Category: Film
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Matrix 4 – The ATARI-Pong prequel
Thanks to XKCD
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Transform a webcam into an Infrared camera
After all, most CCD cameras are naturally very sensitive to infrared and you only have to remove the filter that protects them against this part of the light spectrum. Transform Your Webcam Into An Infrared Cam! – video powered by Metacafe
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April 4th, 1968: Death of Martin Luther King Jr.
Today, we celebrate the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., great freedom fighter in favor of Human Rights and against institutionalized racism in the USA. It was nearly 30 years ago that he fell under the bullets of a killer in Memphis, Tennessee. Let’s not forget that only a few years ago,…
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Shocking news: Cheetah attacks BBC reporter
Simon King, BBC presenter of Big Cat Diary, was recently attacked by a cheetah. It is a very unusual behaviour for an animal who tends to be easily afraid by large animals like a human. Read it all on BBC (video here). I am not unhappy that it did not happen to me last time…
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Photoshop CS3: Tomorrow
The 27th of March should be launch day for the newest Adobe Photoshop graphics product line: Creative Suite 3 or CS3. Be prepared for more details from Adobe, but the products will not be shipping before the second trimester (and Q2 may mean just before Summer). There will be new features and the important support…
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Saturn and its satellites, latest film stars of the solar system
NASA astronomers conscientiously collected hundreds of photos taken by the wide angle camera and the planetary camera of the Hubble telescope in 1995 and 2003. By filling the gaps with the help of a computer program, they produced an amazing video where we clearly see the cloudy planet and several of its satellites moving in…
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U of Chicago blows a white dwarf star in 3D
For the first time, researchers simulated the explosion of a white dwarf. White dwarf stars pack one and a half times the mass of the sun into an object the size of Earth. When they burn out, the ensuing explosion produces a type of supernova that astrophysicists believe manufactures most of the iron in the…
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EU tax on digital photo cameras?
According to Digitimes listening to Taiwan industry sources, Europe would be about to introduce a customs tax of 4.9% specifically for digital cameras including the ability to record videos. A small price increase to expect in June or July this year on imported cameras (Sony, Canon, Nikon, Olympus, etc.) but it would not involve Digital…
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Spring time on Mars
To celebrate Spring 2007, here is a small video gem: http://www.youtube.com/v/yjiGH9QNiU0