Category Archives: Tangential Art and Science
Since we became our own secretaries, it seems that we have to know nearly everything these days.
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A Few Minutes of Interesting: Light Wavelengths and Sleep, and Robot Snake Camera
Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Lighting Research Center have discovered a way to combat the drowsy feeling often experienced in the afternoon (known as the “post-lunch dip”) using a novel method: exposure to visible light.
For years, researchers have known that exposure to certain wavelengths of visible light helps prevent production of melatonin, a chemical responsible for drowsiness. …
Read the rest (so to speak) at: Using Light Exposure to Combat the “Post-Lunch Dip”
Robot Snake Camera: Camera Controlled by an Amphibious Snake Robot: Design Inspired by Nature
A Few Minutes of Interesting: Light Wavelengths and Sleep, and Robot Snake Camera
Researchers at the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in the Lighting Research Center have discovered a way to combat the drowsy feeling often experienced in the afternoon (known as the “post-lunch dip”) using a novel method: exposure to visible light.
For years, researchers have known that exposure to certain wavelengths of visible light helps prevent production of melatonin, a chemical responsible for drowsiness. …
Read the rest (so to speak) at: Using Light Exposure to Combat the “Post-Lunch Dip”
Robot Snake Camera: Camera Controlled by an Amphibious Snake Robot: Design Inspired by Nature
Weekend Camera and Colorist Learning Fun
The new concepts of digital shooting and post are nicely shown in these posts:
RedShark News – Now your iPhone is the exposure meter you always wanted it to be
Check out the test video on this article:
RedShark News – Panasonic GH3: Amazing new footage from this $1,300 camera
I am about to release version 1.0 of an article I have written on accessibility in cinema. If anyone wants to tell me any last minute changes to make, including what doesn’t flow easily enough for you, or what doens’t make sense, or what is wrong in any way:
<http://dcinematools.com/pdf/Accessibility_To_Inclusion2012CinemaHIVI_v.995.pdf>
Weekend Camera and Colorist Learning Fun
The new concepts of digital shooting and post are nicely shown in these posts:
RedShark News – Now your iPhone is the exposure meter you always wanted it to be
Check out the test video on this article:
RedShark News – Panasonic GH3: Amazing new footage from this $1,300 camera
I am about to release version 1.0 of an article I have written on accessibility in cinema. If anyone wants to tell me any last minute changes to make, including what doesn’t flow easily enough for you, or what doens’t make sense, or what is wrong in any way:
<http://dcinematools.com/pdf/Accessibility_To_Inclusion2012CinemaHIVI_v.995.pdf>
New Distractions Arrive
020113 –
American Cinematographer | Life of Pi Podcast
iTunes – Podcasts – American Cinematographer Podcasts by American Cinematographer Magazine
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Here’s is a whole lot of ouch for the eyes – so pretty they hurt:
Gallery Collection of New York City Landscape Photographs by Photographer Scott Reither
I wish I had time to write about how this would work in the obvious network:
A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: Attack of the week: Cross-VM side-channel attacks
The story begins with pictures of a donkey…is over 50% of movie piracy in the hands of organized crime? Well, then the story writes itself after that.
Vladimir Horowitz’s famous grand piano lures classical music fans in Vancouver (with video). That’s the SO of acoustician Michael Leader on the 88s.
New Distractions Arrive
020113 –
American Cinematographer | Life of Pi Podcast
iTunes – Podcasts – American Cinematographer Podcasts by American Cinematographer Magazine
010113 –
Here’s is a whole lot of ouch for the eyes – so pretty they hurt:
Gallery Collection of New York City Landscape Photographs by Photographer Scott Reither
I wish I had time to write about how this would work in the obvious network:
A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: Attack of the week: Cross-VM side-channel attacks
The story begins with pictures of a donkey…is over 50% of movie piracy in the hands of organized crime? Well, then the story writes itself after that.
Vladimir Horowitz’s famous grand piano lures classical music fans in Vancouver (with video). That’s the SO of acoustician Michael Leader on the 88s.
New Distractions Arrive
020113 –
American Cinematographer | Life of Pi Podcast
iTunes – Podcasts – American Cinematographer Podcasts by American Cinematographer Magazine
010113 –
Here’s is a whole lot of ouch for the eyes – so pretty they hurt:
Gallery Collection of New York City Landscape Photographs by Photographer Scott Reither
I wish I had time to write about how this would work in the obvious network:
A Few Thoughts on Cryptographic Engineering: Attack of the week: Cross-VM side-channel attacks
The story begins with pictures of a donkey…is over 50% of movie piracy in the hands of organized crime? Well, then the story writes itself after that.
Vladimir Horowitz’s famous grand piano lures classical music fans in Vancouver (with video). That’s the SO of acoustician Michael Leader on the 88s.
Distractions…Too Much Interesting
6 December
The ASC: SIDE BY SIDE: Part One—A Point of View « John Bailey’s Bailiwick
iTunes – Podcasts – American Cinematographer Podcasts by American Cinematographer Magazine
Resolution vs. Aliasing: Implications for Motion Capture
3 December – The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: Full Color Excerpt, By America’s Top Satirical Newswriters
Where Are You Android Users? | TPM Editors Blog
EDCF Film Festival Tech Project – Interested? Write this editor…cjflynn@ this site
5 November – Slowing the speed of light game
A Slower Speed of Light | MIT Game Lab
5 Oct – Data scientists urged to share their big data skills with UK charities | IT PRO / This article is all over the map…but it is a starting point for a discussion for our industry. So many potentials. Someone please surprise me with an article on the subject for the entertainment technologies business please.
