Automated event photographer
August 10, 2009 by Robin Parrish
Filed under Electronics
Imagine being able to set up your camera on a base station at a party — and the camera moves itself, searching the crowd for smiling faces and taking the photos for you.
The flying saucer-shaped Sony Party-Shot for your Sony WX1 or TX1 camera pans a full 360 degrees and tilts up to 24 degrees, auto-detecting picturesque moments, self-adjusting the frame’s composition, and taking all the photos for you.
The Party-Shot runs on AA batteries, enabling it to run for up to 10 hours straight — which is a lot more than you’ll need, since neither of the digital cameras it’s …read more
Attention People: Resize… Then E-mail
April 14, 2009 by Jason Bean
Filed under Computers
One of the things that continually frustrates me is when people decide they want to share the photos from their recent vacation with you. They send an email to everyone in their address book (in the To:) field and attach as many photos as they can in their e-mail program at the standard resolution provided by their digital camera of choice.
Let’s talk about the size difference of these photos.
In the example image above the attached photo would be almost 2.5MB for a single photo. I’m not sure what the limits are in most email programs or what the restrictions are …read more
Tennis Ball Headphones
Sometimes hitting the courts a few hours each day just isn’t enough for the tennis diehards. If you’re one such persona, get crafty and make some tennis ball headphones.
I was looking for a really cool picture but I couldn’t find one.
And I couldn’t find my digital camera to take a picture of my own super sweet tennis ball headphones…




