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Monday, September 19, 2011
Around The World in 60 Seconds
It took Phileas Fogg 80 days to circumnavigate the world but, thanks to the wonders of technology, it is now possible to do it in just a minute. This whirlwind video tour of the planet is a compilation of time-lapse images shot from the International Space Station (ISS).
James Drake spliced together the images from the ISS, which travels at about 220 miles above the surface, to create the one-minute footage which he posted online - and it has become an internet sensation.
Science teacher Mr Drake used some 600 free-to-access images on the website The Gateway to Astronaut Photography of Earth, and knitted them together so everyone can enjoy the amazing view of North and South America.
The film, which was uploaded on September 15 and has attracted almost 50,000 hits on YouTube, starts over the Pacific Ocean and then moves over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica.
Some cities and landmarks can be spied, and they include, in chronological order, Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Fransisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix, various large conurbations in Texas, New Mexico, Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, and the Yucatan Peninsula.
Further around lightning can be seen in the Pacific Ocean, before other countries included in the video are Guatemala, Panama, Columbia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, and the Amazon. In addition, the Earth's ionosphere (thin yellow line) and the stars of our galaxy can be made out in the fascinating footage.
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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Found: Messages in Bottles
One year ago, off the coast of Oregon, a ten-year-old boy tossed a message in a bottle into the Pacific Ocean. Weeks ago, a 9-year-old girl in Hawaii found it.
Thomas Craig never expected his bottle to arrive safely in anyone's hands. He told West Hawaii Today newspaper, "I couldn't believe someone had found it. I was shocked. When I threw it overboard, it hit the top of my grandpa's boat so I thought it broke and sank. The chances of someone finding it seemed like a once-in-a-million type thing."
His seafaring send-and-receive beat the odds when Trinity Ballesteros of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, saw the bottle washed up on the beach. The note inside read: "Dear finder of my message, my name is Thomas and I live in Oregon. I'm ten years old and this week I'm salmon fishing deep in the ocean. I would like to hear from you."
Trinity responded (via email) to Thomas, who had included his mom's email address. Since then, the two plan to become pen pals (of the digital variety).
Friday, July 8, 2011
Lytro: The camera that could change photography forever
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.
The secret behind the Lytro camera is a new type of sensor that gathers much more information about the light coming into the camera than the sensors found on all other types of digital cameras. Rather than record a finite amount of information about the light in a photograph, as is the case with other camera sensors, the Lytro sensor records the entire “light field,” which is made up of “all the light rays in a scene,” according to the Lytro website. This includes the color, intensity and direction of the rays of light. Other cameras simply record all the light as a single amount of light.
With this vast amount of data, the focus of a photo can be fully adjusted to match a photographer’s desires, using a computer, in the same way one might use Photoshop to adjusts hue, brightness or contrast on a regular photograph. This means never having to worry about whether auto-focus centered on the right part of a picture, and it makes capturing fast-motion much easier.
The Lytro sensor’s sensitivity to light also makes it possible to take photos in very low-light conditions without the need of a flash. It also makes it possible to take 3D-like photographs with only a single lens, and without the need for glasses to see the immersive effects.
Of course getting into the camera-making business isn’t a cheap endeavor. Not surprisingly (considering the truly astounding capabilities of the Lytro technology), the company has so far managed to raise $50 million from a variety of investors.
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Sunday, July 25, 2010
Ronaldo Leaves Son with Mother to Top up His Famous Tan
Fatherhood doesn't appear to be cramping Ronaldo's style - what little of he possesses anyway. The world's foremost metrosexual footballer was out taking a boat cruise with friends yesterday in a pair of skimpy green shorts and white vest.
The Portuguese star, whose son Cristiano Junior was born on June 17, appeared not to have a care in the world as he enjoyed a cruise in the Algarve. Former Manchester United hero Ronaldo wore a pair of flip-flops, shades and a back-to-front baseball cap as he relaxed with a fair-sized entourage.
Now playing for Real Madrid, it's more important than ever that the 25-year-old works on his sun tan during the summer recess as the club plays in an all white strip.
His mother Dolores was believed to be looking after the £200,000-a-week star's new son back at the Algarve villa the family are renting. He is thought to have met him there for the first time after spending time with his girlfriend, Irina Shayk, in New York, last week.
Quite what she makes of the revelation that he bought sole custody of the child from a waitress he slept with in the U.S. last year is not on record. He allegedly met her in a Los Angeles restaurant during a trip to the U.S. last summer, charming her with the memorable line: 'Me, you, f*** f***', it was reported in the Sunday Mirror.
When she failed to understand his direct approach, Ronaldo drew a love heart on a misted-up window and said: 'Me, you, kiss!'
Thursday, September 10, 2009
PETA and Pam Anderson Release Another “Banned” Video
PETA commercial and Pamela Anderson are just a good match right, see their collaboration in the new PETA commercial "Cruelty Doesn't Fly." In this banned commercial (it was banned by CNN Airport Network) Pamela Anderson plays a sexy airport security guard, screening people for fur and leather products.
This commercial was supposed to show on CNN's Airport Network, but you know the rest of the story! Some people might think this is probably just a way to stimulate some publicity for PETA; after all, the organization has its spot particularly for "banned" videos.
