Category: Tech

  • Zero digital noise photography

    Zero digital noise photography

    A few years ago I had written about Guillermo Luijk’s technique to remove completely noise from digital photos. We know that this is a difficult task, but his solution is relatively simple: Shot the scene in a correct exposure according to our usual workflow; Repeat the shot now reducing shutter speed by 4 f-stops that…

  • Happy Birthday HAL-9000!

    It’s on January 12th, 1992 that, according to Arthur C. Clarke, was born HAL-9000, the computer from “2001, A space Odyssey” (the book from Arthur C. Clarke and the movie from Stanley Kubrick). Actually, the first time it was powered on. So, it is exactly 23-year old today. Happy birthday HAL-9000! HAL-9000 is an Artificial…

  • Steam locomotive

    Steam locomotive

    These old steam locomotives look great on their ancient engravings. Source: Bibliodyssey

  • It’s broken… Try again now!

    It’s broken… Try again now!

    Maintenance Percussive from Duncan Robson on Vimeo. No need for an engineer’s degree!

  • Stacked ships

    Stacked ships

    Did you ever see a ship on a ship? And a ship on a ship on a ship?

  • Aluminium anodization

    Metal parts can be colored in the strangest ways. When we speak about aluminium, Apple is able to produce extraordinary hues on aluminium covers. As a matter of fact, they are using an anodization process which oxydizes the surface of the metal to create small pores to receive color pigmentation which will become nearly impossible…

  • Leave me alone!

    YouTube link Bravo à Philippe L.

  • Danse with the ferrous particles

    Magnetic ferrous particules from the toner cartridge of a laser printer danse on the invisible lines of the magnetic field of a magnet. Compressed 01 from Kim Pimmel on Vimeo.

  • How a book was made?

    Remember! This was long before the text reading on the screen of your mobile phone. We were using books made out of… paper. I kid you not! Here is how they made books in this long-gone era: YouTube link