Israeli Computer Scientist’s BriefCam SW Compresses Time on Videos theworld.org

Posted on May 28, 2013 by hanshowe

The SW creates, effectively, a video synopsis…

“At the first stage, we separate automatically the moving objects from the static background,” Peleg explained. In this case, the software identifies the people entering and exiting the building.

The software then replays the scene as if the people moved through the area simultaneously.

Shmuel Peleg“We pack as many objects as we can from as many different times as we can, so that we can see all the objects and all the activities in as short as possible time,” he said.

The summarized surveillance video from the office building, for example, compresses about two hours of activity into just a minute and a half.”

http://www.theworld.org/2013/05/video-software-compresses-time-aids-police/

and more samples here
https://www.youtube.com/user/BriefCamVS

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Warning lands Batavia teacher in hot water – DailyHerald.com

Posted on May 28, 2013 by hanshowe

Kids are forced to incriminate themselves on a voluntary mandatory non-anonymous anonymous survey so teach acquaints them with their 5th Amendment rights not to disclose shit, so The Powers That Be get all nuclear on him… It’s just for your own good kids, honest

http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20130525/news/705259921/

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The Black Death Is Doing Fine – And Becoming Resistant

Posted on May 28, 2013 by hanshowe

from Contagions

Yersinia pestis-plague-black death“Tibet-Qinghai plateau region is where Yersinia pestis originated and the region where subsequent pandemics arose, I think its time to look more closely at regional outbreaks and case studies.

In this region, the marmot (Marmota himalayana) is the primary reservoir for Yersinia pestis. This large communal burrowing rodent is hunted by local Tibetan tribesmen for both meat and pelts. Butchering marmots has long been considered a risk factor for contracting plague via their fleas, aerosols or skin abrasions. To investigate the exposure of marmot hunters to plague, Chinese epidemiologists collected serum from 120 Qinghai villagers, 68 male hunters and 52 female family members, along with 120 negative controls from the non-endemic area of Beijing. None of the villagers or controls reported having a fever within the last two years.

The results are eye-opening and illustrates the importance of occupational exposure. Over a third of the male villagers had an antibody response to Yersinia pestis. Only 2% of their female family members produced an antibody response. Wether two fever-free years are enough time to determine if they had symptomatic plague in the past is an open question. Their letter to Emerging Infectious Diseases does not provide much information on the test subject’s histories or oral reports. [see more here LINK]”

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