifying their health care systems as reported in Pharmaceutical technology in June 2013 with the link to the full article below. There are several interesting points to note in…
All scientists agree that there is a lot of information and data that is being generated and that it takes a significant amount of time to integrate that information. Trying to draw conclusions from that and make new discoveries is quite another matter. A company called “DistilBio” has done a wonderful job of integrating those…
Paper comes in different sizes. Paper is used every day and it has been accepted as a standard but there is some interesting mathematics behind it too. Consider size A0: The area of a A0 size of paper is exactly 1 meter square. Interestingly, each subsequent size is half the area of the previous size….
A new coined term “data exhaust” has become popular. This implies that the data that is collected without a specific need or a specific routine, is also useful even though it is being “exhausted” like waste gases. Take an example of massive online courses: Coursera. Massive online courses (MOOC) are the latest trends in learning….
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