Archive for December 2009

The dark side of space about to be illuminated

The Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer will capture hundreds of thousands of previously unknown objects that are too cool and too dark to be seen with most telescopes.
By John Johnson Jr.
December 10, 2009
One might think that after centuries of scanning the night skies, mankind would have a pretty clear idea of who our galactic neighbors are, [...]

Start-Up Promises More Game Realism

Engineers Say Technology Will Speed Production of Film-Like 3-D Images
A start-up founded by former Apple Inc. engineers said it has developed technology that could bring film-like realism to computer games and change the way movie makers and other design professionals work.
The San Francisco company, Caustic Graphics Inc., plans to exploit a technique called ray-tracing that [...]