| Ultrafast data link thrills researchers
World-best collaborative research between Australian and United States universities has taken a giant leap forward with the successful launch today of a 1Gigabit per second data connection between the two countries. The ultrabroadband optical-fibre link - roughly 250 times faster than the standard broadband connection offered in metropolitan Melbourne - was demonstrated at the University of California San Diego and at the University of Melbourne today. Using large visual-display walls of high-definition screens in both cities, still images, audio, animations and video from Australian research conducted by neuroscientist Professor Graeme Jackson and water researcher Professor John Langford were presented in both cities at the same time. Participants in San Diego were able to question Professor Langford and Professor Jackson in real time - as if they were in the same room.
Broadcom Demonstrates Industry Leading Gaming Performance With ...
BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- 2008 MWC -- Broadcom Corporation (NASDAQ: BRCM) , a global leader in semiconductors for wired and wireless communications, today announced the first public demonstration showing realistic mobile game benchmarks based on the emerging OpenGL ES 2.0 graphics standard, running on cell phone hardware. In collaboration with Futuremark, a respected developer of PC and handheld performance benchmarks, Broadcom will demonstrate the ability of the OpenGL ES 2.0 standard to deliver a significantly enhanced gaming experience on mobile devices when powered with the innovative VideoCore(R) III multimedia processor. The enhanced mobile gaming demonstrations, utilizing Futuremark performance benchmarks and based on the Broadcom(R) BCM2727 VideoCore III multimedia processor, will be performed at this week's 2008 Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain, from February 11th to 14th and at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco from February 18th to 22nd.
Job expo helps inmates prepare for future outside lockup
STACY KAPLUS was ready. In the gymnasium on the first floor of Santa Rita county jail Friday, she had her resume, cover letter and business cards. She even had thank-you notes ready to send to the people she would meet. "I never wanted to do anything," she said. "(Now) I'm doing something for myself." Kaplus was among hundreds of minimum-security inmates in the Alameda County lockup looking toward a futureon the outside. More than 20 employment recruitment, social and health organizations showed up Friday to give the inmates information on programs and services that can get them jobs, education and health care. Kaplus, who spent 10 years in the Army, also found out about veterans services for which she may be eligible. This is the second career-type fair the jail has held, said Alameda County sheriff's Sgt.
Power pole knocked down after crash
A crash at Old St. Augustine Road and Pine View Drive knocked out a power pole, but no one was seriously injured. The intersection was blocked off for several hours after the 3 a.m. crash so the power pole could be repaired, but it is now open, said Lt. Ken Bergstrom, of the Tallahassee Police Department. .
JVC introduces high-resolution fixed IP network camera
JVC Professional Europe has extended its IP camera product line up with the introduction of a new high-resolution fixed IP network camera, model VN-V25U. The VN-V25U comes in a 23% smaller enclosure than its predecessor the VN-C20U and incorporates advanced electronics for IP surveillance.
The VN-V25U produces superior image quality and the camera provides full motion dual stream VGA resolution for both Motion JPEG and MPEG-4 images at 30 frames per second (fps). Here, operators are able to view images in real-time and at a low bandwidth MPEG-4. When an alarm is triggered, the camera can stream real-time Motion JPEG images for continuous and high quality recording.
The Wide-D function incorporated inside the camera is the equivalent to the conventional wide dynamic range function found inside traditional analogue CCTV cameras and allows pictures to be adjusted to identify details of the subject even in backlit conditions.
Cis' blog roundup - Friday
And he looked like he was already involved in a nice conversation. Only later did it occur to me that my photo has been posted here a few times, too, so maybe I wouldn't be a complete stranger. Darn. Opportunity lost. I imagine we could have had a great conversation! UBob (reviewing the North Idaho Fair): Overall, the North Idaho fair sucked. It was rinkydink. I thought the Spokane County Fair was an exercise in hickiness. But the North Idaho fair was rubeoriffic. The beer garden was ok. The little kids racing 65cc motocross bikes weren't bad, especially when they had nasty wrecks. But the small display halls and stupid stinky draft horses and idiot volunteers were just too much for my aesthetics, man, not groovy. The stick food saved it. (For the complete comment, click here.) DFO: Believe it or not, I've never met UBob in person either.
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