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Today’s the day. The day you help save the internet from being ruined.
Ready?
Yes, you are, and we’re ready to help you.
(Long story short: The FCC is about to make a critical decision as to whether or not internet service providers have to treat all traffic equally. If they choose wrong, then the internet where anyone can start a website for any reason at all, the internet that’s been so momentous, funny, weird, and surprising—that internet could cease to exist. Here’s your chance to preserve a beautiful thing.)
Who is the Alpha and Omega of emojis? What is Unicode? Read the article Why It’s So hard to Design New Emoji.
An MRI of broccoli! Andy Ellison, an MRI technologist, has been using magnetic resigning imaging to scan cross sections of fruits and veggies.
A piece on modern times by Banksy, located in Bristol, UK.
Art, in its ever evolving history, has added a new genre to its timeline: robot art. Created by Dr. Woohoo, this robot can paint natural looking smoke and water images with specially designed software.
Ray-Ban and Oakley have inked a deal with Google Glass that will combine fashion and technology.
Perhaps ‘smart technology’ can be smart looking too. We’ll have to wait and see!
Submergence, a huge installation done by a group of designers called Squidsoup, is currently on display in Oslo, Norway. Submergence is made up of thousands of suspended lights, which have motion sensors that respond and illuminate as you move through it.
You can now take a drift down the Colorado River via Google Maps.
These are two screen shots from my computer and you can read more about it at laboratoryequipment.com.
Camera straps are usually a straightforward affair, but every now and then a product comes along that’s worth getting excited about.
Case in point: the Miggo. Ohad Cohen designed a unique strap that rolls up into a protective sleeve.
The Camera Strap That Doubles as a Case
Thanks Dennis!
Every digital designer absolutely needs to know about this online color picker, Adobe Kuler.
You can chose pre-made color themes, pick from an image, and save favorite themes. What’s even cooler is that you can create your own theme based on options like analogous, complementary, shades, etc.
Enjoy!
Can we talk about this Lomography Smartphone Film Scanner? For $59.00, you can easily scan your 35mm negatives; just place your phone on the scanner, slide your negatives in, and snap a pic on your phone.
Christmas shopping made easy for your photo friend.
Buy it at Photojojo!
Photographer Jimmy Nelson spent 3 years photographing tribes that have remained untouched by time. In a series titled ‘Before They Pass Away’ exhibits a beautifully captured and eye opening documentary. Makes you wonder what could’ve been had technology not progressed.
I wanted to witness their time-honoured traditions, join in their rituals and discover how the rest of the world is threatening to change their way of life forever. Most importantly, I wanted to create an ambitious aesthetic photographic document that would stand the test of time. A body of work that would be an irreplaceable ethnographic record of a fast disappearing world.
-Jimmy Nelson
See the whole series at Before They Pass Away.
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Seen it yet? After months of sneak peeks, Nikon pulled the curtain on its retro-inspired DSLR.
The Df packs a modern 16 megapixel sensor along with classic features like manual shutter speed and ISO control.
Nikon Unwraps Its Latest Retro Beauty
via Reddit
Google aims to bring Street View imaging to Galapagos Islands
Google wants to make it easier for you to virtually visit one of the world’s most famous remote animal-watching destinations, and the place that inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of evolution.
On Thursday, the Silicon Valley search engine giant announced it recently sent its Street View Trekker backpack camera system to the Galápagos Islands to capture panoramic images of the region’s sulfur mines, lava tunnels, lush forests and wondrous waters as well as the inimitable wildlife that calls this UNESCO World Heritage Site home.
The photos, which were snapped between May 6 and 17, will be available on Google Maps later this year.
Google Earth Outreach has collaborated with the Charles Darwin Foundation, a non-profit organization located in Galápagos off the coast of Ecuador in South America, whose mission is to preserve the region’s enchanting landscapes and species. (Google)