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InstaCRT is Rube Goldberg's answer to Instagram

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Swedish developer Martin Ström, filmmaker Ruben Broman, and photographer Erik Wåhlström have teamed up to create a unique filter system for your iPhone images, using a real-world 1-inch CRT monitor. InstaCRT takes a typical iPhone camera image and instead of applying a software filter, it sends the photo to a machine in Sweden where it's projected onto a 1-inch CRT screen (from a VHS camera)...

Project T(ether) creates virtual workspace using mo-cap technology

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We've seen three dimensional virtual workspaces before, but Project T(ether) is one iteration that has actual potential to be applied in the real world. Created by the Tangible Media Group at MIT, Project T(ether) utilizes an iPad and motion capture technology to produce a virtual environment for object creation and animation. The rectangle attachments found on the gloves and iPad are tracked by Vicon motion capture cameras — the same used by companies like Industrial Light & Magic for CG animation — to enable object and visual perspective manipulation in real-time. The 1:1 mapping is achieved with the help a server that transfers the data captured by the cameras to one or more spatial displays. A consumer-level version of Project T(ether) is likely a pipe dream, but its potential as a tool for 3D animators seems like a no-brainer.

... Tony Stark would be proud

OmniVision announces 4K2K-capable 16-megapixel sensors for mobile

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OmniVision has unveiled two new sensors capable of enabling high-resolution video shooting on portable devices. The 1/2.3-inch OV16820 and OV16825 sensors, designed for compact cameras and "flagship smartphones" respectively, can shoot 60fps video at 4K2K (3840 x 2160, or four times 1080p) and 30fps video at the full 16-megapixel resolution of 4608 x 3456. The sensors also allow for 16-megapixel burst photography.

Whether the devices these chips are intended for will have the lenses to take...

Ion Air Pro HD sports camera with Wi-Fi now on sale for $349.99

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The sports cameras Ion announced at CES have launched, adding another name to the list of options available for action photographers. The Ion Air Pro line of camcorders starts at $229.99 and offers 1080p HD video capture in a small, easily...


bootlegMIC project lets you bootleg in high quality on the cheap

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Handset microphones are designed for recording voice audio, so when you're trying to bootleg your favorite band at a concert, distortion becomes a problem. To remedy this, the folks at Open Music Labs have created a specialized microphone called...

Panasonic's 12-35mm f/2.8 Micro Four Thirds lens launching June 21st for $1,580

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Panasonic is announcing that its 12–35mm f/2.8 lens for the Micro Four Thirds system will be arriving in Japan on June 21st for a healthy price of ¥124,950 (about $1,580). The lens is the world’s first Micro Four Thirds zoom with an f/2.8 aperture across its entire focal range, which at 12-35 millimeters is the equivalent of 24–70 millimeters on a 35mm film camera or full frame DSLR like Nikon’s D4 or Canon's 5D Mark III. The lens...

Fujifilm to end APS film sales this month, marking the end of an era

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While we've recently seen the resurrection of 110 and Polaroid film, other formats aren't going to be quite so lucky. Fujifilm, the only remaining vendor of APS film, has said that it will stop selling the 24mm cartridge format to suppliers at the end of this month. The company announced plans to stop production last July, and it's taken the following 10 months for stock to be exhausted.

APS (Advanced Photo System) film hasn't been popular for...