ISO 4241:2019—Projection Film Leader
Does film have sound? If the reel has a thin yellow or rust-colored strip alongside the reel next to the sprockets and a thicker yellow-colored…
ISO 12233:2023—Photography Resolution & Spatial Frequency
With consumer digital cameras, the term resolution of is often incorrectly interpreted as the number of addressable photoelements. Quantitatively, resolution refers to the ability of…
High Definition TV Analog Component Video Interface Standard
The world’s first viable television contained only 30 vertical lines, while today, almost one century later, there exist roughly one million to eight million pixels on a single…
Cell Phone Towers Disguised as Trees
Nature often clashes with society, and the companies and groups involved with the incompatibility will make attempts to assimilate their products and/or services with the…
ISO Speed Standard for Film Speed
ISO 6:1993 Photography — Black-and-white pictorial still camera negative film/process systems — Determination of ISO speed specifies the numerical scale that measures photographic film’s sensitivity…
ISO TC 36 Cinematography Standards
Standards published by the ISO Technical Committee 36 focus on cinematography, the art of making motion pictures. Standards relating to cinematography primarily focus on the…
Ergonomic Hazards of Touch Screens
Touch screens have become a widely used input method for computers, cell phones, tablets, and video game controllers. While this type of gesture-based interface can…
Brain-Computer Interface (BCI) Technology
Brain-computer interfaces (BCI) allow living things to interact with technology in the simplest sense. Think about it: when you move your eyes to read or…
Real-Life Lightsaber and the Hammer of Thor
Technological innovation can take the foundational elements of science fiction and merge them into reality, albeit with some limitations. California-based engineer Allen Pan has successfully…