Posts Tagged ‘ Camera ’

Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas 

January 14, 2012
Robot ball, kid-proof toys gamble in Vegas 

  One of the pleasures, and risks, of attending the gigantic Consumer Electronics Show is seeing a bunch of new products that look incredibly cool. Why a risk? Because things that look incredibly cool under carefully controlled conditions in Las Vegas sometimes turn out to be less than stellar successes by the time they hit [...]

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TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

January 14, 2012
TPG willing to invest $1 billion in Olympus 

A disassembled Olympus camera and its parts are seen in this illustrative photograph taken in Tokyo November 24, 2011. Private equity firm TPG Capital is willing to invest about $1 billion in Japan’s Olympus Corp in a joint deal with Sony Corp or another suitor circling the scandal-hit firm, a person familiar with TPG’s thinking [...]

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Camera lets people shoot first, focus later 

October 22, 2011
Camera lets people shoot first, focus later 

Startup Lytro unveiled a camera that lets people adjust the focus on photos after they take them. The camera has been billed as the first that captures the entire light field in a scene. Startup Lytro unveiled a camera that lets people adjust the focus on photos after they take them. Work that Ren Ng [...]

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'Live' with Leica photos 

May 20, 2011
'Live' with Leica photos 

   "Reading Newspaper by the Lake", a photo on display at an exhibition themed "Live" featuring photos taken with Leica cameras. Leica Club Vietnam has opened Vietnam’s first exhibition featuring photos taken by those who share the love for the famous Leica cameras. Themed “Live”, the event features about 70 photos from 27 photographers of [...]

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Teachers oppose classroom cameras 

November 16, 2010
Teachers oppose classroom cameras 

Children perform in a play at a Ho Chi Minh City kindergarten Installing cameras in classrooms may inspire teachers to quit en masse, teachers and education officials in Ho Chi Minh City have warned.  Taking a cue from several private kindergartens, the city’s Department of Education and Training plans to install experimental cameras at [...]

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Love of photography knows no bounds

September 3, 2009
Love of photography knows no bounds

LookAtVietnam – Times change. People change. Only memories, happy or sad, will stay in our hearts and minds. So, people want to capture their intangible moments with photos   Nghe Lam Long Nhan (Longan Processing)  Photo Le HaoLookAtVietnam – Times change. People change. Only memories, happy or sad, will stay in our hearts and minds. [...]

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Here’s lookin’ at you, kid

August 20, 2009
Here’s lookin’ at you, kid

Big Mommy is Watching You: Children play at a kindergarten in Ho Chi Minh City. Parents demand that schools offer direct full-day video surveillance of their children.  Before every summer ends and a new school year begins, parent circles are abuzz discussing which schools have the best locations, infrastructure, teachers, and tuition fees.But there’s a [...]

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Keeping your child in sight

August 17, 2009
Keeping your child in sight

LookAtVietnam – Parents now rush to bring children to schools where cameras are installed to allow them to watch their children’s activities from home. “You will feel secure when keeping your children with us. The high technology cameras will help you watch your children in their learning, playing and sleeping activities from your home. You [...]

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ATMs in Vietnam – “golden land” for card crime

April 16, 2009
ATMs in Vietnam – “golden land” for card crime

As other countries in the region and the world have turned to use cards with EMV chips, Vietnam’s ATM system with the magnetic card technology will become a “golden land” for card crime. On April 12 in the afternoon, while withdrawing money from an East Asia Bank (EAB) ATM on Hoang Quoc Viet street in [...]

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Hand-held maverick

March 9, 2009
Hand-held maverick

Vietnamese-American filmmaker Stephane Gauger (R) discusses he script with his actress Pham Gia Han for a scene of “Owl and he Sparrow” – Gauger’s debut as a director In his directorial debut, Vietnam-born Stephane Gauger captures street life in a city of energy and sensory overload. “Owl and the Sparrow,” a moving drama about the [...]

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Vietnam, Cuba foreign ministries to bolster ties

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Vietnam’s top diplomat has affirmed that the Foreign Ministry will closely cooperate with its Cuban counterpart to implement the agreements reached by the two...