Here are 4 cameras with new innovations, which shows were compact technology is going. Online, Geotagging, 3D, Robotic, Face and Smile recognition with integrated projector.
Nikon Coolpix S1000p
The Coolpix S1000pj has a 12.1-megapixel sensor, 5x wide-angle optical zoom and EXPEED digital processing as in the company’s DSLR range, but most interesting is the 10 lumen LED integrated projector that can create up to 40-inch VGA-quality picture.
In fact you can use the projector for not only photos but slideshows with effects and music, and Nikon include a stand and a remote for ease of operation.
Finepix Real 3D W1
The Finepix Real 3D W1has two lenses and two CCD sensors, which allow it to take 3D snaps, and show them on its 2.8in lenticular screen. Macro shots are also possible, but require you to take two snaps in quick succession – keeping the shot in focus while doing this takes a little practice.
Once you’ve taken a few 3D snaps, you can also get them printed on Fujifilm’s special lenticular paper or take out the SD card and show them off on the optional 8in Real 3D V1 photo frame. Naturally, the W1 also gives you the option of taking standard 2D, 10MP shots.
Sony Party-Shot
The Sony Party Shot DS1, a robotic mount that you place the camera in, then it uses Face Detection to scan the room, look for shots, and take them. The mount pans a full 360 degrees horizontally, and it tilts up and down. When the camera (has to be Sony TX1 or WX1) detects a face, it focuses, sets exposure, and grabs the shot. Additionally, the cameras have Smile Shutter™ technology that automatically captures a smile.
Samsung ST1000
With the ability to capture and share photo memories on the move, the Samsung ST1000 allows users to truly connect with family and friends. Packed full of innovation and encased in a sleek compact frame, the ST1000 incorporates an unprecedented combination of geo-tagging technology, Bluetooth 2.0, DLNA compatibility, and Wi-Fi connectivity options.
The camera’s wireless functionality enables users to send and post pictures almost as quickly as they take them, while its GPS capabilities keep track of where users travel, giving them the ability to manage their images intelligently with geographical location data embedded directly into each corresponding EXIF file. With the increasing importance of content sharing for consumers, the ST1000 provides an unrivalled experience and is a great way to keep one’s network of friends and family in the know.
A week ago or so my niece’s boyfriend got shot. He will recover, but it is still made me think long and hard about what to do about gun control.
Jacob Zuma has asked SAPS to come up with a plan, so why don’t we help out and come up with some ideas.
Here is one of my suggestions, one because I have a much more drastic idea I will write about another day.
Idea
My idea is simple: Why don’t we give bullets a serial number?
A conventional piece of gun ammunition contains a bullet and a casing where the gun powder is housed. The casing wraps around the bullets back end. The idea is to place an engraved serial number in the “foot” – the back-end of the bullet. The serial number cannot be filed of or otherwise erased without breaking the ammunition. The back-end of the bullet is also the part that normally survives any impact, and the bullet is the weapon that will be left at a crime scene. Check out the image. Read the rest of this entry »
Why don’t we have that kind of restriction on books? To be honest, even if we had, I wouldn’t be bothered to enforce them on my kids, but then again – I don’t enforce the rating from TV on my kids either, I simply warn them, and they are quite good taken my warnings seriously.
By why don’t we have ratings on books? We should, since we have ratings on other medias, such as TV and the internet. If your daughter is reading some serious book with a totally innocent title, you would have no clue how explicit the contents would be. I discussed this with a friend last night. And we realised that some of the more hectic either violent or sex oozing scenes from books we read over 20 years ago, is still fresh in our head. They certainly made an impact. We could also agree that what we read in a book and then imagined, is far more troublesome compared to what we ever would see in TV.
Actually the whole thing started for me, when I explained to another friend, that I don’t understand the TV rating system in South Africa. I was born in Denmark, and have only lived here in SA for the last 10 years, but I still don’t understand it.
How can it be that explicit nudity and sex – even more visual than the erotic movies shown is rated 18 and explicit violent movies is rated 16. I mean we are all here on the planet as a result of somebody had sex. It is certainly more natural than somebody has been carved up with a chainsaw.
And the erotic movies shown with the most severe age restriction is nothing compared to what you could read – Harold Robinson was used as an example in my discussion last night.
As I said, it is a rhetoric question. But I still wonder…