PETA is known for its extreme videos and shocking commercials and this recently released new airport security-themed is just one of them. The New York Post reports that the CNN Airport Network has refused to run the ad as planned at three New York-area airports, the major concern is that children would see it. But PETA has already decided its next move which is to get the spot added to in-fight entertainment.
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Saturday, January 24, 2009
Samsung HMX-R10 Capsule Full HD Camcorder
The peculiar Samsung HMX-R10 looks like a space capsule from the 50's that was dropped out of a flying saucer. We were beckoned by the camcorder's angled lens and pill-like structure. The Samsung HMX-R10 is exceedingly small and flaunts a brushed silver body that will fit in a large pocket with ease. The best part is that this little video pod captures high-definition video. If anything, the Samsung HMX-R10 is a great conversation starter. Release: Mid-2009.
Samsung R10 9 megapixel sensor with an image of 1920 × 1080p Full HD recording videos, a 5x optical zoom and a 2.7-inch swiveling touch screen. The R10 looks like big capsule and it’s really stylish if you want to bring for travelling.
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Monday, June 23, 2008
The World's Largest Cruise Ship
Currently under construction, these pictures offer a first glimpse of the luxury that awaits passengers on the world's largest cruise liner.
The Oasis of the Seas will be a state-of-the-art travelling city complete with a shopping mall, numerous bars and restaurants, and an outdoor amphitheatre the size of a football field with its own micro-climate and rock-climbing walls.
The 220,000 tonne behemoth - which will be 1,081ft long and tower 213ft above the water line - will have a staggering 16 passenger decks.
An artist's impression of how the Oasis of the Seas, complete with rock-climbing walls, will look once construction has been completed
Hi-tech: A bar that moves between decks
She is currently being built at a cost of £610million in Aker Yards in Turku, Finland and is due to set sail next year.
Designed under the name Project Genesis, she was rechristened Oasis of the Seas last month, following a contest to name the ship.
The cruise liner is scheduled to hit the seas in late 2009, when she will operate Caribbean cruises out of Port Everglades in Florida.
Construction on a sister ship, Allure of the Seas, is due to begin shortly.
The luxurious liner will come with its own shopping mall
The ship's open-air amphitheatre that will come with its own micro climate
Gargantuan: The Oasis of the Seas will be the world's largest passenger vessel
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Sunday, May 4, 2008
Variety info about Toronto!
Friday, April 4, 2008
7 Miracles of the World: Most Famous and Remote Locations
You often felt probably tired from all the stress of city life and wanted to get away from it all. You naturally look for a remote place, where no one can disturb you from your holiday. The following places have inspired writers for generations, have been the hiding place for many outlaws but have remained remote and unfrequented.
Located in the southern Pacific Ocean, the Pitcairn Islands are famous for being home to the descendents of the Bounty mutineers and the Tahitians that accompanied them. Today, the Pitcairn Islands are home to only 50 inhabitants (9 families), being the least populated island and jurisdiction of the world.
More an oasis than an island, Palmyra is a former important city of Syria, now turned into an oasis. Its roots can be traced back to the mid-first century, when the elegant city linked caravan routes, between persia and Phoenicia. Presently, Palmyra is referred to as “bride of the dessert” and is one of the most signicative historial edifices of the Far-east. Various archeological teams are working on and off on the location, uncovering remains of ancient Asirian or Babilonian civilizations.
If you ever wondered what’s the most remote location in the world, here is your answer. Bouvet Island has a reasons for being this isolated: 93% of its surface is covered by glaciers. The island was part of one of James Cook’s quests in 1772, when he left South Africa on a mission to find it. Oddly enough, a flash of light was recorded by a satellite in 1979 likely caused by a nuclear bomb explosion or a meteor. The island also was the setting for the 2004 movie Alien vs. Predator.
Located in the southern Pacific Ocean, the Pitcairn Islands are famous for being home to the descendents of the Bounty mutineers and the Tahitians that accompanied them. Today, the Pitcairn Islands are home to only 50 inhabitants (9 families), being the least populated island and jurisdiction of the world.
Tristan da Cunha is a group of remote islands in the south Atlantic Ocean inhabited by only 271 people. Apart from its alluring remoteness, the islands are also the ornthologists’ dream, with 14 types of petrel including the greater shearwater, the prion and the storm petrel. Deeded as them “the remotest island in the world”, Tristan da Cunha is an ideal place: it has no crime, no unemplyment and an income tax of several bucks a year.
The Bishop Rock it’s not a destination of its own, but a curiosity most of us will enjoy. Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the smallest island, the Bishop Rock consists of a Lighthouse that stands on a rock ledge 46m long by 16m wide, 4 miles west of the Scilly Isles.
Nauru is the world’s smallest island nation, with a surface of only 21 km², also being the smallest independent republic, and the only republican state in the world without an official capital. On the downside, people from Nautru are among the most obese people in the world, with 90% of adults overweight.
The Palm Islands are artificial islands in Dubai, famous for their amazing shape. The islands are The Palm Jumeirah, The Palm Jebel Ali and The Palm Deira. They were commissioned by the Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum to boost the country’s tourism industry, adding 520 km of beaches to the city of Dubai. Construction is believed to be finished in the next 10-15 years.
Friday, January 25, 2008
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