That's different. "Tyler Card made a wearable and fully functional camera costume for Halloween 2011. It's complete with an LCD display, built-in flash and shutter release button/wireless remote control. It is also capable of triggering Alienbees strobe lights with a Paul C. Buff Cyber Commander." See how he did it here. Source [via LikeCool, Nerdcore, Laughing Squid, PetaPixel and PopPhoto] Read more [...]

We present the Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera which captures a full spherical panorama when thrown into the air. At the peak of its flight, which is determined using an accelerometer, a full panoramic image is captured by 36 mobile phone camera modules. [Via @Johl; Images courtesy of Jonas Pfeil, CC] Pfeil describes how his invention works on his website: Our camera uses 36 fixed-focus 2 megapixel mobile phone camera modules. The camera modules are mounted in a robust, 3D-printed, Read more [...]

"Turn your iPhone into a DSLR using real SLR lenses." $249 (iPhone 4 not included). I'm reminded of the opening line of one of my favorite Jamaican songs: You look like a mouse on a one dolla bread Canon or Nikon: $249 (iPhone 4 not included). Source [bookofjoe.com] Read more [...]

لقراءة الموضوع باللغة العربية اضغط هنا As published on http://latimesblogs.latimes.com: The crowd-funding website Kickstarter has given rise to a number of interesting projects since its founding in 2009. One effort in particular caught my eye a few months ago, after my father suggested I take a look: the Kogeto Dot. So what exactly is a Dot? It's a plastic lens attachment for Apple's iPhone 4 that allows users to capture video in a 360-degree panoramic Read more [...]

When we think of spying and gadgets, we naturally think of the James Bond and Mission Impossible movies, in these films the use of ultra high tech is common place and yet in the real world this equipment would have been only available to governments and other organisations due to the cost. But recently the cost of technology has dramatically fallen to the point where tiny pin hole video cameras can be owned by just about anyone. So for the average person in the street this means even more Read more [...]

Have you ever taken a picture that would have been great if only it were in focus? Of course you have. So have we, countless times. But those days may soon be past all of us with the introduction of Lytro, an entirely new kind of camera that allows users to completely change the focus of a picture after the shutter clicks. And, according to AllThingsD, this next-generation camera will be available before the end of the year. Click on the object you want to focus on: The secret behind the Read more [...]

إن كنت من محبي التصوير فكم مرة أصبت بالإحباط عند عودتك للمنزل بعد التقاط الصورة لتفاجأ بأنك أخطأت التركيز على الجزء الذي تود تصويره؟ لعل أكثر ما يزعج أي مصور في العالم هو هذا الخطأ الذي يُضيّع الكثير من اللقطات واللحظات الجميلة، كهذه الصورة مثلاً : حين أخطأ المصور بالتركيز Read more [...]

Posted on June 9, 2011 by David Allen We spend a lot of time looking at gadgets and other cool stuff, but often we tend to overlook what has become a massive market, gadgets for kids! There are thousands of different styles and types of gadget around specifically designed with kids in mind! Therefore, I have put together my favourite Top Five gadgets for kids, but no doubt, we will be revisiting this subject again, soon! A game of skill This is something that I remember from years ago at school Read more [...]