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Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Saturday, January 21, 2012
Mini Monkey Lights Make Bike Riding At Night Safe And Fun
The Mini Monkey Light is a clever light show designed for safety and fun. 
They are powered by batteries mounted to the hub of a bike wheel while the lights are attached to the spokes, spinning with the wheel and creating a programmable, and changing light show that is sure to turn heads.
They are powered by batteries mounted to the hub of a bike wheel while the lights are attached to the spokes, spinning with the wheel and creating a programmable, and changing light show that is sure to turn heads.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Michael Yon Captures Beauty At One Of The Most Dangerous Places On Earth
Michael Yon relentlessly fights bureaucratic red tape from the battlefields of Afghanistan. But, even so, he has time to see the beauty in a perilous place.
Michael has captured a static electricity effect visible at night which is the result of dissimilar materials, in this case titanium/nickel helicopter blades moving through dusty air fast as the blades rotate. Yon, who made these shots with a Canon 5D Mark II with a 50 mm lens at an ISO of 800 mentions that longer time exposures reveal more colorful effects.
The Smithsonian writes that, "He was moved to create a name, the Kopp-Etchells Effect, for the rotor phenomenon to honor a pair of fallen soldiers, U.S. Army Corporal Benjamin Kopp and British Army Corporal Joseph Etchells, who died one day apart in July after fierce fighting in Helmand (Kopp had been evacuated to the U.S. before he died). “The tent in the foreground is a medical tent,” says Yon, “so that casualties can be kept in a tent until the last minute. A substantial number of British casualties in Helmand have been lifted off of this exact spot…because this is probably either the most dangerous place in Afghanistan, or nearly the most dangerous.”
Yon is currently cutting through bureaucratic red tape to enable medevac from other than Red Cross specific craft because they are unarmed. Lives are being lost while the wounded wait for Red Cross craft.
The Smithsonian writes that, "He was moved to create a name, the Kopp-Etchells Effect, for the rotor phenomenon to honor a pair of fallen soldiers, U.S. Army Corporal Benjamin Kopp and British Army Corporal Joseph Etchells, who died one day apart in July after fierce fighting in Helmand (Kopp had been evacuated to the U.S. before he died). “The tent in the foreground is a medical tent,” says Yon, “so that casualties can be kept in a tent until the last minute. A substantial number of British casualties in Helmand have been lifted off of this exact spot…because this is probably either the most dangerous place in Afghanistan, or nearly the most dangerous.”
Yon is currently cutting through bureaucratic red tape to enable medevac from other than Red Cross specific craft because they are unarmed. Lives are being lost while the wounded wait for Red Cross craft.
Saturday, January 14, 2012
Friday, January 13, 2012
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Augmented Reality Explained
Augmented Reality is showing up more and more in our day to day lives. The Yelp ap on the Android platform demonstrates it's capabilities in our day to day lives and it is truly awesome (I never use that overused word lightly)!
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