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…
Petri Dish Burger and Lab-Grown Meat
In the summer of 2013, scientists at Mark Post’s laboratory in Maastricht University in the Netherlands successfully produced the world’s first hamburger made from lab-grown…
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…
Text-to-Speech Technology (Speech Synthesis)
In our last post, we discussed speech-to-text technology, which has a background that varies from the history and current applications of text-to-speech technology. Text-to-speech, through…
Speech-to-Text and Phonetic Recognition
On September 1, 1878, Emma Nutt became the first female telephone operator, establishing a norm that lasted for over a century, until personnel who took…
Psychophysical Experimental Methods
Despite being an archaic adage, “a picture is worth a thousand words” really captures the complexities that exist within a single photo and how it…
ANSI E1.23: Entertainment Technology Fog Effects
To be successful, special effects must trick an audience, replicating stimuli that convince their brains that different illusions are identical or close to what they…