Forms Installation at the National Media Museum from Nexus Productions on Vimeo. ‘Forms’ is a multiscreen digital artwork commissioned by the National Media Museum for the exhibition In the Blink of an Eye: Media and...
Archive - March 2012
Watch A Tick Survive Under An Electron Microscope
From edyong209 An electron microscope operates in a vacuum, firing a beam of electrons at the object under observation. Staved of air, bombarded by electrons, a tick does fine, thank you very much. When it was all over...
What does it Look and Sound like riding on the Shuttle Rocket Boosters?
From interbartolo At lift off, the shuttle burns over 1000 gallons of liquid propellants and 20,000 pounds of solid fuel every second to generate nearly seven and a half million pounds of thrust. What does all this...
IKEA Offers Do-It-Yourself Conductive Mittens
From smfbstats To launch the iPad version of the IKEA-catalogue in Norway, advertising agency smfb created a new IKEA product called “BERÖRA”. It’s a sewing kit with a special conductive silver thread...
NASA’s New Atlas of the Universe
NASA used the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE) to catalog the entire infrared sky, showing more than a half billion stars, galaxies and other objects. WISE launched Dec. 14, 2009, and mapped the entire sky in...
This Week’s (Mar 10-16, 2012) Digital Camera Review Roundup
Here is this week’s (Mar 10-16, 2012) digital camera review roundup: DCRP (dcresource) recommends the Canon G1 X [QuickPrice Check] “if you […] want a semi-compact camera with D-SLR image quality, then...
Olympus Road to Whistler Film Contest
From getolympus The Olympus Road to Whistler video contest gives entrants a chance to win a trip to the TELUS Ski and Snowboard Festival where they will compete for a chance to win a grand prize of up to $15,000, plus a...
Fujifilm X-Pro1 Review @ TrustedReviews
“The Fuji X-Pro1 is an enthusiast-level compact system camera that produces class-leading image quality and a really satisfying user experience.“ We’ve added another Fujifilm X-PRO1 Review in our...
Copyright Maths and the Billions Lost to Content Theft
Comic author Rob Reid pokes fun at the music and entertainment industry’s claim of billions of dollars lost due to content theft. In this video, he unveils “Copyright Math (TM),” a remarkable new field...
Canon ELPH 110 HS / IXUS 125 HS Review @ TechRadar
“Canon has indeed provided a compelling blend of attractive compactness, high image quality and enough features to satisfy its target market.“ We’ve added another Canon PowerShot ELPH 110 HS...
Panasonic TS4 / FT4 Review @ TechRadar
“The Panasonic Lumix FT4’s toughened qualities provide a degree of reassurance for those engaged in rough and tumble activities.“ We’ve added another Panasonic Lumix TS4 [QuickPrice Check] review...
The ONE SHOW ONEderful Life
It looks like Photoshop but in fact, photographer Cade Martin here used especially made props and a veritable zoo of stuffed animals from a local taxidermist. It took two days to shoot the campaign in Martin’s...
Fujifilm X-Pro1 Review @ TechRadar
“The images from the Fuji X-Pro1 are superb. They may not have quite the detail that some full-frame cameras are capable of capturing, but they can beat these bigger beasts for dynamic range and noise control...
Fujifilm X-Pro1 Review @ PhotographyBLOG
“The [Fujifilm] X-Pro1’s innovative image sensor and lack of low-pass filter lives up to all the hype and more, delivering truly excellent image quality. Noise is noticeable only by its almost complete...
Ben Heine Pencil vs Camera Updates and Double Landscapes
Eat, sleep, work… no way. No more routine! Escape the madness, escape the system. The character is a mix of James Bond, Sherlock Holmes, Tintin and King Kong, lol!!! I took this photo recently in Barcelona subway...
Adobe Lightroom 4 Supplied with select Leica cameras
ADOBE® PHOTOSHOP® LIGHTROOM® 4 NOW SUPPLIED WITH SELECT LEICA CAMERAS Solms Germany (March 15, 2012) – Adobe® Photoshop® Lightroom® 4, the latest version of the powerful image-processing software, is now supplied...
Interview with Apple’s Jonathan Ive @ London Evening Standard
London Evening Standard interviews Sir [he’s been knighted] Jonathan Ive [“Jony”], Apple’s Senior Designer of many of the successful iconic products. He talks about the design-prototype-make...
HOW of WHY, Nikon D4 Video Behind The Scenes
HOW of WHY from Corey Rich on Vimeo. When Nikon approached Corey Rich to produce the “WHY” video to show off the attributes of the new D4, they also asked for a behind the scenes video spot detailing how...
Canon G1 X Review @ CameraLabs
“On the happy side is superb image quality [but] on the sad side is a fixed lens with terrible macro and little chance for a shallow depth-of-field, coupled with below-average continuous shooting from a camera...
Interview with Steve McCurry @ Focus Numérique
Focus Numérique has an interesting interview with Steve Curry. It’s in French but you can read the Google English translation. Curry speaks of using natural light to bring out the dramatic in his photos, on how...