`Life Of Pi`, `Brave` big winners at VES awards

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 6, 2013, 15:02

Ang Lee`s ‘Life Of Pi’ and animated movie ‘Brave’ each took home four trophies at the 11th annual VES (Visual Effects Society) Awards.

Ang Lee to be honoured by visual effects society

Last Updated: Monday, January 7, 2013, 08:59

Ang Lee will be honoured with Visionary Award, a prestigious prize at the Visual Effects Awards here next month.

Toll in hooch tragedy rises to 20, 15 others taken ill

Last Updated: Monday, December 10, 2012, 20:37

The hooch tragedy in Bihar`s Bhojpur district has claimed 20 lives so far while 15 others were taken ill with two persons suffering visual impairment, an official said on Monday.

Reliance MediaWorks to part-own James `Titanic` Cameron firm

Last Updated: Monday, September 24, 2012, 11:36

Reliance MediaWorks has submitted a winning bid of $30.2 million to part-own some of the businesses of James Cameron`s Digital Domain Productions, which has to its credit visual effects for films like ‘Titanic’, it was announced Monday.

Sharks are colour-blind: Scientists

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 19, 2012, 22:16

Scientists have discovered that sharks are colour blind, a find which can impact human interactions with the predator.

Indians top in never doing an eye test: Study

Last Updated: Wednesday, July 18, 2012, 21:35

Even as India is home to one of the highest populations of the visually impaired, eye health is the least priority for the population here, a global survey said Wednesday.

Networked devices may grow two-fold to 2 bln by 2016: Cisco

Last Updated: Sunday, June 3, 2012, 13:27

With increasing popularity of high-speed internet services and proliferation of tablets and smart phones, the number of networked devices would double to around 2 billion in the country by 2016, networking company Cisco has said.

Bees `may improve robot vision`

Last Updated: Monday, May 14, 2012, 13:05

An international team claims that honeybees also use multiple rules to solve complex visual problems.

`New vision` tweaks drones` ability to fly precise

Last Updated: Tuesday, December 13, 2011, 14:58

A new visual system will tweak pilotless aircraft`s ability to navigate even more accurately by imitating how insects do it.

US artists to visit India for smart power diplomacy

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 19, 2011, 18:27

American artist teams will visit 15 countries including India to engage in people-to-people diplomacy through the visual arts.

Visual chronicle of Tagore`s forays into China

Last Updated: Friday, July 22, 2011, 11:24

A showcase of archival photographs and press clippings, "Rabindranath Tagore in China" will open in India.

`Alice`, `Inception` in race for visual effects Oscars

Last Updated: Sunday, December 12, 2010, 10:20

Fifteen films including Johnny Depp starrer `Alice in Wonderland` and Leonardo DiCaprio`s `Inception` have made it to the Oscar race this year for their visual effects.