Showing posts with label bugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bugs. Show all posts

Friday, 14 May 2010

Uncovered NVIDIA Driver Bug Improves Image Quality

Unlike some "bugs" that artificially inflate benchmark performance or lower detail levels, this one improves image quality by performing supersampling AA across the entire image.

The disadvantage of standard supersampling is that it scales with the grace of Rosie O'Donnell running 30 flights of stairs.

Source:
http://hothardware.com/Articles/Unintended-Consequences-Bugged-GeForce-Drivers-Improve-Image-Quality/

Build Your Own Laser System to Zap Mosquitoes in Midflight

Scientists have constructed prototypes that can identify mosquitoes from many meters away, track the bugs in flight, and hit them with debilitating blasts of laser fire. They've put together this how-to guide to building this photonic bug killer for just a few thousand dollars.

Source:
http://spectrum.ieee.org/consumer-electronics/gadgets/backyard-star-wars