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Neat BBC video color recovery research

raygirvan — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:02:01 -0800

Unscrambling an army of colours, reports The Guardian on the BBC's forthcoming screening of a colour-restored episode of the WWII sitcom Dad's Army. Not seen for 40 years and lost in its original PAL video colour format, it existed only as an archive on 16mm b&w film. However, the Colour Recovery Working Group found a way to recover the colour information from "chroma dots": pattern artefacts on the b&w representing unfiltered colour signal. Techie details here and here.

Voices from the past

starscream — Mon, 26 Jul 2004 19:02:03 -0800

Getting back into the groove : In the corner of a California university laboratory, two men are battling against time to perfect a machine that will read old recordings - using special microscopes to scan the grooves - and software that can convert those shapes into sound. Their work could bring history to life.

But can they blog?

Steve_at_Linnwood — Fri, 09 May 2003 10:27:08 -0800

Apparently monkeys cannot write Shakespeare.

skallas — Mon, 27 Aug 2001 01:17:14 -0800

Two months from illiterate to MP3 trading hax0rz. Very cool social experiment showing how easy today's GUIs are to use, especially for kids.

nonharmful — Sat, 19 May 2001 04:24:18 -0800

Patient confidentiality vs. cancer research. New rules on patient confidentiality prevent "research that recognises dangerous side effects of treatments and it would prevent research that would recognise avoidable causes of diseases and death. " What is more important: 'medical progress' or 'your medical file'?