Sep 23

Scientists reconstruct images from our brains, plan to do the same for dreams (video)

Posted in: Today's Chili, video, videos, YouTube

This is your brain. And now this is your brain on YouTube. By using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) software, researchers at UC Berkeley created a visual representation of what our brains see when we watch a TV or movie. It works as such: scientists show subjects random clips and measure the corresponding cerebral activity. After the computer “learns” what vids evoke what brain activity, scientists feed 18 million seconds of random YouTube videos into the computer program where it reconstructs a movie representation of neural happenings based on the hundred clips most similar to what it sees. Although the method currently only works with images actually viewed, the future goal is to recreate what people see in their dreams and memories — which could give doctors major insight to the minds of the mentally impaired, stroke victims or those with neurological disorders. Inception in real life isn’t exactly around the corner, but the implications of this new technology are pretty mind-blowing. See for yourself in the video after the break — no totem required.

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Sep 22

Scientists Reconstruct Brains’ Visions Into Digital Video In Historic Experiment

Posted in: Movies, science, Today's Chili, top, video, YouTube

UC Berkeley scientists have developed a system to capture visual activity in human brains and reconstruct it as digital video clips. Eventually, this process will allow you to record and reconstruct your own dreams on a computer screen. More »

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Sep 21

Roku announces Disney partnership, YouTube channel in the works

Posted in: apple tv, boxee, content, Google, hdpostmini, Today's Chili, TV, YouTube

Roku has been charming the pants off Google and the suspenders off Mickey. The media streaming company has shed light on both the development of a YouTube channel and a partnership with Disney. After an unofficial attempt at viral video stardom was quickly squashed by Google, Roku has confirmed via Facebook plans for a new YouTube channel. In another win for Roku addicts, the company launched a Disney channel where fans of the cartoon crew can ingest short form content from Disney.com, including animated shorts, movie trailers and music videos. As the first connected device to offer content from the Magic Kingdom, the friendship gives Roku some serious leverage over its competitors, just in time for the holiday spending spree.

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Roku announces Disney partnership, YouTube channel in the works originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 21 Sep 2011 16:32:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 16

YouTube Comments Parody

Posted in: Today's Chili, videos, Web Sites, YouTube

This article was written on September 19, 2007 by CyberNet.

The YouTube comment system has got to be one of the worst forms of expressions that I’ve seen in a long time. YouTube has become a dumping ground for spammers and people who say just about anything and everything, regardless of whether it applies to the video’s topic.

YouTube tried to curb the irrelevant commenting and the spammers by implementing a voting system a little while ago so that users could try to "bury" certain comments. As it turns out the YouTube crowd barely uses the system, but that’s no surprise since some of the videos can reach upwards of 15,000 to 20,000 new comments each day.

This post, however, isn’t just about criticizing the lack of control over the comments placed on YouTube. Instead I’ve been trying to ease you into a hilarious video that demonstrates what some YouTube comments would be like in the real world. I don’t recommend watching the video at work because there are a lot of off-color "comments" being made. Honestly though, this ranks high up there as one of the funniest YouTube videos I’ve seen.

***WARNING: THERE IS A LOT OF VULGAR LANGUAGE IN THE VIDEO***

Source: Google Blogoscoped

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Sep 15

YouTube unveils post-production suite, includes Instagram-like effects and shake reduction

Posted in: Google, minipost, Today's Chili, video, YouTube

Nothing says ‘YouTube‘ like a grainy handheld shot that acts as a catalyst for nausea; sadly, this may all be set to change. The digital home of Home Videos has introduced a suite of new effects that lets you patch up your candid classics, even after you’ve uploaded them. What’s more, the changes you make are non-destructive, so if your grand idea proves dreadful in reality, you can go back and undo all your meddling. The usual family-friendly sepia, cartoonify and vignette type fare — courtesy of photo editing amigos Picnik — are joined by some more practical tools such as brightness, rotate and the aforementioned sickness-solving stabilization. However, if your clip has more than 1,000 views you’ll need to save it as a new one — wouldn’t want the next Numa Numa vid to get all discolored after going viral, now would you?

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Sep 12

Google Video Gets Frames – Focuses on Search

Posted in: Google, Today's Chili, YouTube

This article was written on June 14, 2007 by CyberNet.

Now when you go to search for a video over at Google Video, you’ll notice a few changes when you click to view one of the video results. Google has implemented a new frame at the top of the Google Video Search, and it looks much like what you would see when you do a Google Image Search.

Google video frames

You’ll have the option to collapse the frame, or even remove the frame, but it’ll be there when you click to view YouTube videos, or any of the other third-party sites like MySpace, Daily Motion, AOL etc. Within the frame you’ll get a list of related videos and information about the video like how long it is, and the option to rate it. You can also email the page to a contact.  Below the frame you’ll find the video in its original context.

