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How Does JPEG Work? Understanding the Subtle Beauty of Image Compression

FEATURE By Abdulrahman Mahmoud, February 5, 2024, 6:07 AM TechSpot Tech Culture

At a high level, JPEG is a lossy image compression technique. What you may not realize is that achieving this required a fascinating blend of human perception, elegant signal processing, and clever engineering prowess.

Let's begin with a visual challenge: What are the colors of the tiles marked as A and B in the image?

Science Tech Culture

Scientists accidentally create the world's lightest paint by mimicking Mother Nature

A drop the size of a raisin could paint both sides of the door to your house

Yeah! Science! Traditional paint is made from a bonding agent, such as oil, and pigments from heavy metals like cobalt, ochre, and cadmium, which make blue, red, and yellow, respectively. We use paint to color the artificial world, but in nature, creatures such as butterflies and beetles display vibrant palettes without pigment - they use topography.

Full story By Cal Jeffrey, March 23, 2023, 1:59 PM 14 comments

ViewSonic VP3268-4K Review: Accurate 32-inch 4K Monitor for Pros

FEATURE By Tim Schiesser, December 19, 2017, 6:17 AM TechSpot Electronics

When you're a creative professional in need of color accuracy, there are many high quality options available on the market. We're looking at one of these monitors today, the ViewSonic VP3268, which is one of the highest-end monitors ViewSonic sells. It's a large 32-inch 3840 x 2160 IPS LCD, complete with unique features geared specifically towards professionals.

Electronics Industry

Olympus develops prototype image sensor that captures color and near-infrared simultaneously

By Shawn Knight, June 8, 2016, 4:00 PM

Mobile Apple

Apple iPhone 6c shows up in leaked images

By Shawn Knight, March 31, 2015, 6:15 PM