The American Cancer Society of Utah’s Hope Gala is just around the corner. It’s a time when the community pitches in to help cancer patients in the Beehive State. Money raised will help fund programs such as Look Good, Feel Better, which gives cancer patients free beauty products and advice.
A national, long-term study researching the causes of cancer is looking for volunteers from Utah. The American Cancer Society will be following 300,000 participants from around the nation for the Cancer Prevention Study-3.
Cancer researchers are tackling a tough topic and asking Utah residents to help. Unlike much of the ongoing research to find a cure, a new nationwide study — backed by the American Cancer Society — aims to give physicians, patients and the public a better understanding of how cancer is caused, perhaps uncover more effective prevention […]
Sony released a 4K movie store which fueled concerns about bandwidth caps on broadband connections. EyeIO is handling the encoding and, if what they showed me holds up, the concerns could be overblown. Sony worked with musician Kurt Hugo Schneider to create a unique music video featuring cello with coke bottle accompaniment!
According to Sony, the 4K movie titles will each take up 45 to 60 gigabytes, allowing users download and store up to 50 movies on the company’s FMP-X1 4K set-top. Sony’s using an encoding system from startup Eye IO to compress the video, but has declined to specify the compression rate.
Sony is trying to keep bandwidth requirements in check using proprietary compression encoding technology developed by Eye IO, but the new 4K downloading service could wreak havoc on emerging usage-based broadband service policies that charge extra when customers exceed their monthly consumption limits.
Sony, which is using compression technology from Palo Alto-based eyeIO, obviously thinks otherwise and believes that it has timed everything right — the bandwidth availability and compression technology are both ready for 4K content and screens.
