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Bizarre Stuff
Author: John
Autochrome Photos from WWI
In 1904 the Autochrome was unveiled at the Academy of Science in France, this new photographic technique was a revolution in the world of color photography. Up to that time all color photos were taken by a three plate technique that required lots of time and a subject that did not move. The Autochrome used dyed potato starch that captured a color image in one single exposure. These photos were take in World War 1 and still look pretty good.
World’s Armed Forces Forum
More info on the Autochrome process:
What is an Autochrome?
MAKE: Blog and Website
In this day of disposable phones and electronics so cheap that you don’t bother to fix even the most minor of problems with them, the entire notion of the fix-it guy is in real danger of becoming a thing of the past. Not so if O’reilly publishing has anything to do with it. With the sucsess of books like ‘Hardware Hacking Projects for Geeks‘ they may be trying to breath new life into the spirit of “Buy a new one? Heck no, hand me that JB Weld and an old coat hanger!” This is so the magazine for me. I can see these bound on my bookself along with my 50’s edition of Scientific American’s “The Amateur Scientist” and my equaly vintage copy of Forrest Mims Engineer’s Notebook. I can’t wait until the first copy arrives! I’m looking forward to reading about kite photography and the magstripe reader projects.
iPod Photo Stereoscope
This is a pretty cool little hack. Now I only know two people that own iPods and one of them lives in Canada. I can’t see someone like me buying two of the photo iPods to build one of these, plus I’d hate to mess up my stereopticon. It does make me think that two of those little Juice Box media players might be a cheap analoug.
IPOD-Photo Stereoscope
The Doom Boom
Did it say anything about a patch kit? Prehaps that is being done by another department. I have to say that an extention to the shuttle arm that will let the crew inspect the underside of the orbiter is a very good idea.
Lending A Hand, An Arm… And A Boom
A Brief Glance at the Future of Warfare
I didn’t hear the entire segment on Talk of the Nation Science Friday, but from what i did catch was pretty good. I can’t wait to see video footage from the next generation of hunter killer robots.
NPR : iRobot: Getting in on the Ground Floor