(Quicktime Movie - streaming 4kb) A quick overview of the Visualization and Digital Imaging Lab located in MPAC 154 on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus.
Virtual tour of the Viz Lab
Thermal image of moose on the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska taken in
August 2010 with the VDIL Raytheon Nightsight PalmIR 250. White
colors indicate warmer temperatures. Losing heat to the air is one
way that moose regulate body temperature. This is part of a
research project on moose in northeastern Minnesota. The moose population in northwest
Minnesota collapsed, and moose in the northeast are undergoing
higher mortality than expected. We will deploy radiotelemetry collars
on moose in NE Minnesota to investigate this problem. These
collars will be among the most advanced collars deployed on any
animal in the world, with GPS units, activity counters, and
temperature sensors. We will measure behavioral responses and
habitat choices in weather thought to cause problems for moose
(e.g., periods with temperature > 85 farenheit in summer). We will
also identify habitats moose are using for foraging, for resting, and
for calving. This project is enhanced by similar projects in in
Voyageurs National Park, Quetico Provincial Park, and the Grand
Portage Indian Reservation. Cooperators also include the MN Dept.
of Natural Resources, the 1854 Treaty Authority, the U.S. Geological
Survey, and Fond du Lac Indian Reservation Natural Resource
Agency.
Ron Moen - NRRI
Directed by Bill Payne (SFA - Theatre)
Filmed/edited by Zack Swanson (05 graduate - SFA - Art+Design)
Produced by Lisa Fitzpatrick (Viz Lab)
Erik Brown - LLO/Geology
Justin Rubin - Music
(Quicktime Movie - 11.5Mb) A snippet from Lucas Ives's presentation to Games and Animation in 2004. Sponsored by the Viz Lab
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