This paper addresses the problem of estimating the 3D model of an object from a sequence of images where the object is visible from different point of views. In particular, the paper considers the case of turntable image sequences, i.e. images captured under circular motion. A new method is hence proposed for this problem, which consists of determining the image point correspondences of each 3D...

The Micro Gallery, recently installed at the National Gallery in London, Is a public-access information system. It provides a comprehensive and richly interconnected illustrated encyclopedia of the cdlectlon. The paper summarizes the choice of technology, the system architecture and design issues. The purpose of the system Is to provide a resource to enhance visitors' appreciation of the painti...

We present two extensions to the Space Carving framework. The first is a progressive scheme to better reconstruct surfaces lacking sufficient textures. The second is a novel photo-consistency measure that is valid for both specular and diffuse surfaces, under unknown lighting conditions.

Background & Aims of the Study: Azo dyes are employed in industrial processes such as textile industry to create large quantities of colored sewages that have organic and non-organic materials. So, remediation of them is essential. In this project, degradation and mineralization of Acid red 14 (AR14) that is a mono Azo dye and widely used in the textile industries was investi...

An intensive in-house effort in the past year has produced coatings and devices that will survive the peak 35 1-nm fluence expected in the OMEGA Upgrade. The stringent ultraviolet requirements for the upgrade stem from the decision to place the frequency-conversion crystals in the laser bay (rather than at the target chamber).l At that time, only one report of satisfactory laser-damage threshol...

A broad class of supersymmetric extensions of the standard model predict a Z 0 vector boson whose mass is naturally in the range 250 GeV<MZ0<2 TeV. To avoid unacceptably large mixing with the Z, one requires either a discrete tuning of the U(1)0 charges or a leptophobic Z 0. Both cases are likely to arise as the low energy limits of heterotic string compacti cations, but a survey of existing re...

A broad class of supersymmetric extensions of the standard model predict a Z ′ vector boson whose mass is naturally in the range 250 GeV<MZ′<2 TeV. To avoid unacceptably large mixing with the Z, one requires either a discrete tuning of the U(1) charges or a leptophobic Z . Both cases are likely to arise as the low energy limits of heterotic string compactifications, but a survey of existing rea...

The “Care Delivery Frame (CDF)” presented here integrates two distinctly different applications, the home telehealth system and the remote photo sharing service of digital photo frame, to create a unique information channel for senior users who are not familiar with the operation of computers and Internet. In addition to health data monitoring, children or caregivers can “deliver care” to their...

We present first experiences from Local Area Artworks, a system enabling collaborative art interpretation on-site, deployed during an exhibition in a local art gallery. Through the system, we explore ways to re-connect people to local places by making use of their personal mobile devices as interfaces to the shared physical space. With a collocated collaborative writing system in the semi-publi...