No More 3D glass for 3D Movies

3D Glass

A new technology have developed to enjoy 3D movie experience at home without using the 3-D glasses. This technology simply adapts conventional 3-D films to the new displays in real time will be unveiled in Berlin at this year's IFA trade show next month.

Now researchers at Fraunhofer Institute, Heinrich-Hertz Institute, HHI in Berlin developed a technology that converts a Blu-ray's existing 3-D content to be shown on autostereoscopic displays.

"Lounging on a sofa while watching a 3D movie is an exquisite pleasure for many film fans. Be that as it may, those nettlesome 3D glasses might diminish the fun somewhat," researchers said in a statement.
Though prototypes of these TV screens already exist, consumers will not have to wait much longer for the market introduction of these autostereoscopic displays.

However, autostereoscopic displays need five to ten views of the same scene. In the future, the number will probably be even more. This is because these displays have to present a three-dimensional image in such a manner that it can be seen from different angles, there is more than one place to sit on a sofa, and you should be able to get the same three dimensional impressions from any position.

"We take the existing two images and generate a depth map -- that is to say, a map that assigns a specific distance from the camera to each object," said Christian Riechert, research fellow at HHI.

Audience watching 3D movie

"From there we compute any of several intermediate views by applying depth image-based rendering techniques. And here's the really neat thing: The process operates on a fully automated basis, and in real time," he said. Previous systems were only capable of generating such depth maps at a dramatically slower pace; sometimes they even required manual adaption. The researchers have already finished the software that converts these data.

Antonio Banderas - Mask of Zorro

Antonio Banderas - Mask of Zorro

Antonio Banderas - Mask of Zorro

Antonio Banderas who is internationally known for his charisma and smoldering good looks, and he is the ultimate manifestation of the Latin heartthrob. Banderas wanted to become a professional soccer player until a broken foot sidelined his dreams at the age of fourteen. He then enrolled in some drama classes, and eventually joined a theatre troupe that toured all over Spain. His work in the theatre and performances on the streets, landed him a spot with the National Theatre of Spain. While performing with the theatre, Banderas caught the attention of the director Pedro Almodóvar, who cast the young actor in his film debut, Laberinto de Pasione (Labyrinth of Passion) (1982). 

He went on to appear in the director's La Ley del Deseo (Law of Desire) (1984), making headlines with his performance as a gay man, which required him to engage in his first male-to-male onscreen kiss. After Banderas appeared in Almodóvar's Matador (1986), the director cast him in his internationally acclaimed Mujeres al Borde de un Ataque de Nervios (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) (1988). The recognition Banderas gained for his role increased two years later when he starred in Almodóvar's controversial Atame! (Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!) as a mental patient who kidnaps a porn star (Victoria Abril) and keeps her tied up until she returns his love.Banderas made his first stateside appearance as an unwitting object of Madonna's affections in Truth or Dare (1991). The following year, still speaking next to no English, he starred in his first American film, The Mambo Kings. It was a testament to his acting abilities that, despite having to learn all of his lines phonetically, Banderas still managed to turn in a critically praised performance as a struggling musician. 

He broke through to mainstream American audiences as the gay lover of AIDS-afflicted lawyer Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) in Philadelphia (1993). The film's success earned Banderas wide recognition, and the following year he was given a substantial role in Neil Jordan's high-profile adaptation of Anne Rice's Interview with the Vampire, which allowed him to share the screen with the likes of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt. Banderas subsequently appeared in a number of films of widely varying quality, doing particularly strong work in Desperado (1995), Evita (1998), and The Mask of Zorro (1998). 

In 1999, he made his first foray into directing with Crazy in Alabama, a black comedy starring Melanie Griffith, to whom he had been married since 1996. The following year he starred as an aspiring boxer opposite Woody Harrelson in Play It to the Bone, portrayed a Cuban tycoon with a bad seed bride (Angelina Jolie) in Original Sin, and starred alongside Bob Hoskins and Wes Bentley in The White River Kid. 

Well established as a hearthrob and a talented dramatic actor by the end of the 1990s, the fact that Desperato director Robert Rodriguez was the only director to have expolored Banderas' comic potential (Banderas provided one of the few memorable performances in Rodriguez's segment of the otherwise abysmal Four Rooms (1995)) hinted at a heretofore unexplored but potentially lucrative territory for the actor. 

Later approached by Rodriguez to portray the super-spy patriarch in the family oriented adventure comedy Spy Kids (2001), Banderas charmed children and adults alike with his role as a kidnapped agent whose children must discover their inner stregnth in order to rescue their mother and father. After reprising his role in the following year's Spy Kids 2: Island of Lost Dreams, Banderas would next return to more adult oriented roles in both Brian DePalma's Femme Fatale and the ill-fated Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (both 2002). After essaying a more historic role in the dramatic biopic Frida (also 2002), the remarkably diverse actor would one again team with Rodriguez for the sprawling Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003). In 2004 he joined the highly successful Shrek franchise voicing Puss In Boots, and the character became so popular that he appeared in each of the following sequels, and was the subject of his own feature in 2011. In 2005 he played Zorro again, and he had a major part in the dance film Take the Lead. 

