Mobile Visual ComputingMobile phones made cameras ubiquitous and programmable. In this talk I will discuss how programmable cameras can be made to take better pictures, and which other applications are enabled by mobile cameras.I'll discuss the mobile visual ecosystem, from hardware and software elements to standard APIs, from NVIDIA Research perspective. I ...
Where: Santa ClaraCost: $10 General, $5 Members at door, free in advance
A deeper look at General RelativityOur monthly meetings begin with a short "What's Up" presented by one of our members followed by a speaker. This month's speaker is Dr. Robert PiccioniThere is no fee for visitors but we appreciate a donation for light snacks and beverages.Check our web site www.mdas.net,
Plastic now pervades civilization---how many of the things you see from where you are right now are plastic? It is an ingenious material whose miraculous qualities we take too much for granted, but it also sometimes has nightmarish downstream effects. The giant polymer molecules (polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, etc.) that are ...
Movies allow us to experience and understand worlds we may never be able to visit. During this presentation Bill Schlotter will explain how to make movies of magnetic storage bits, which reside in our laptops and internet data centers and contain the world of information. Since these nanoscale bits switch ...