Crowd Watching: Video Analytics Could Flag Crimes Before They Happen
April 18th, 2013 |
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Soon after the investigation into Monday’s Boston Marathon bombings began, law enforcement urged the public to e-mail any video, images or other information that might lead them to the guilty party. “No piece of information or detail is too small,” states the F.B.I.’s Web site. Picking through all of this footage in search of clues [...]
Keep reading »Slow-Motion Mayhem Video Sets Flour Aflame [video]
April 19th, 2012 |
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First, please enjoy this video of “Stupidity Captured at 2500 Frames per Second,” preferably in full-screen view at high resolution. Take special note of the “Flour + Candle” segment that starts around the 2:50 mark: If, like me, you were left wondering how and why ordinary cooking flour would ignite in a giant fireball, allow [...]
Keep reading »Oil spill worsens, offshore drilling plans in dire straits?
April 29th, 2010 |
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The Deepwater Horizon explosion and oil spill keeps getting worse—now gushing more than 200,000 gallons per day, according to NOAA estimates—five times more than original estimates and more than BP’s absolute worst case scenario in disaster plans filed with the government. That may not change any time soon. The last big blowout, at Ixtoc off [...]
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