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Homemade LowFi Digital Camera

John — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 18:26:05 +0000

Very cool!!! I wouldn’t go as far as to call it a ‘Lomo’ mod, as there are no Lomo camera parts in it and the lens is a magnitude of quality better then any plastic that has ever graced a toy camera body. Still, the effects are rather stylistic. Take a cheap Vivitar digital camera, [...]

Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera

John — Fri, 14 Oct 2011 23:04:55 +0000

36 fixed focus cell phone cameras and a peak sensing accelerometer make for a novel way of taking a 360 degree panoramic image. ”We used the camera to capture full spherical panoramas at scenic spots, in a crowded city square and in the middle of a group of people taking turns in throwing the [...]

Steve Jobs 1955-2011

John — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 01:01:55 +0000

The driving force behind Apple Computer, Steve Jobs died today. He leaves a legacy of a technology company that has defined the lives of a generation. He will be missed and remembered by us all. Apple – Remembering Steve Jobs *

R/C Truck in Afghanistan Saves 6 Soldiers’ Lives

John — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 17:16:29 +0000

Very cool use of off the shelf tech. The little truck was used by the troops to run ahead of them on patrols and look for roadside bombs. Fessenden has had it since 2007, when Ernie and Kevin Guy, the owner of the Everything Hobby shop in Rochester, rigged it with a wireless video camera [...]

How Yuri Gagarin Went Into Space

John — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 14:47:57 +0000

( Click on infographic to make larger ) Source SPACE.com: All about our solar system, outer space and exploration

Lego Minifigs Headed for Deep Space

John — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:36:31 +0000

Looks like there will be LEGO mini figs on the next NASA mission to Jupiter! Full scale minifig replicas rendered out of aluminum will be bolted to the Juno probe bound to the largest of the gas planets in our solar system. So for the next five years a tiny god Jupiter, his sister Juno, [...]

3D Comes to the iPhone with the Hasbro My3D

John — Fri, 08 Apr 2011 04:08:49 +0000

I’ve finally found an accessory for my iPhone 4 that i just can’t live without. The mega toy company Hasbro have unveiled a 3D viewer that’s designed for Apple’s second, third, and fourth generation iPod touch, iPhone 3G, 3GS and iPhone 4. As soon as I found out about it I ran to my local [...]

Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day

John — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 04:57:25 +0000

Alright it’s time to poke a pinhole in the body cap of your bazillion dollar DSLR and totally trade the high tech for the low, it’s Worldwide Pinhole Photography Day! Yes, April 24th is that day of the year where you are encouraged to go lens-less for the sake of art. Even if you don’t [...]

Wizard Stamps in the UK

John — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 01:10:14 +0000

If you happen to live in the United Kingdom you can partake in these postal stamps celebrating some famous wizards...

Astounding Coin Animation!

John — Sat, 05 Feb 2011 01:47:53 +0000

You don’t usually hear the phrase ‘astounding coin animation’ these days do ya? Have a look at the video all the way to the end, the makers show the secret behind how it was made. No elves were involved, I promise! (I like the old PET computer in the background. nice!) See larger image Beginner's [...]