I haven't use the Python interface, but it's only an afternoon project to get the C examples building. Start off with something simple like creating a window loading and image (webcam/avi/jpg/etc). From there it's pretty minimal to run some operators Sobel, Laplace, Canny, etc.
Postal Employee: "May I help you?" Kramer: "Yeah, I'd like to cancel my mail." Postal Employee: "Certainly. How long would you like us to hold it?" Kramer: "Oh, no, no. I don't think you get me. I want out, permanently." Newman: "I'll handle this, Violet. Why don't you take your three hour break? Oh, calm down, everyone. No one's cancelling any mail." Kramer: "Oh, yes, I am." Newman: "What about your bills?" Kramer: "The bank can pay 'em." Newman: "The bank. What about your cards and letters?" Kramer: "E-mail, telephones, fax machines. Fedex, telex, telegrams, holograms." Newman: "All right, it's true! Of course nobody needs mail. What do you think, you're so clever for figuring that out? But you don't know the half of what goes on here. So just walk away, Kramer. I beg of you." Supervisor: "Is everything all right here, Postal Employee Newman?" Newman: "Yes, sir, I believe everything is all squared away. Isn't it, Mr. Kramer?" Kramer: "Oh, yeah. As long as I stop getting mail!"
CMOS sensors light gathering capabilities fall off over increasing wavelength. Silicon's quantum efficiency at NIR is much lower than visible. There's not a huge range of NIR to play in without QE falling off.
IR diodes don't emit light over a single wavelength. Not only do they shift long with temperature, but the rated wavelength is really an average of the range the wavelength drifts over.
Very tight bandpass filters tend to drift shorter in wavelength off axis.
The Virtex 7's with dual A9MPs are going to be awesome parts. They supposedly will function independently of the bitstream configuration, which suggests increasing possibilities for partial reconfiguration.
Xilinx's software team needs to get their act together. SystemVerilog for synthesis, extended IDE w/ tcl support are long overdue.[/rant]
Microsoft can sell these at a loss and make it back with game sales. kinect version 2 will likely include MORE sensors what with M$ buying Canesta http://canesta.com/ who build time-of-flight optical depth sensors...
anyone have specs on microsoft's IR CMOS sensor in this thing? TFA lists X853750001 / VCA379C7130
Waste is the highest virtue one can achieve in an advanced capitalist society. The fact that this guy bought paper from Canada and wasted vast quantities playing Zork put an extra spin in the global economy, and that extra spin lifted capitalism to yet greater heights. If you put an end to all the waste, mass panic would ensue and the global economy would go haywire. Waste is the fuel of contradiction, and contradiction activates the economy, and an active economy creates more waste.
"Second Sight expects the Argus II to be its first commercially available device, hitting the United States market in 2010. Mech said the company hasn't set a price, but suggested the Argus II would cost more than a cochlear implant. That could put the price between $60,000 and $100,000. Meanwhile, he hopes to start clinical trials in 2011 for a third generation of the device with more than 200 electrodes."
[Science Notes 2009]
http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/0901/pages/vision/vision.html
[Integrated Bioelectronics Research]
http://ibr.soe.ucsc.edu/index.php?file=kop10.php
These monitors are typically a chest strap paired with a watch. The watch gives BPM information to the user so they can train at a suitable level.
Its fine to want to be informed, but why are you asking Slashdot?
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I haven't use the Python interface, but it's only an afternoon project to get the C examples building. Start off with something simple like creating a window loading and image (webcam/avi/jpg/etc). From there it's pretty minimal to run some operators Sobel, Laplace, Canny, etc.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/messenger/main/index.html
A modern DDR3 part at 800 MBit/s x 16 bits/part = 12.8GBit/s
Granted, you add a lot more complexity to your board, but DRAM is not going away
Not just drives, but many electrical component failures are from inrush current at power on (similar to lightbulbs burning out when switched on)
This chip has 496 transistors, a modern FPGA has on the order of 1,000,000,000.
Postal Employee: "May I help you?"
Kramer: "Yeah, I'd like to cancel my mail."
Postal Employee: "Certainly. How long would you like us to hold it?"
Kramer: "Oh, no, no. I don't think you get me. I want out, permanently."
Newman: "I'll handle this, Violet. Why don't you take your three hour break?
Oh, calm down, everyone. No one's cancelling any mail."
Kramer: "Oh, yes, I am."
Newman: "What about your bills?"
Kramer: "The bank can pay 'em."
Newman: "The bank. What about your cards and letters?"
Kramer: "E-mail, telephones, fax machines. Fedex, telex, telegrams,
holograms."
Newman: "All right, it's true! Of course nobody needs mail. What do you
think, you're so clever for figuring that out? But you don't know the half of
what goes on here. So just walk away, Kramer. I beg of you."
Supervisor: "Is everything all right here, Postal Employee Newman?"
Newman: "Yes, sir, I believe everything is all squared away. Isn't it, Mr.
Kramer?"
Kramer: "Oh, yeah. As long as I stop getting mail!"
CMOS sensors light gathering capabilities fall off over increasing wavelength.
Silicon's quantum efficiency at NIR is much lower than visible. There's not a
huge range of NIR to play in without QE falling off.
IR diodes don't emit light over a single wavelength. Not only do they shift long with
temperature, but the rated wavelength is really an average of the range the wavelength
drifts over.
Very tight bandpass filters tend to drift shorter in wavelength off axis.
The Virtex 7's with dual A9MPs are going to be awesome parts.
They supposedly will function independently of the bitstream configuration,
which suggests increasing possibilities for partial reconfiguration.
Xilinx's software team needs to get their act together.
SystemVerilog for synthesis, extended IDE w/ tcl support are long overdue.[/rant]
Even worse is their "font colour='grey'" tag
really?
Microsoft can sell these at a loss and make it back with game sales.
kinect version 2 will likely include MORE sensors what with M$ buying Canesta http://canesta.com/
who build time-of-flight optical depth sensors...
anyone have specs on microsoft's IR CMOS sensor in this thing?
TFA lists X853750001 / VCA379C7130
Waste is the highest virtue one can achieve in an advanced capitalist society. The fact that this guy bought paper from Canada and wasted vast quantities playing Zork put an extra spin in the global economy, and that extra spin lifted capitalism to yet greater heights. If you put an end to all the waste, mass panic would ensue and the global economy would go haywire. Waste is the fuel of contradiction, and contradiction activates the economy, and an active economy creates more waste.
http://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/xmlui/bitstream/handle/1957/14352/cowellewilliam2010.pdf
This is great until you realize you're cooking your retinas..
a = 0.999...
10a = 9.999...
10a — a = 9.999... — a
9.000...1a != 9
But really, how do they plan to keep the panels clear of dust?
uh looks like he flew out of Kansai (KIX)
Though this would add a whole new dimension to test taking anxiety...
If they're running XP/2000, netmeeting. Takes less than a minute to explain how to launch & configure.
"Second Sight expects the Argus II to be its first commercially available device, hitting the United States market in 2010. Mech said the company hasn't set a price, but suggested the Argus II would cost more than a cochlear implant. That could put the price between $60,000 and $100,000. Meanwhile, he hopes to start clinical trials in 2011 for a third generation of the device with more than 200 electrodes." [Science Notes 2009] http://scicom.ucsc.edu/SciNotes/0901/pages/vision/vision.html [Integrated Bioelectronics Research] http://ibr.soe.ucsc.edu/index.php?file=kop10.php
These monitors are typically a chest strap paired with a watch. The watch gives BPM information to the user so they can train at a suitable level. Its fine to want to be informed, but why are you asking Slashdot?