Burning Question: Why Do DVDs Still Have Region Codes?
While vacationing in France, you find a DVD of Ishtar. Score! (It’s never been released on DVD in the US). But when you get home, you discover that you’ve purchased a Region 2 disc, which, in your Region 1 player, is as useful as a coaster. This raises two questions: Why do you want to watch Ishtar? And why do we still have region codes?
The answers: taste and money, respectively. Though there’s no accounting for the former, those codes may soon be gone.
Regional restrictions began in 1997, as DVD technology was rolling out. They have nothing to do with the NTSC and PAL...
WebBuzz du 10/02/2015: Robot quadrupède tous terrains-All road four legged robot
Robotics lab Boston Dynamics est heureux de vous annoncer la naissance de spot. C'est un robot quadrupède totallement indépendant et capable d'affronter n'importe quel terrains. Il se déplace tout seul et sait garder l'équilibre. Impressionnant.
Robotics lab Boston Dynamics is pleased to announce the birth spot. It is a quadruped robot totally independent and able to tackle any terrain. It moves by itself and knows how to keep the balance. Impressive.
Review: Get Your Game On With Sony's Xperia Play Android Phone
Where most slider phones have a keyboard, Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play sports Playstation controls. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com.
Mothers, lock up your gamers. The PlayStation phone has arrived.
And while it’s a bit on the chubby side, we think that, for Sony Ericsson’s Xperia Play, big is beautiful.
You could almost call the Xperia Play the shorter, fatter cousin to the svelte Xperia Arc, which Sony Ericsson once described as the “world’s thinnest smartphone.” At .62 inches, the Play looks positively bulky compared to its Xperia-line relatives — a veritable Jan Brady to the Arc’s Marcia.
WebBuzz du 13/04/2016: Nouvelle technique photographique par satellite lab-Satellite lab show a new Photo technic
Satellite lab dévoile une des dernières techniques photographiques. Avec l'utilisation de plusieurs flash entourant la scène à photographier, cela permet de créer des films avec une précision incroyable et un effet très visuel.
satellite lab reveals a recent photographic techniques. With the use of multiple flash surrounding the shooting scene, this will create movies with incredible precision and a visual effect.
WebBuzz du 11/02/2015: Un avion frôle 2 parachutistes-A plane nearly touches 2 skydivers
Le meilleur moyen de découvrir les sensations de la chute libre est le saut en parachute en tandem. C'est ce que propose Forest Pullman: lui et sa parternaire de saut l'ont échappé belle. L'avion qui les a emmenés à 4000m les a frolés lors de leur saut. Fort heureusement personne ne fut blessé mais tous les 2 ont eu leur lot de sensations très fortes
The best way to experience the thrill of freefall skydiving is in tandem. This is what Forest offers Pullman him and his jump parternaire have a narrow escape. The plane that took them to 4000m has grazed them when they jump. Fortunately nobody was hurt but all the 2 had their share of strong sensations
WebBuzz du 01/09/2016: Croissance d'aiglons en accéléré-Eagle Time-Lapse
WebBuzz du 05/04/2016: Entrainement d'escrime contre un drône-Fencing Quadrotor Dynamic Obstacle Avoidance
Les drônes sont fascinants pour les ingénieurs. Ils sont légers et facile à programmer. Ce chercheur a mis au point un programme d'évitement. Et depuis, il s'est mis à l'escrime. Dois t on y voir une inspiration directement tiré de la guerre des étoiles ?
The drones are fascinating for engineers. They are lightweight and easy to program. This researcher has developed an avoidance program. And since he started fencing. T Do we see inspiration drawn directly from Star Wars?
WebBuzz du 16/12/2014: Technique Platforme controllée par 6 servo-moteurs-Technic platform PID control with 6 DOF
WebBuzz du 26/07/2017: Faire de la balançoire en voiture-Car swinging
WebBuzz du 15/07/2016: démonstration des capacités des traitements vidéos-What CGI can do now
Avec la puissance surdéveloppée des processeurs, les effets vidéos ne connaissent presque plus de limites. Voici un exemple avec ce petit clip des capacités de transformations et d'animations. incroyables.
With overdeveloped processing power, video effects hardly know no bounds. Here's an example with this small clip transformation capabilities and animations. incredible.