The coolest “like a desert” theater design: magma architecture: masrah al qasba theater from designboom – You must scoll down to see the pictures.
Just in case you think that layouts need to be aestetic…here’s what happens when they are: Dataisnature
Ya just gotta know about Wood Gasification: Wood Gasification | GASEK
Distractions…Too Much Interesting
6 December
The ASC: SIDE BY SIDE: Part One—A Point of View « John Bailey’s Bailiwick
iTunes – Podcasts – American Cinematographer Podcasts by American Cinematographer Magazine
Resolution vs. Aliasing: Implications for Motion Capture
3 December – The Onion Book of Known Knowledge: Full Color Excerpt, By America’s Top Satirical Newswriters
Where Are You Android Users? | TPM Editors Blog
EDCF Film Festival Tech Project – Interested? Write this editor…cjflynn@ this site
5 November – Slowing the speed of light game
A Slower Speed of Light | MIT Game Lab
5 Oct – Data scientists urged to share their big data skills with UK charities | IT PRO / This article is all over the map…but it is a starting point for a discussion for our industry. So many potentials. Someone please surprise me with an article on the subject for the entertainment technologies business please.
The coolest “like a desert” theater design: magma architecture: masrah al qasba theater from designboom – You must scoll down to see the pictures.
Just in case you think that layouts need to be aestetic…here’s what happens when they are: Dataisnature
Ya just gotta know about Wood Gasification: Wood Gasification | GASEK
Kodak Patents Worth 25% To Consortium
500 million is what Apple, Google and Samsung will offer Kodak for patents that Kodak supposedly told someone…these are worth 2 billion. I wonder if the estate manager gets to negotiate?
Rivals Apple, Google, Samsung reportedly team up to buy Kodak patents | Ars Technica
Kodak Patents Worth 25% To Consortium
500 million is what Apple, Google and Samsung will offer Kodak for patents that Kodak supposedly told someone…these are worth 2 billion. I wonder if the estate manager gets to negotiate?
Rivals Apple, Google, Samsung reportedly team up to buy Kodak patents | Ars Technica
4G Wireless Can Be Faster Than Wired Internet
In my quick tests, Charter’s 15Mbps cable-modem connection delivered about 9Mbps for downloads and about 3MB for uploads. That is plenty fast, though sometimes it is a lot slower than that, which is what you would expect from a shared cable modem connection. Of course, Charter offers faster services, including packages with up to 100Mbps downloads but still only 5Mbps uploads.
Taken from a David Strom ReadWrite Mobile article at: 4G Wireless Can Be Faster Than Wired Internet
That compares very favorably to my tests using an AT&T 3G iPhone, which delivered about 1Mbps down and half a meg up. You could tell it was a lot slower. But the real champ was an AT&T LG Nitro 4G phone: It clocked in at nearly 19Mbps down and more than 5Mbps up! Those are pretty impressive speeds for a mobile device – the download speed is nearly twice as fast as my wired connection.
And it isn’t just me: PC World found multiple megabit-per-second speeds on the various 4G networks that it tested this week as well, with AT&T reaching close to 10Mbps averaged across 10 cities.
The article goes on to explain nuance with pictures and graphs, including the final paragraph that begins with:
A better strategy may be to use one of the Clear.com devices. They offer unlimited WiMax/4G data for $50 a month, slightly more than what I pay for cable-modem service. The advantage is, I can take the little gizmo with me on the road and avoid those annoying wireless data charges at hotels and other hotspots.
Read the entire David Strom ReadWrite Mobile article at: 4G Wireless Can Be Faster Than Wired Internet
4G Wireless Can Be Faster Than Wired Internet
In my quick tests, Charter’s 15Mbps cable-modem connection delivered about 9Mbps for downloads and about 3MB for uploads. That is plenty fast, though sometimes it is a lot slower than that, which is what you would expect from a shared cable modem connection. Of course, Charter offers faster services, including packages with up to 100Mbps downloads but still only 5Mbps uploads.
Taken from a David Strom ReadWrite Mobile article at: 4G Wireless Can Be Faster Than Wired Internet
That compares very favorably to my tests using an AT&T 3G iPhone, which delivered about 1Mbps down and half a meg up. You could tell it was a lot slower. But the real champ was an AT&T LG Nitro 4G phone: It clocked in at nearly 19Mbps down and more than 5Mbps up! Those are pretty impressive speeds for a mobile device – the download speed is nearly twice as fast as my wired connection.
And it isn’t just me: PC World found multiple megabit-per-second speeds on the various 4G networks that it tested this week as well, with AT&T reaching close to 10Mbps averaged across 10 cities.
The article goes on to explain nuance with pictures and graphs, including the final paragraph that begins with:
A better strategy may be to use one of the Clear.com devices. They offer unlimited WiMax/4G data for $50 a month, slightly more than what I pay for cable-modem service. The advantage is, I can take the little gizmo with me on the road and avoid those annoying wireless data charges at hotels and other hotspots.
Read the entire David Strom ReadWrite Mobile article at: 4G Wireless Can Be Faster Than Wired Internet