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LG 105 Inch Curved Ultra HD TV
This new TV looks insane. And by insane, we mean amazing. Boasting a ridiculous 105" screen, LG have put their curved Ultra HD TV up for pre-sale. Pricing is sketchy, as it differs massively by location. The TV is available for pre-order in South Korea, with a resolution of more than 11 million pixels (5120 x 2160), coupled with a CinemaScope 21:9 aspect ratio for the ultimate viewing experience.
This TV measures more than five times the resolution of a regular Full HD TV, resulting in a series of images that are so rich in both clarity and sharpness that the only way to fully appreciate the quality is to view it with your own eyes.As well as fantastic viewing, the sound is equally impressive.
With a built in 7.2 channel and new 150W sound system, the TV relies on LG's own ULTRA Surround concept, which is developed in conjunction with Harman Kardon, a renowned audio manufacturer.
This all adds up to an incredible sound. This whole set-up will certainly meet the expectations of any die hard TV fanatic, and rivals the power that could, before now, only be found in movie theatres.
In case this TV is too big for you, there is a smaller version measuring 77". The future of TV is evolving at an incredible pace, and it feels like only a matter of time before we all have full blown home cinema systems in our homes.
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Latest Invention: Software That Automatically Repairs the System Affected by Malware
Together
with his colleagues, Martin Rinar, who is currently a professor of
computer science at MIT, managed to create new software called ClearView that is able to identify the intrusion of alien software and generate a set of patches meant to repair the operating system. The new invention detects the rule that was compromised and then generates patches that make the software to pursue the compromised rules.
Afterwards the software analyses all options in order to decide which of the chosen rules represents the most suitable patch. The team's new invention searches for particular types of errors, which are often caused by a malicious code introduced into the operating software.
A great advantage of the new invention is that it can be installed on several computers that run the same software. When it selects the most effective patch, the latter can be installed on all the other computers.
The team of researchers carried out a test of the software on a group of machines that run Firefox. A team of independent programmers launched an attack on Firefox, each using a different type of attack. ClearView managed to block the malicious codes of all attacks. It also shut down the program prior to the attack.
The new invention discarded the wrong corrections and generated patches that corrected all errors caused by malware. Just after 5 minutes of the first attack ClearView managed to create a working patch.
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3D Designing Software
Qi explained to The Cambridge Student (TCS) why his programme ProFORMA (Probabilistic Feature-based On-line Rapid Model Acquisition) is so groundbreaking. He said, "ProFORMA is a system which allows you to create 3D models of textured objects from live video, using just a webcam and an ordinary computer. It enables 3D models to be created immediately, with no requirements for expensive hardware." ProFORMA can be used to acquire fully-textured, geometric models in just over one minute.
Dr Tom Drummond, Qi's PhD supervisor, outlined another benefit: "Unlike previous systems, ProFORMA does not require user input to help model the structure – it's essentially fully automatic." ProFORMA by-passes the need for any skilled operators in order to create models. Dr Drummond added: "The system should be much easier for people with no computer vision experience in particular."
Qi explained to TCS how the software is used: "The webcam remains stationary and a textured object is rotated in front of it by hand, and as this happens a model is built on the computer in real-time."
The hand is discarded from the reconstruction because it does not conform to the rigid body motion of the object. Moving the object by hand allows all parts of it, including the base, to be viewed and modelled.
Qi added: "It lets you immediately know the quality of the model based on your video sequence, without having to wait tens of minutes or hours to see whether you need to collect another video."Qi has already won the Best Demo Prize at the 2009 ISMAR (International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality) and he intends to keep working on the programme. He said: "I'd like to think that this is only the beginning, and I will be looking to greatly improve its performance in the future."
At the moment, the software only works for textured (detailed), rigid objects but he is hoping to improve the algorithm to be less dependent on texture. It has taken around eighteen months to develop the system to the current point.
In a few months, a Linux-based demo of ProFORMA will be released, followed by a Windows-based demo. The system, and research based on it, will form the main topic of Qi's thesis.
Dr Drummond added: "We've had enormous interest in the system from both academic and commercial sectors. The YouTube video has now had over 170,000 hits!"
One application of the new software that he suggests is in the creation of 3D models for use in computer games.
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