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
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
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
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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.
Learn to turn an old tube sock into a creepy-cute zombie doll in the latest CRAFT Video. Subscribe to the CRAFT Podcast in iTunes , download the m4v video directly, or watch it on YouTube
Business Bits: 11 Social Networking Tips, Best Mobile Apps for Professionals, And More
How Xobni Went From E-mail Add-On to Productivity Platform Xobni aimed to enhance e-mail productivity with its Outlook-enhancing social sidebar, but the startup has rapidly expanded. With close to 6 million downloads under its belt, the company also offers several other products including a free Outlook plug-in, a paid premium version, an enterprise offering,and more.
At 2010 PDN PhotoPlus Expo, thin digital cameras are in
The ultra-thin Casio Exilim EX-S200 Photo: Terry Sullivan As I walked around the various camera booths at the 2010 Photoplus Expo in New York City, I noticed more bulkier, feature-filled compact cameras targeted at photo enthusiasts than I have in some time—the Nikon Coolpix P7000 , for example.
China’s drive to excel in cutting edge technology has paid off with the news that it now has the world’s fastest supercomputer, taking the accolade from the US, which has held it since 2002. Tianhe-1A, which translates as ‘Milky Way’ has stolen the top spot from the USA’s Cray XT5 Jaguar, which now looks positively
Things are Bad for Printed Newspapers But Good For Printed Textbooks
You know things are bad for newspapers when the CEO of a leading newspaper has to take time during a quarterly earnings call to assure the world that it will continue to print newspapers. That’s what New York Times Co. CEO Janet L
Charing Cross to get Wi-Fi in London Underground trial
BT Openzone hotspots will be available in ticket hall and platforms London Underground is planning to give commuters a Wi-Fi connection in the ticket hall and platforms at Charing Cross underground station as part of a new trial.
Ticket websites crash under demand from Take That fans
Many web users unable to get online to buy tickets for next tour Reunited man-band Take That caused a number of ticket websites to crash this morning as thousands of fans logged-on in a bid to secure seats for the group’s next tour.
Over 14 million iPhones shipped in third quarter Apple jumped past Research in Motion and Sony Ericsson during the third quarter to become the world’s fourth largest mobile-phone maker for the first time, according to data from the companies.
Police fail to take down Bredolab botnet A massive takedown operation conducted by Dutch police and security experts earlier this week does not appear to have completely dissolved the Bredolab botnet, but it is unlikely to recover.
Net income grows 51 percent Healthy sales of Windows 7, Office 2010 and Xbox 360 consoles propelled Microsoft to $5.41 billion in net income for its first fiscal quarter of 2011, a 51 percent increase from the same period a year before.
The da Vinci method: Shadow strokes @ The Economist … THE Mona Lisa’s lure is so strong that Louvre Museum officials find it wise to keep her safely stowed behind bulletproof glass. She is let out of her protective cage once a year, for a whiff of fresh air.
MAKE reader John Mangan (siliconghost) wrote in to share a nifty simple trick with us: you can remove dried hot glue with isopropyl alcohol and cotton swabs. He writes: “I literally stumbled on this while working with hot glue over 20 years ago at a previous job
New Nook runs on Google Android Barnes & Noble on Tuesday introduced an ebook reader called Nook Color, which will allow users to view colour ebooks and access social media applications on the Internet. The device combines the simplicity of a wireless e-reader with tablet functionality, said William Lynch, CEO of Barnes & Noble. The next big step in ebooks has been colour and users and publishers have asked for it, he said.