Seeing the forest and the trees
With human emissions of carbon dioxide on the rise, there is growing interest in maintaining the Earth's natural mechanisms that absorb and store carbon. A new study released this week in the on-line edition of the journal Science suggests that tree diversity in tropical forests plays a crucial role in determining how much carbon these natural storehouses are able to hold, as well as their abilit...MIT 'seeing machine' offers hope to blind
An MIT poet has developed a small, relatively inexpensive "seeing machine" that can allow people who are blind, or visually challenged like her, to access the Internet, view the face of a friend, "previsit" unfamiliar buildings and more. Recently the machine received positive feedback from 10 visually challenged people with a range of causes for their vision loss who tested it in a pilot c...UW's Waisman Center seeing strong demand for biomanufacturing facility time
In its very low-technology manner, the whiteboard indicates the success of the facility, which is a...Photography is in the seeing, not the technology
, the renowned photography school in Santa Fe, New Mexico. In the spirit of full disclosure, I was the guest of a very gracious Kodak. The objective of the three-day workshop was to teach a small group of us who write and talk about digital imaging to be fully immersed in the art...UW-Madison helps Imago carry out its big vision for seeing small
atom probe is a veritable jungle of glinting steel, glowing ports and snaking hoses and wires. This microscope that lets scientists peer at the very atoms that compose matter does so by an intricate process, first plungi...Love is blind and Seeing is not Believing – Parents Don’t Believe Their Children Are Overweight!!
Britain: Parents are blind to their children’s obesity, say some researchers from the Peninsula Medical School in Plymouth. Obesity rates have gone up in recent times, and nearly half of Britons come under the overweight category.// Apart from alarming obesity rates, perhaps what is even more disturbing is the parents’ apathy to obesity amongst their children, which is akin to sitting on a tick...Seeing Is Believing Does Not Hold Good For Color Perception
It has been regarded that color perception is dependent on the specialized cells of the eye. This may no longer// be true as the results of a research state that our perception of color is controlled much more by our brains than by our eyes. The number of color-sensitive cones in the human retina differs dramatically among people—by up to 40 times—yet people appear to perceive colors the...Women's Self-Esteem Not Lowered By Seeing Ultra Thin Models
Thin models, believed to set unrealistic standards of beauty are most commonly blamed for lowering self-esteem of women who watch the advertisement. Based on this trend, // a lot of marketing companies (including Dove) have started looking out for realistic-looking models to convey messages in an effective way. A new study has now revealed that moderately heavy women are more likely t...A Visually Impaired Patient Pioneers The 'Seeing Machine'
Elizabeth Goldring, a 61-year-old woman who gradually lost her eyesight to juvenile diabetes, has managed to urge scientists and device makers to create// a "seeing machine" that will enable her and thousands like herself to see despite failing visual acuity. The idea was born when Ms Goldring was examined with a scanning laser ophthalmoscope, when she was able to read a word for the...Are Women Seeing the Most Experienced Breast Cancer Surgeons?
Women who took more control over choosing their breast cancer surgeon were more likely to be treated by more experienced // breast surgeons and at a hospital affiliated with an accredited cancer program, compared to women who were referred by another doctor or their health plan, according to a study led by researchers at the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center. The stud...