America’s entrance into World War II and the unprescedented domestic mobilization effort that followed profoundly altered American society. Women not only entered the workforce en mass, they routinely worked in roles traditionally reserved for their male counterparts. More »
Action cameras seem simple enough. Strap it to your head, hit record, and go, right? While that’s essentially true, your video may not turn out like the ones you see the pros making. So we wrangled up some of them up at Winter X Games, and got some simple, easy to incorporate tips that’ll kick your next video up a notch or two. More »
Forget your quaint little shelves with a few vintage cameras you love showing off. For the teeny sum of $49,999 you can buy this hoarder’s bonkers collection of what appears to be every camera ever. Basically. More »
Everybody has an Instagram addict in their life. Hey, maybe you even are one! This humorous video, by photographer Grant McGuire, explores the rise of, and drama surrounding, Instagram through the eyes of an addict. More »
We’ve all seen our share of food porn. But what can we do with food when it’s off the plate? That’s the space of food art. And for this week’s Shooting Challenge, your task is to elevate food beyond smut. More »
Photography is getting easier thanks to cameras that are able to better evaluate and automatically choose the best settings for a given scene. But photo editing, that’s still a bit of a mystery to most amateur photographers. So Adobe—the makers of Photoshop—are working with the University of Michigan to develop an extremely intelligent photo editing app that simply does what you tell it to do. More »
Mirrorless cameras have matured into serious alternatives to DSLRs. Some of the biggest brands failed to anticipate that success. One of them, Canon, is now trying to play catch up. Their first attempt, the EOS M, dropped this autumn after much anticipation. More »
With Photoshop’s ubiquity, it’s actually surprising that scenes like this don’t happen more often: Greek police may soon be under investigation for attempting to airbrush out evidence of police brutality in the mug shots of four young men. And they did a horrible job of it, at that. More »
This week the folks behind F5 Robotics have revealed DiveBot, also known as the “world’s first ready-to-use underwater HD ROV under $1300.” That’s quite the feat, making such a device at such a price, and it’s coming in a way that’s no small challenge for the public as well – it’ll be crowd-funded on its way to reality. Through the crowd-funding platform indegogo, users will be able to put down an amount of cash that will gain them early access to a final product, knowledge that they helped fun the project, or just a friendly letter saying “thanks!”
With this ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) you’ll be able to dive on deep into the sea with a collection of parts that are at once easy to construct and inexpensive to purchase. This project includes no less than some of the brand new F5 Robotics XStream Brushless Thrusters, a rather successful set of robot-friendly parts that are selling like wild right this minute. DiveBot uses at least two of these thrusters as a set of its most important components.
With DiveBot, users will have the option to choose from one of several different kits. First there’s a DIY Development Platform that users can purchase to create whatever final vision they’ve got for their version of DiveBot at home. This set comes with the chassis and the thrusters so you’ll be able to create your own model.
Next there’s the Standard Version which will be wired with a high definition camera and a 50-foot tether complete with controls as well as video-out so you can hook up your own display onboard your ship, whatever that may be. The price of the DIY kit is currently projected to be between $600 and $700 USD while the Standard Version will be closer to $1200, then there’s one final version – the Deluxe Version.
The Deluxe Version is so exclusive that there’s not even a price for it yet – it’s so wild and crazy that you’ll not even be able to handle it! It includes the same hardware you get with the Standard Version but in this case you’ve got a 150-foot tether, a Waterproof Pelican case to carry everything in on the go, and a lovely daylight-viewable 7-inch LCD display (for all your viewing needs.) This and each other version coming soon will be available with optional “upgrades” to 500 feet of tether and AUX lighting – go big!
DiveBot hits indegogo as $1300 remote-control underwater robot is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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When putting the Sony FS700’s high speed capabilities to the test, filmmaker Danny Cooke saw a fantastic opportunity to create something more than just a technical shakedown of the equipment. Nothing is cooler in slow motion than fire, so with the help of fire breather Elliott Montello, Cooke created this mesmerizing test footage that Sony absolutely needs to license for its commercials. [Danny Cooke via Coudal] More »
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