The Polaroid brand, around since 1937, has been called a photography staple. While the company started out with various products using polarized technology – sunglasses, 3-D movies, and dog goggles – Polaroid is now best known for its quick retro photos. In 1948, Edwin Land invented the first Polaroid instant camera. The idea was sparked… Continue reading The Polaroid Camera: A Development in Photography
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See How the World’s Fastest Camera Can See You Around Corners
Researchers in the UK are developing the fastest camera ever made that can capture images at the speed of light. Using laser technology, the camera can see around corners by measuring the scattered light cast from objects hidden from its view. Lasers from the camera then bounce of surfaces to navigate around corners and are… Continue reading See How the World’s Fastest Camera Can See You Around Corners
FLOWCHART: What iPhone App Should You Open Now?
Inside our tiny smartphones are thousands of apps that help us get through each day. With so many apps to choose from, though, you might have trouble figuring out which specific app you ought to open at any given moment. So whether you’re looking for directions or to just killing some time online, this flowchart… Continue reading FLOWCHART: What iPhone App Should You Open Now?
Should You Take a Picture Right Now? This Funny Flowchart Can Help You Decide
So you’re thinking about taking another photo, but you’re not sure if you should really go through with it. Before snapping away, ask yourself: do you have an actual camera or are you just going to smartphone it? Also, is this another picture of your lunch or an evening sunset in HDR? If so, you… Continue reading Should You Take a Picture Right Now? This Funny Flowchart Can Help You Decide
This Prototype Camera Uses Your Brainwaves to Take Pictures Automatically
Have you ever thought about taking a picture but didn’t feel like going through the actual motions? In what looks like a Google Glass spinoff, a new prototype camera in Japan has designers strapping iPhones to their domes to take pictures based on their brainwave activity or emotions. The working prototype, called Neurocam, monitors the… Continue reading This Prototype Camera Uses Your Brainwaves to Take Pictures Automatically
Vine Invents ‘Time Travel’ which Lets Users Save and Edit Multiple Posts Simultaneously Before Sharing
Are you ready to go back to the future? Vine has just introduced new features to its video camera app: Sessions and Time Travel. Users can now maintain multiple posts in progress over time simultaneously and make edits to posts before sharing. Sessions With the new Sessions feature, you can save any post for… Continue reading Vine Invents ‘Time Travel’ which Lets Users Save and Edit Multiple Posts Simultaneously Before Sharing
6 Tech Devices That Will Protect Your Home When You’re Away
Protecting the safety of your family and your home is one of the most important things that you can do. With the vast number of technological advances, you can expand your protection plan beyond a home alarm. There are many other gadgets that you can use to protect your loved ones from harm. Here are 6… Continue reading 6 Tech Devices That Will Protect Your Home When You’re Away
Pencil Vs. Camera: Incredible Life-Sized 3-D Drawings
Ben Heine is a Belgian-based multidisciplinary visual artist best known for his original series of 3-D paintings that are big enough for him to pose with. Though Ben has a degree in journalism from Institut des Hautes Etudes des Communications Sociales in Belgium and Utrecht University of Applied Sciences in the Netherlands, he is mostly… Continue reading Pencil Vs. Camera: Incredible Life-Sized 3-D Drawings
