Posts tagged camera
Instagram is so popular these days; so why not have an actual camera in real life, that can take the Intstagram photos, which you can immediately print out? Polaroid did it, why not Instagram. Unfortunately, this amazing and beautiful looking camera is just a concept design.
There is a new surveillance system that a Japanese company has developed that may change life as we know it. I am saying that because it’s that revolutionary. Facial recognition software has been in the making for years now, with many advances recently. I am sure you have seen it in movies too; I am thinking of Minority Report as one example of course. There are also examples here and here that just go to show this type of tech is coming along fast.
If you can’t see an object around a corner with your own eyes, how do you expect a camera to be able to see and photograph an image of a hidden object? Scientists at the MIT Media Lab have figured out just how to do this.
If you have DSLR envy, but cherish your iPhone and don’t want to carry around both gadgets, the Gizmon iCA may be the solution for you. The iCA takes your iPhone and converts it into a functioning retro-looking camera.
The iPhone has always been known as the smart phone that is lacking in the camera quality dept. Apps, speed, design, intelligence have all been great qualities of the iPhone and has made it what it is today. The camera though with the previous versions was nothing to write home about. Thankfully, Apple finally addressed this in the iPhone 4 and even more with the iPhone 4S version. Now, the 8 megapixel image quality is much better.
“The first x-ray images of a lightning strike have been captured by a, well, lightning-fast camera” scientists said via the National Geographic.
The lightning was captured using a 1500 pound camera. The camera created by Dwyer’s graduate student Meagan Schaal—consists of an x-ray detector housed in a box about the size and shape of a refrigerator. The box is lined with lead to shield the x-ray detector from stray radiation.
X-rays enter the box through a small hole that in turn focuses them, like an old-fashioned pinhole camera. Because lightning moves blindingly fast, the camera was required to take ten million images per second. Insanity! This makes for some awesome photography!
Sometimes you come across an idea so simple but yet so genius you say - why didn’t I think of that!? This my friends appears to be one of them.
Does your Android phone not have a front facing camera? No sweat. Thanks to the OneMoreFace Design, you can clip on this dual mirror that will redirect the image back for front face camera use. Pretty snazzy huh?
Is Polaroid trying to make a come back? Polaroid sent out a press release with a new style camera reminiscent of the classic camera [inset].
If you look at it, it looks like the old style Polaroid camera where you could snap a pic and print the image right from the camera. Engadget took the wise approach - they lightened the image to show the bottom dark area which appears to show a slot for image printing.
Hmmm…according to the press release Polaroid plans to unvail the new camera in January at CES.
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