MetaCafe clearly didn’t want the Google Frame up at the top because they’ve used some JavaScript to redirect users to their site. Although, it’s probably set up to redirect for any other site that tries to put a frame around it. Just do a search and click on any MetaCafe result, you’ll see what I mean.

It appears as though Google finally has a clear direction of where they’re headed, and that’s to turn Google Video primarily into a Video Search Engine. It makes sense, they do search well, so why not focus their video efforts on doing just that? I don’t think they’ve really known exactly where they were headed with this one all along, they’ve kinda been flying by the seat of their pants.

New YouTube Layout

In related news, YouTube has a new beta version for the layout of their site.  Anytime you view a video, you’ll see “Try out the New (beta) version of this page!” in a yellow box right above the box with the code to embed the video. The changes aren’t TOO drastic and if you don’t like it, you’re given the option to return the previous layout. You can also get this layout by adding &v3 at the end of any YouTube URL.

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Sep 12

Orb Live finally lands for Android: streams video, delivers Hulu without the Plus

Posted in: Android, app, apps, Google, GoogleAndroid, hulu, mobilepostcross, streaming video, StreamingVideo, Today's Chili, YouTube
Orb Live for Android

Orb may have taken its sweet time, but an Android port of its Orb Live streaming app is finally available. By now you probably know the deal: install the Orb Caster app on your PC then fire up Live on your handset and you can start watching Netflix, Hulu (without a Plus account), YouTube, live TV (with the aid of a tuner) and video from other streaming sources like ESPN3 right on your phone over 3G, 4G or WiFi. In fact, Orb will stream just about any media from your PC to your phone, provided you can swallow the $10 price of the app. Orb Live for Android isn’t showing up in the market just yet for us, but we suspect it won’t be much longer now.

[Image credit: GigaOM]

Orb Live finally lands for Android: streams video, delivers Hulu without the Plus originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 12 Sep 2011 11:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 09

Bit.ly quantifies internet impatience, old links get no love

Posted in: research, social networking, SocialNetworking, statistics, Today's Chili, twitter, video, YouTube

Oh internet, we love your animated GIFs and sad Keanu websites, but how much attention are we really giving each link? According to a recent study by URL shortener Bit.ly, a standard link is clicked for an average of three hours until traffic subsides by 50 percent, eventually fading away into oblivion. If we’re talking about a super timely news story like an earthquake hitting the east coast, well, its half-life was a paltry five minutes. When URLs are shared on social networks, they last around 3.2 hours on Facebook and 2.8 hours on Twitter, but those on YouTube persist more than twice that long. There, link half-life is 7.4 hours — probably because it’s home to phenom bomb memes like the one found after the break.

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Sep 09

Google details its carbon footprint in new report, makes you think twice about Rickrolling someone

Posted in: Gmail, Google, Today's Chili, YouTube

The folks in Mountain View have always been obsessed with performance, but until now, Google had never come clean with the nitty-gritty surrounding power usage. A new report published by the company tells all, revealing that the search giant emits 1.5 million tons of carbon annually; a figure roughly on par with the UN’s operational footprint, or slightly more than the amount produced by the entire country of Laos. The docket also breaks down the carbon emissions by activity, too: individual searches yield 0.2g, ten minutes of YouTube emits 1g and the average Gmail user produces 1.2kg of CO2 over a year — which on average equates to a grand total of 1.46kg of CO2 per plebe across its properties. According to Google, that’s a figure that would have been higher had it not custom designed its data centers, achieving a fifty percent reduction in energy usage versus the industry average. Plenty of infographical delight awaits you at the source below.

Google details its carbon footprint in new report, makes you think twice about Rickrolling someone originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 09 Sep 2011 02:05:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Sep 01

Samsung’s Smart TV update will feature YouTube 3D videos

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Today at IFA 2011, one of Samsung’s many announcements is an update to its Smart TVs that will place YouTube’s library of 3D videos front and center for users to stream. So far one of the major issues for 3DTV owners has been a lack of content, but since it launched support for 3D videos two years ago, YouTube has accumulated quite a library of both professionally developed and user generated videos for viewing. HDTVs from LG added access to the site’s 3D content earlier this year, and the update is expected to appear across the Samsung lineup across the second half of 2011. We spoke with one of the engineer’s responsible for the initial rollout of YouTube’s 3D support, Pete Bradshaw, and he mentioned the project’s genesis as one of Google’s famous “20 percent” projects that was worked on on the side, but has now drawn the support of a multiperson team to support, and a rapidly expanding number of viewers and content creators uploading videos to the service. The intent is to make viewing 3D just as easy as watching anything else, once users film in 3D with their phone or camera, they can upload it to YouTube and watch on TV (or mobile device) without worrying about the formatting and technology involved. We’re still a few steps away from the magic bullet that removes the current hurdles for wider 3D acceptance in the market, but if you’re one of the (not so early at this point) adopters with the hardware to handle it, you’ll probably appreciate anything that makes more content available easily. Check after the break for the press release and a few sample videos to check out.

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