Hasta La Gadget!

If you’re a disgruntled clone trooper and you’re just sick of fighting other people’s battles for The Empire, why not quit and get a new job as a photography model. Actually, these photos were created by a Canadian art teacher using Star Wars figurines (and he didn’t use Photoshop!)

These images are part of David Eger’s 365 Days of Clones. He started this project as part of a New Year’s resolution, and I have to say that it’s pretty cool. I’ve never seen clones do so many interesting things before. Usually, they’re just slumming it for The Empire. Each photograph was taken on the anniversary of the original work. He even recreated paintings, like Pablo Picasso’s Guernica and Leonardo Da Vinci’s Vitruvian Man.

You can check out all of his photographs on his dedicated site, 365 Days of Clones.

And here’s a bonus image that has nothing to do with clone troopers, but it’s awesome anyhow.

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Are you one of the many that were saddened by the demise of Polaroid’s classic instant cameras? Well they’ve just released information about their new digital instant camera, that includes a printer so that you can print out all of your snapshots wherever you are. The device is pretty compact, so it might be an interesting solution.

The Polaroid Z2300 instant digital camera was unveiled at the 2012 CEA show. It has a 10 MP sensor and a built-in zero ink pinter, which can produce 2″ × 3″  prints in under a minute, with full bleed or the classic Polaroid border. It can also print on sticker-backed paper. The camera stores the photos on an SD card so you can use it like a regular digital camera too. There’s also editing software that allows you to review and crop photos on the 3″ LCD screen.

The camera is available for pre-order at Polaroid for $160 (USD), and it will ship starting around August 15, 2012.

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There must be a better way to take pictures of yourself without having to painstakingly set up the timer and running all the way to join the others who are already posing for the picture. It’s pretty clear who’s in charge of setting up the timer by just looking at the photo: just pick out the guy or girl with the haphazard hair and frazzled expression.

There are triggers and remotes for this kind of thing, of course. But if you can’t be bothered with that and don’t mind clapping to show the world you’re happy (and that you’re eager for a picture), then you can get the Snap Clap app for iOS devices instead.

It’s basically a simplistic trigger app that snaps a picture – every time you clap your hands.Now you’d probably have to worry about you clapping your hands in the photos, but that’s better than looking all haggard and unkempt, right?

The cool thing is that the app also has some post-processing tools up its sleeve, such as filters that you can apply to change the look and feel of your photos. Snap Clap can be downloaded from the iTunes App Store for $0.99 (USD).

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These new glasses are supposed to amplify the wearer’s ability to interpret the emotions and health of other people, by emphasizing the differences in color as well as brightness of their skin tone. The O2amp glasses were developed by 2AI Labs and I’d like to try them out to see how accurately they work.

The tinted glasses are supposed to have numerous medical applications as well. By reducing parts of the visible light spectrum, they highlight skin oxygenation and hemoglobin concentration. These could even help medical professionals locate veins, detect trauma or cyanosis.

These kinds of tinted shades could also be used in sports, security and poker. However, I’m sure they’ll get banned soon enough if anyone uses them in sports or poker to read the emotional state of other players.

The O2Amp glasses are currently being tested at a couple of regional hospitals for their effectiveness.

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