Tag Archives: Technology

Citroën gives life to video game car (via Autopia)

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I somehow neglected to post this when I first drafted it a few weeks ago. It’s for car lovers only: Revealed as a concept car at last year’s Paris Auto Show, the GT was penned by PSA Peugeot-Citroën designer Takumi Yamamoto in a tie in with the virtual car available to players of GT5. Now, [...]

“New Software Corrects Shaky Camerawork by Warping the Crap Out of It” (via Gizmodo)

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Adobe and University of Wisconsin scientists have created software that can correct shaky camerawork, but it’s way cooler than anything on the market now. Using 3D modeling, it guesses the intended look, then warps the original video to adjust. New Software Corrects Shaky Camerawork by Warping the Crap Out of It (via Gizmodo)

Bruce Sterling At Reboot 2009 (via Warren Ellis)

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Sterling is a creative sci-fi author (a.k.a. speculative fiction novelist) and blogger about the state of things and how that will shape what is to come (a.k.a. futurist). He’s not one to pussyfoot around an impending crisis, or mince words about valuable contribution to human society. In that vein, he gave a downright sobering lecture [...]

We Choose the Moon: Earth Orbit Begins

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This website is truly interesting…far more so than the recent movie about our huge grey satellite. It’s a recreation of the Apollo 11 mission to the Moon with audio, video, photos, and data from the real event… We Choose the Moon: Earth Orbit Begins

Spreading the Tesla love (via Google)

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Happy 153rd B-day Nikola Tesla! nikola tesla – Google Search

Canon and Nikon race for the middle

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The narrow middle ground between the hobbyist and pro-sumer model lines is heating up with both Nikon and Canon racing to be the best in a newly formed category. It doesn’t have a name yet, but it has a formula: take the body of the former, throw in the sensor of the latter and add a HD video capability.

How many $$$ per minute? (via Los Angeles Times)

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David Lazarus’ column in Business on March 8 said a study of high cellphone charges was based on a survey of more than 700 San Diego customers’ bills. In fact, the study, conducted by the auditing firm TeleTruth on behalf of the Utility Consumers’ Action Network and showing an average charge of $3.02 per minute, [...]

Canon EOS Rebel T1i = 50D’s Sensor + 1080p Video @ $899 (via gizmodo)

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My friend just replaced her Canon 20D with a 50D (which I will hopefully get to play with this weekend). Now Canon promises to release a more entry-level version with great HD video capabilities. Wow! It is yet more evidence that the minute you buy something, the company announces a better version: The rumors were [...]

What next after the megapixel wars? (via New Scientist)

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Any photographer worth his or her salt knows that the number of pixels on a camera’s sensor is the least important thing about it. Here’s what’s more important: The size of the whole sensor. The size of each pixel. The pixel density (number of pixels per cm). The light sensitivity of each pixel. Here are [...]

IE8 may be last IE

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“IE8 is the last version of the Internet Explorer Web browser. At least, that’s what I’m hearing through the grapevine. It seems that Microsoft is preparing to throw in the towel on its Internet Explorer engine once and for all.” This is the best news I’ve heard all day, but it is not all rosy. [...]

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