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Thanksgiving Home Movies

Denise — Fri, 26 Nov 2010 18:35:52 +0000

For the family Thanksgiving dinner that was held at my parents house my kid brother had the insight to bring several DVDs that he had made from the old home movies that were on VHS and had no sound. He had them playing on the big screen in the family room so that everyone was able to watch and enjoy them as we were waiting for the food to be ready and then while we pigged out and there was even plenty enough left to continue playing and entertaining until the last people left.

It was awesome to see these videos along with the family and friends that gathered that day. I have to hand it to my brother setting the whole thing up. Maybe one day one of us will take the time and put music together with them all, but that will take a lot of time and effort so I don’t see it happening any time soon.

New color matching technology

Denise — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 14:45:10 +0000

Hewlett PackardÂ today demonstrated a new color matching technology that could change the way people shop for products that require color coordination, such as cosmetics.HP Labs, the companyâ€™s central research arm, has developed a technology that uses sophisticated imaging algorithms and mobile networking to match colors that complement one another, including makeup specific to skin coloring.

Retailers, consumer goods and other companies that require a high level of color or image coordination could implement the technology to offer services that help their customers select the right products for their needs.

The color matching technology, which is currently in prototype, builds on HPâ€™s expertise in imaging, color science, mobility and networking

This is how it works, instead of sitting down with a consultant at a beauty counter, a shopper photographs herself using a mobile phone camera and while holding a specially designed color chart. The person then sends the photo as an MMS (multimedia message) to an advisory service. That system locates the personâ€™s face within the image and color corrects the image for camera and lighting discrepancies.

Skin pixels are extracted from the color corrected image of the personâ€™s face, and then compared to an existing database of previously captured and analyzed images of skin tones of real people. In a matter of seconds, people using the service receive a text message response with a recommendation on the shades of makeup that are best suited to their complexion.

The technology can work with any mobile operator and on any mobile phone equipped with a camera. Photos demonstrating the color matching technology are available at www.hpl.hp.com/about/media/mobile_image/

I am a blogger

Denise — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 21:19:49 +0000

So I have a blog , wanted to get one for so long now I could almost taste it in my mouth. Have had a great time reading friends blogs and some other corporate blogs overtime that I figured I would start my own.

I know I am not going to make a million blogging but I wanted to have a place to store all my thoughts and photos and my MySpace was getting old so I got my own dot com.

To give you my reader a better understanding of what is to come I am passionate about science and technology and the pursuit of happiness for all of man kind.