Archive for August 22nd, 2005

Canon 5D confirmed

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

The Canon 5D is for real. DPreview is publishing a preview of the full frame 12.8 megapixel marvel from Canon. The only problem with the camera is the US$ 3300 price tag.
New features include Picture styles such as portrait, landscape and faitful. The weight is 810 gr, 120 grams more than the Canon 20D. […]

Invisible e-ink

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

Way back in August of 2003, Wired had a interesting article about efforts to make people invisible. This would be done by using wearable displays and having a camera in the back that keeps track of the background.
This is a step closer to being possible with the use of E-ink .

Fine-tuned Google Map hack

Monday, August 22nd, 2005

I have fine-tuned my Google Map Geo IP Mash-up hack. It now lets you map any ip address and it shows approximate distance from your location to my server.