PhotoPlus Expo: Is another digital camera megapixel war brewing?
Pentax 645D Photo: Terry Sullivan At the 2010 PhotoPlus Expo show this week, two manufacturers are showing off some intriguing cameras at the high end of the market. The first that caught my eye was the Pentax 645D, a medium-format behemoth with a 40-megapixel sensor. It also has a 14-bit A/D converter and a relatively lightweight body (for its class) with weather seals throughout
New Flexible AMOLED Screen Is A Tenth Of A Millimeter Thick
We’ve seen some thin, flexible displays out there ( TDK , Sony , LG , HP , and others are working on them), but I do believe this one is the thinnest yet. The others have gotten as thin as 0.3mm, but this one from Taiwanese research company ITRI is a microscopic 0.1mm. Who knows, that last 0.2mm could be the difference that makes a breakthrough device possible
Seahawks injury report Wednesday Thursday Friday Did not practice Did not practice Did not practice DE Chris Clemons (coach’s decision) CB Kelly Jennings (hamstring) G Ben Hamilton (coach’s decision) LB Matt McCoy (hamstring) CB Kelly Jennings (hamstring) DT Brandon Mebane (calf) LB Matt McCoy (hamstring) T Russell Okung (ankle) DT Brandon Mebane (calf) WR Brandon Stokley (oblique) T Russell Okung (ankle) FB Michael Robinson (hamstring) FB Michael Robinson (hamstring) CB Walter Thurmond (head) WR Brandon Stokley (oblique) CB Walter Thurmond (head) Full practice Full practice Full practice DE Chris Clemons G Ben Hamilton Raiders injury report Wednesday Thursday Friday Did not practice Did not practice Did not practice DT John Henderson (foot) DT John Henderson (foot) CB Chris Johnson (concussion) CB Chris Johnson (concussion) WR Louis Murphy (chest) WR Louis Murphy (chest) WR Chaz Schilens (knee) WR Chaz Schilens (knee) G Robert Gallery (calf) Limited practice Limited practice Limited practice RB Michael Bennett (hamstring) RB Michael Bennett (hamstring) S Hiram Eugene (pectoral) G Robert Gallery (calf) LB Travis Goethel (back) LB Travis Goethel (back) QB Bruce Gradkowski (shoulder) QB Bruce Gradkowski (shoulder) LB Thomas Howard (knee) LB Thomas Howard (knee) TE Zach Miller (foot) TE Zach Miller (foot) C Samson Satele (concussion) LB Kamerion Wimbley (groin) DE Matt Shaughnessy (concussion) LB Kamerion Wimbley (groin) Full practice Full practice Full practice S Hiram Eugene (pectoral) C Samson Satele (concussion) DE Matt Shaughnessy (concussion)
Night and Day: Flowing City Panorama Printed on Satin Cloth
A few days ago we posted the story about Dan Johnson Photography’s entry in Grand Rapid’s extraordinary ArtPrize competition in which thousands of artists competed using every possible artistic medium and hundreds of thousands judged. Another photographer who entered, Steven Huyser-Honig, owner of Great Lakes Editions in Grand Rapids, created an amazing three-dimensional photographic panorama of the
The Apple iPad Photo: courtesy of Apple What once seemed unthinkable is now a fact. You can walk into a Verizon wireless store and buy an iPad bundled with Verizon 3G service. Well, maybe not every Verizon store: A store I visited in suburban New York this morning didn’t have any iPads in the store.
Good Old Games Is Having A Good Old Halloween Sale
Just in case you need another reason to forgo this weekend’s festivities, gog has a bunch of games on sale in the name of Halloween. There are some classics on sale and just like the Steam sale , the selection is sort of limited to just limited to zombie/scary/dark games. That’s probably fine with some of you Internet creeps though.
Minneapolitan Michael Krumpus programmed his son’s halloween costume to flash LEDs in random patterns. Like many parents, we make hand-made costumes for our kids instead of buying cheaply-made (and expensive) costumes based on licensed characters. This year, my youngest son wanted to be a robot
Click here to play the Sound Byte: All about the T-Mobile G2 smart phone (MP3 software required.) podcast: Consumer Reports T-Mobile just introduced the Android-based G2 smart phone , successor to the G1, the granddaddy of all Android smart phones. How does it stack up now that the market’s teeming with Android phones?
I’m a fan of iRiver ; have been ever since their SlimX MP3-CD player . I’ve admired their other gear from afar, and I suspect that will be how I admire their latest, the Cover Story e-reader . It’s among the cleanest readers I’ve seen, perhaps outdone only by the Plastic Logic Que (R.I.P.).
SOCOM Coming To Android, And I Ain’t Talking About The Game
We cover a lot of military research here on CrunchGear, largely because they have the coolest toys. But the truth is that the vast array of gadgets, cameras, sensors, and weaponry available to the modern warrior make him have less in common with your stereotypical G.I. than with a blogger like yours truly
Decline In DVD Sales & Rampant Piracy Force Indie Wrestling To Internet Pay-Per-View
Flickr’d The move to all-digital distribution is already well under way, and it poses a problem for businesses that have based themselves around the sale of shiny plastic discs. That, combined with the rampant piracy of these discs when they’re released has particularly hurt independent pro-wrestling organizations (to pick something out of thin air). Gabe Sapolsky, vice-president of Dragon Gate USA , owner of Evolve , and former head booker of Ring of Honor , was recently interviewed on Figure Four Daily , a podcast dedicated to pro-wrestling and MMA news, and said that the only way these companies will survive is if a new technology, Internet Pay-Per-View, becomes viable.
Ben Heck Halloween show, with Portal t-shirt build
Earlier in the week, Sean Ragan posted about Ben Heck’s see-through Portal Halloween costume . On this latest episode of The Ben Heck Show , on element14, Ben shows you how he accomplished the build. As usual, he also continues work on his Xbox 360 laptop
In its quest for a competitive edge, C2 Reprographics in Costa Mesa, Calif., was one of the first companies to try LexJet’s Sunset Metallic Photo Paper after it was introduced this summer. C2 Reprographics’ marketing director, Eric Monroe, says the company has been on the lookout for a way to replicate the unique pearlescent qualities
Developments in investigative journalism in US and UK
The Center of Public Integrity is to adopt a new strategy that will aim to match donations with earned income in the hope of finding a more sustainable path for nonprofit journalism, reported Politico . The Center’s website will seek to become a high-traffic destination and generate revenue through advertising and membership
Mass Effect 2 wins Golden Joystick game of the year
It’s that time of the year when the gaming public has its voice heard, as their votes are counted for the Golden Joystick awards for 2010. And the ultimate game of the year was… not Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2, which came second. In fact, Mass Effect 2 was voted the best slice of
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The Reinventing Morse: Build your own telegraph kit is designed to engage makers of all ages as they recreate the experiments that lead to the development of the first successful electrical telegraph. Build your own working telegraph with a device designed to work as a sounder, a buzzer, or a relay.