The aim of my paper is to point out the inherent features of modern technology. In doing this I shall not primarily dwell on normative, moral issues, however important they are. The questions I raise pertain to the nature of man and to the structure of society, i.e., to the realm of the real world. My claim is that (a) it is only by turning to the interrelated general mechanisms, as considered ...

As part of a driver support system for motor vehicles on freeways an obstacle recognition system was developed within the EUREKA project PROMETHEUS over the last four years. The obstacle recognition system uses a single monochrome TV camera and a multi-processor robot vision system. The recognition system includes a road tracker and an obstacle detector that were described in previous publicati...

We revisit the dynamics of Prometheus and Pandora, two small moons flanking Saturn’s F ring. Departures of their orbits from freely precessing ellipses result from mutual interactions via their 121:118 mean motion resonance. Motions are chaotic because the resonance is split into four overlapping components. Orbital longitudes were observed to drift away from predictions based on Voyager epheme...

We have defined in [RKB99] a database model based on graphs and that puts the emphasis on relationships. This model was designed to support the Prometheus taxonomic model [PK99] and provide taxonomists with means of manipulating taxonomic data naturally and effectively. Since taxonomists are not computing specialists, the choice of graphs also has the advantage of being naturally represented gr...

The Prometheus project sought to create a real-time production chain for 3D content. This paper summarises the techniques that were developed for facial modelling, tracking and puppetry. The process used for creating photo-realistic models from images of the face is discussed along with the creation of a real-time markerless facial feature tracker, highlighting the methods for extracting pose, ...