Awesome covetous technology stuffs


Tokyo at High Dynamic Range

This is the hottest thing since … no, ever. It’s the hottest thing
ever.

(I might be convinced to change my mind.)

The other thing I’ve been drooling over today was an article about
eyeglass lenses fit to a guy’s bridge
piercing. By itself, it’s just fucking cool. Add in a heads-up
display, and I might need a towel.

~ by Skennedy on January 22, 2007.

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12 Responses to “Awesome covetous technology stuffs”

  1. That HDR shot is… just… amazing. Whoa.

    — Steve wants to take photos just like that when he grows up.

    anton_p_nym said this on January 22, 2007 at 4:46 pm

  2. That photo is fantastic. How exactly was it taken (tech wise), that makes it stand out and has you covetous?

    avatrix said this on January 22, 2007 at 5:04 pm

    • In order to take a High Dynamic Range photo, one first photographs something at three different exposures (although you can use many more if you’d like), and then combine them in a program like Photoshop (though, again, there are others equally good). It has settings specifically for HDR photos.

      It then makes the best picture possible out of them, taking into account a much more realistic range of light qualities than our cameras can produce in one photo.

      In fact, it is, likely, more realistic than our own eyes can interpret, though I couldn’t say for sure.

      atdt1991 said this on January 22, 2007 at 6:03 pm

      • So, the tech is in the software? Could I, with my Digital Rebel XTi, theoretically do that sort of thing?

        avatrix said this on January 22, 2007 at 6:10 pm

        • Absolutely. Use a tripod.

          One day, the technology may exist in cameras, to actually take HDR photos and have it work them together on its own. Not today, though.

          atdt1991 said this on January 22, 2007 at 6:19 pm

    • I covet having a reasonably complex but simple to operate digital camera again, and I covet taking pictures at such an amazing locale.

      atdt1991 said this on January 22, 2007 at 6:04 pm

  3. was good to see you this weekend. :)

    atropis said this on January 22, 2007 at 8:42 pm

  4. 20 years ago, this is how we always expected cities of the future to look.

    morbid_curious said this on January 23, 2007 at 5:04 am

  5. Chiba City, here we come!

    niteshad said this on January 23, 2007 at 10:23 am

  6. I would get a bridge piercing JUST to have those glasses!!! THAT IS GREAT!!!

    lluna_girl said this on January 23, 2007 at 9:53 pm

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