In the future, your smartphone could be taking photos and videos without reflections, obstructions getting in the way

A team of Google and MIT researches have devised an ingenious computational approach to what they’re calling ‘obstruction-free’ photography, and will be presenting the fruits of their labor at SIGGRAPH 2015. Luckily for us, the team behind the algorithm — including Tianfan Xue, Michael Rubinstein, Ce Liu, and William T….

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I am woman: reflections on Women’s History Month

The month of March often conjures up thoughts of strong gulf-stream winds, longer days accompanying the Spring solstice, vibrant blooms finally escaping winter’s grip, and a sudden onset of a national obsession with college basketball known as March Madness. Very few of us ever remember that March is also Women’s…

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