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Amateur filmmaker builds 'bullet time' rig for less than $100
DP Review - 2 Jul 2013 04:05
Ever wanted to add a little spice to your video creations, perhaps your next Matrix fan-fiction video, by adding a little slow-motion bullet-time effect? Jeremiah Warren did just that, employing a ceiling fan, a GoPro 3 ...
Photos of Diet Wiegman's Mind-Blowing Shadow Sculptures
PetaPixel - 2 Jul 2013 23:39
Categories: Finds Ideas Inspiration Tags: artartomnivorebeautydietwiegmandutchlightphotoseriesshadowshadowartshadowsandlighttrash Voted "The Most Brilliant Artist of the Netherlands" in 2009, Dutch artist Diet Wiegman is...
Canon Unveils the 70D: 'Dual Pixel' APS-C Sensor Brings Snappier Autofocusing
PetaPixel - 2 Jul 2013 07:57
Categories: Equipment News Tags: 70dapsccanoncanon70ddslrdualpixeldualpixelcmosaf Canon has officially announced the 70D, the company's latest mid-range DSLR for serious photography enthusiasts. It's a successor to the 6...
The best Ouya games (so far)
NBC News - 2 Jul 2013 20:51
After a runaway success on Kickstarter and some dubious early coverage, the new Ouya video game console is finally here.
It Took Two Years to Get This Fog-Filled San Francisco Timelapse Right
Gizmodo - 2 Jul 2013 17:17
The early morning when the whole city is still sleeping and the sky is changing from black to pink to orange to blue is the best part of the day. For his short movie, Adrift, filmmaker Simon Christen spent two years gett...
Retired PE Teacher Wore the Same Outfit for 40 Years Worth of Yearbook Photos
PetaPixel - 2 Jul 2013 21:10
Categories: Finds Tags: daleirbyfunnypicturedaytraditionyearbookyearbookphoto It started out as a mistake. Back in 1973, PE teacher Dale Irby wore an era-appropriate polyester shirt and brown sweater-vest to picture day....
This Beautiful Time-Lapse is a 'Love Letter to the Fog of the San Francisco Bay Area'
PetaPixel - 2 Jul 2013 17:19
Categories: Finds Inspiration Tags: adriftfogsanfranciscosanfranciscobaysanfranciscobayareasimonchristentheunseenseatimelapse In 2010, we featured photographer Simon Christen's stunning time-lapse of the San Francisco Ba...
ASUS PQ321 4K 31.5-Inch Monitor Available For Pre-Order For $3,500
Ubergizmo - 2 Jul 2013 15:43
The ASUS PQ321 4K monitor is now available for pre-order for only $3,500.
Just posted: Our Canon EOS 70D hands-on preview
DP Review - 2 Jul 2013 06:00
Just posted: Our hands-on preview of Canon's latest mid-range SLR, the EOS 70D. From the outside it looks very similar to the EOS 60D, but on the inside it sports a brand-new 'Dual Pixel CMOS AF' sensor that promises muc...
Lana Gorlinski: Confessions Of A Teenage Internet Addict
The Huffington Post - 2 Jul 2013 15:387 Ways Telemarketers Get Your Cell Phone Number
Time - 2 Jul 2013 11:45
If you're in the shrinking pool of people who still have a land line, you're most likely inundated with calls from telemarketers. But your cell phone is different, right? You may have registered on the FTC's National Do ...
Cosmic 'Booze' Created In Quantum Brewery
Slashdot - 2 Jul 2013 09:07
astroengine writes "The intense cold of interstellar space shouldn't be conducive to chemical reactions between methanol and hydroxyl radicals -- two molecules that are known to exist in stellar nurseries and cold inters...
Reeder for iPhone Adds Support for Feedly, Is Currently Free
Life Hacker - 2 Jul 2013 15:30
iOS: Reeder is our favorite news reader for the iPhone , and as of today it's adding support for Feedly and Feedwrangler since Google Reader is now closed. The app is also free for now.
Opera's Chromium-Based Desktop Browser Exits Beta, But Still Lacks Major Features
TechCrunch - 2 Jul 2013 13:25
After a month of testing, Opera's radically new browser exits beta stage and is now available to download on Opera.com. Now based on the Chromium project, Opera 15 shares a lot of similarities with Google Chrome. The com...
Packed With Real-Time Data, Fantasy Trading Site Wall Street Magnate Demystifies The Stock Market
TechCrunch - 2 Jul 2013 10:31
Wall Street Magnate is a new site that opens the market to stock trading newbies. The fantasy trading community launched last month and is packed with real-time updates and data from all major U.S. stock exchanges. The s...
Neuroscientist thinks human head transplant surgery is finally possible
The Verge - 2 Jul 2013 07:35
An Italian neuroscientist believes he's figured out how to do a full human head transplant. Or body transplant, depending on your perspective. In a recent paper, Dr. Sergio Canavero of the University of Turin explains ho...
Winklevoss twins' Bitcoin trust aims to introduce investors to alternative currency
The Verge - 2 Jul 2013 05:00
In April Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss claimed their Bitcoin portfolio was worth $11 million -- around 1 percent of the currency's dollar equivalent at the time -- and now the pair are hoping to bring the alternative curr...
New App Lets Google Glass Owners Control Their Teslas Like Rich-Ass Robo-Wizards
TechCrunch - 2 Jul 2013 00:55
Do you have Google Glass? Do you also have a Tesla? Yes? Seriously? Who the hell are you, Batman? Anyway -- there's now an application that lets you bring these two extravagant toys together, allowing you to control a bu...
Ripple allows payments to any Bitcoin address straight from its client
GigaOM - 2 Jul 2013 14:09
The Google-backed distributed currency exchange, which is part of a new wave of international financial technology outfits, is trying to make it easier for people to pay others in the crypto-currency Bitcoin.
Canon announces EOS 70D mid-range SLR with 'Dual Pixel CMOS AF'
DP Review - 2 Jul 2013 06:00
Canon has announced the EOS 70D, a mid-range SLR for enthusiast photographers. Its headline feature is a brand-new 20.2MP 'Dual Pixel CMOS AF' sensor which splits every single pixel into two photodiodes for on-chip phase...
Bing adds licensing rights refinement to image search
Engadget - 2 Jul 2013 00:24
Here's a nice little feature for those of us who love to post images on the internet. Bing has added the ability to refine image results by license. The addition's simple enough to use -- just do a search and pull the ap...
Yahoo Acquires Bignoggins, A One-Man Fantasy Sports App Maker
TechCrunch - 2 Jul 2013 00:08
Oh, you thought Yahoo was done with the whole acquire-everything-in-sight bit? Nope! Yahoo has announced that they've acquired Bignoggins Productions, a one-man iPhone development shop which had previously built a handfu...