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Hello. Can anyone help find any biographical information on this painter Tadashi Yasuda? Maybe searching in Japanese will help. I am getting nothing except sales of his paintings. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 05:07, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Light-field camera reads:
"A light field camera, also known as plenoptic camera, captures information about the light field emanating from a scene; that is, the intensity of light in a scene, and also the direction that the light rays are traveling in space. This contrasts with a conventional camera, which records only light intensity. "
1. Does the human capture both the intensity of light and direction of light? Or does the human eye only record light intensity like a conventional camera?
2. This product [1] claims that "the light can only be interpreted by a human — not a camera — so part of his problem in launching his product is that he can't film the experience". Presumbly the "camera" here is referring to a conventional camera. Would a Light-field camera be able to capture this special vision? Mũeller ( talk) 13:57, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Can a football player take the money intended for buying out a contract in Spain [2] and convert it into a crypto like Bitcoin then run away with the money? Obviously their real-world possessions would be confiscated, so that'd be a big deterrent. 161.185.161.31 ( talk) 16:28, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Heinrich Berghaus compiled an early atlas of global climate. Writing (I think) in the 1830s, one of the locations he mentioned was "Abuscheher". I would like to know the modern name for this location? He gave the geographic coordinates 28.25 N, 50.90 E, which is in the Persian Gulf. However, Berghaus was not a very reliable reporter of geography and his locations can by off by several degrees (especially the longitude). It is likely that "Abuscheher" refers to a port city, town, or island in the Persian Gulf. Probably somewhere that European sailors of that era would have cause to visit frequently. Does anyone have any idea what the modern name for "Abuscheher" might be? Dragons flight ( talk) 18:07, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
What civilian inventions and innovations went into subsequent military usage (akin to the opposite - military inventions in civilian service)? Excluding some shared common things, like metalworking processes, etc. Thanks. 212.180.235.46 ( talk) 20:43, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello. I've been editing Society for Social Studies of Science, the main international academic organization for the field of science and technology studies (which is my own field). The organization is currently tagged for notability, so I've been trying to find independent sources that explain what the organization is. I've hit four main roadblocks.
I suspect that a potential way out of this is to find references to the organization in STS books, but nothing immediately comes to mind. Any help with reference finding? - - mathmitch7 ( talk/ contribs) 21:43, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
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Hello. Can anyone help find any biographical information on this painter Tadashi Yasuda? Maybe searching in Japanese will help. I am getting nothing except sales of his paintings. KAVEBEAR ( talk) 05:07, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Light-field camera reads:
"A light field camera, also known as plenoptic camera, captures information about the light field emanating from a scene; that is, the intensity of light in a scene, and also the direction that the light rays are traveling in space. This contrasts with a conventional camera, which records only light intensity. "
1. Does the human capture both the intensity of light and direction of light? Or does the human eye only record light intensity like a conventional camera?
2. This product [1] claims that "the light can only be interpreted by a human — not a camera — so part of his problem in launching his product is that he can't film the experience". Presumbly the "camera" here is referring to a conventional camera. Would a Light-field camera be able to capture this special vision? Mũeller ( talk) 13:57, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Can a football player take the money intended for buying out a contract in Spain [2] and convert it into a crypto like Bitcoin then run away with the money? Obviously their real-world possessions would be confiscated, so that'd be a big deterrent. 161.185.161.31 ( talk) 16:28, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Heinrich Berghaus compiled an early atlas of global climate. Writing (I think) in the 1830s, one of the locations he mentioned was "Abuscheher". I would like to know the modern name for this location? He gave the geographic coordinates 28.25 N, 50.90 E, which is in the Persian Gulf. However, Berghaus was not a very reliable reporter of geography and his locations can by off by several degrees (especially the longitude). It is likely that "Abuscheher" refers to a port city, town, or island in the Persian Gulf. Probably somewhere that European sailors of that era would have cause to visit frequently. Does anyone have any idea what the modern name for "Abuscheher" might be? Dragons flight ( talk) 18:07, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
What civilian inventions and innovations went into subsequent military usage (akin to the opposite - military inventions in civilian service)? Excluding some shared common things, like metalworking processes, etc. Thanks. 212.180.235.46 ( talk) 20:43, 8 August 2018 (UTC)
Hello. I've been editing Society for Social Studies of Science, the main international academic organization for the field of science and technology studies (which is my own field). The organization is currently tagged for notability, so I've been trying to find independent sources that explain what the organization is. I've hit four main roadblocks.
I suspect that a potential way out of this is to find references to the organization in STS books, but nothing immediately comes to mind. Any help with reference finding? - - mathmitch7 ( talk/ contribs) 21:43, 8 August 2018 (UTC)