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These amazing video game images by digital artist RETROnoob take familiar bitmapped sprite characters and marry them to real world photographs.
Through creative and generous application of digital blur tools, each of the images does a brilliant job blending 2-D and 3-D worlds into one…
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posted: June 25th, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: design | home entertainment
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If you drive down the average city street, you’ll see scads of ugly satellite dishes protruding from the side walls, balconies and roofs of homes like some sort of convex grey metal virus. So it was only a matter of time before someone would come up with a way to do away with all those unsightly dishes…
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posted: June 23rd, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | video games
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I’m not too sure what the trademark police will have to say about this one, but this UK plumbing firm shares more than just a profession with Nintendo’s popular mascot…
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posted: April 28th, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: just plain fun | video games
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Two of my favorite pastimes, waffles and Tetris have joined forces in this, my favorite photo of the week.
I’m guessing that you could slow down those rapidly descending breakfast blocks with just a little butter and maple syrup. And there’s nothing quite like a little paper napkin technology for keeping score…
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posted: February 29th, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: strange and unusual
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No, these striking images weren’t made using Photoshop trickery. They were actually taken using a unique process which involves placing photographic paper onto an object, placing them both on a high-voltage plate, then cranking up the juice…
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posted: January 25th, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging | media players | mobile tech
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If you happen to own an iPhone, you know that the built-in digital camera is pretty limited due to its fixed lens. Now you can add a zoom lens which will let you get up close and personal with your photographic subject…
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posted: January 19th, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging | gadgets
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No, it doesn’t have three legs, so it’s not really a tripod, but it serves the same basic purpose. This ingenious little device screws into the tripod thread on the bottom of your camera, providing it with a stable platform for you to take impromptu photos from…
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posted: January 10th, 2008
author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging | gadgets
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Like to go swimming with the fishes? This new underwater mask can snap pictures of your aquatic journey as you dip beneath the surface.
Thanks to a built in digital camera, Liquid Image’s new Underwater Camera Mask will let you capture photos or video of whatever you see while you swim…
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posted: December 20th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: computing | digital imaging
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This odd-looking photo printer from HP has a style that you’ll either love or hate. Reminiscent in some ways of the original egg-shaped iMac models from the late 1990s, the Photosmart A826 printer looks a bit like something out of an old science fiction movie…
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posted: October 21st, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging | just plain fun | media players
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So now that you’ve snapped a few photos with your iPhone’s super-duper camera, where do you turn to edit your pix? Do you dock your iPhone with your computer, sync up with iTunes, then open the photos in your desktop image editing software? What are you, some kind of hillbilly?..
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posted: September 18th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | retro
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The Diana camera was a really cheap plastic camera that was made by the Great Wall Plastic Factory in Hong Kong in the 1960s. At the time, it was just that, a piece of junk. But over the years artists have discovered that the crummy little camera’s flaws ended up producing some really dreamy imagery…
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posted: August 30th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging | gadgets
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Bushnell’s new Trail Scout Pro 5.0 night vision digital camera is designed to be mounted to a tree in the forest, and automatically snaps 5-megapixel digital photos of anything that crosses its path.
In addition to being able to shoot night vision pics, the $270 (street price) camera switches into a full color mode during daylight…
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posted: July 14th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: gadgets | just plain fun
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Here’s a great find for the photo enthusiast in your life. These Soviet-era camera kits from LOMO let you build your own 35mm camera and other photographic gear.
The Lomo Meccano Erector set is a complete kit that lets you build five different photographic devices…
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posted: July 12th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: computing | digital imaging | hacks-mods
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The guys over at RedPost come right out and say it. They want you to hack their new digital picture frame and do whatever you want with it.
For starters, the RedPost/Kit is a gorgeous digital picture frame with a large 19-inch Hannspree LCD screen…
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posted: July 6th, 2007
author: technabob
filed under: digital imaging
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Have you ever taken a photo with the flash on, only to discover the image was washed out? The Fuji FinePix F40fd digital camera lets you see a preview of your pictures with the flash both on and off.
The F40fd can take two pictures, two milliseconds apart. One photo has the flash on, while the other has the flash off…
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posted: January 22nd, 2007
author: technabob
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