In 2011 he reteamed for the first time in two decades with Pedro Almodovar in the Hitchcock-inspired The Skin I Live In, and the next year he appeared as a mysterious international espionage figure in the action film Haywire. ~ Rebecca Flint Marx, Rovi.

Green Tea and its Health Benefits

Green Tea and its Health Benefits

Green Tea

Green tea is good for the over all functioning of the body as it is rich in antioxidants and also helps in weight loss.

Green Tea is widely used by the Chinese people and they were well aware about green tea from ancient time. In china there is a proverb that "Better to be deprived of food for three days, than tea of one". They use  the tea as a cure of headache or depression.

The scientific evidence suggests that regular green tea drinkers may have lower chances of heart disease and contracting certain types of cancer. 

Green tea is helpful in curing various health disorders such as:

•     Rheumatoid arthritis
•     High cholesterol levels
•     Cardiovascular disease
•     Infection
•     Impaired immune function

Green tea provides the most antioxidant polyphenols, and a catechin called epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG), which is responsible for most of the health benefits.

It not just inhibits the growth of cancer cells but also helps in killing those dangerous cells without harming any healthy cell.

It also lowers the total cholesterol levels, and improves the ratio of good cholesterol over bad cholesterol. Whereas, it inhibits the abnormal formation of blood clots which is the cause of heart attacks and stroke. Green tea represses angiotensin II which leads to high blood pressure & reduces the possibilities of heart attacks.

Green tea can even help in preventing tooth decay. As the bacteria destroying abilities of green tea helps in preventing food poisoning, it can also kill the bacteria that cause dental plaque.

Green tea drinkers have lower risk for a wide range of diseases, from simple bacterial or viral infections to chronic disease including cardiovascular disease, stroke, periodontal disease, and osteoporosis.

Green tea helps a lot in lowering down the sugar level in a body so its very god for a person who is suffering from diabetes. It will help them in controlling their sugar level without any extra effort. The polyphenols present in green tea extract reduces the amount of amylase produced by conversion of starch into sugar and hence the levels of sugar in the blood also decrease.

One of the great advantages of drinking green tea is still there & I know after listing about this reason you will surely have a hot green tea. That advantage is weight loss. All those who want to be slim, smart & gorgeous will enjoy the green tea because it is natural & don't have any side effect.

As green tea helps in burning the fat & increasing metabolism naturally due to the presence of catechin polyphenols. It lowers down the cholesterol & enhances fat oxidation. Moreover weight is gained as excess sugars and fats are stored in the body as fat cells. Green tea catechin helps in preventing obesity by inhibiting the movement of glucose in fat cells.

EGCG- a powerful antioxidant with positive qualities is important for any weight reduction program but the balanced diet & regular exercise is also must. Presence of EGCG in green tea makes it more important for any health disorder.

Green tea acts as an antibacterial and antiviral agent. It also helps in getting relief from influenza and diarrhea. It relieves stress, improves bone structure and delays the onset of osteoporosis.

As all other tea it helps in getting relief from depression & headache which is a usual problem of a common man in this busy world.

Green tea is a very useful variety of tea & I know a good poet can write a poem to praise it. I started using it & I am quite sure that you are also making decision to try it out. If yet not decided, decide it fast to get the advantage as earlier as possible & get rid of all your problems.

London Olympics - India bags fifth medal

London Olympics - India bags fifth medal

 Yogeshwar Dutt

Yogeshwar Dutt, 29 year old freestyle wrestler won India's fifth medal and fourth bronze at London Olympics in Men's 60kg freestyle category wrestling. 

He defeated Jong Myong Ri of DPR Korea in 3-1 taking the thrid period 6-0. This is India's 3rd Olympic bonze medal in wrestling.

Yogeshwar Dutt wrestled three bouts in a span of 45 minutes to clinch bronze.

After losing his second round match to Besik Kudukhov of Russia Dutt won two repechage rounds and then the bronze medal match. 

Yogeshwar Dutt defeated Masoud Esmaeilpoorjouybari of Iran 3-1 in the second repechage round to book a place in the bronze medal bout. 

He started wrestling at the age of 8, and he was an Haryana born wrestler competed in the 2004 Athens Olympics and the 2008 Beijing Olympics as well. 

Dutt came into the limelight in 1999 when he won gold at World Championship. He won his first gold medal at the 2003 Commonwealth Championships and repeated the feat at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi.