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Olympic athletes in 3D are the latest AR objects available in Google Search; here’s who you can see

July 28, 2021
Following an announcement at Google I/O earlier this year, the collection of 3D objects available in Search is expanding. Available now, a bunch of athletes from the Olympics can now be viewed in 3D through Search, and Google is even advertising them in Discover. Like the 3D animals that kicked off the trend, Olympic athletes in Google Search are animated models that show up under specific…
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Canon patent application shows shutter-like barrier mechanism for protecting mirrorless image sensors

July 28, 2021
Left: The barrier mechanism when it’s closed; Right: The barrier mechanism when it’s open. Canon has filed a new patent application for an in-camera mechanism designed to protect the shutter and image sensor of its mirrorless cameras from dust and debris when no lens is attached. Japanese patent application number 2019–234718 describes (machine-translated) an ‘invention related…
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The new 'entry-level' Phantom TMX 5010 video camera can shoot at up to 1.16M FPS

July 28, 2021
Vision Research has announced a new model in its Phantom TMX ultrahigh-speed camera lineup, the TMX 5010. The new camera is an ‘entry-level’ slow-motion camera. By ‘entry-level,’ we mean less expensive than the TMX 7510 and TMX 6410 cameras, but estimates still put the TMX 5010 at costing between $60,000 and $80,000. The Phantom TMX 5010 features a backside-illuminated…
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Blaize raises $71M for AI edge hardware

July 27, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Blaize, a company developing AI edge computing platforms for automotive, enterprise, and computer vision markets, today announced that it raised $71 million in series D funding led by Franklin…
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The Largest Camera Trap Wildlife Study is Now a Free Mobile Game

July 27, 2021
A massive ten-year-long biodiversity study that represents the largest camera trap effort ever has now been turned into a free mobile game called Unseen Empire. Oxford professor David Macdonald and his Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU) undertook the study to research the impact of deforestation on the habitat of the clouded leopard — an endangered large cat — writers Internet of…
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