Audio and Video

https://www.geek.com/tech/researchers-taught-a-computer-to-compose-christmas-carols-and-its-creepy-1682325/ This is weird AI art… →

It’s still cool to see a functional tool like the oscilloscope manipulated to display unrelated art.  When you input suitable stereo audio into an old scope in in X-Y mode, you can see all kinds of artistic creations. Salvaged Scope Lets You Watch the Music article introduces you how to use old scope for video →

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/john-knoll-rogue-one-star-wars/ Arduino controls the lights in big budget movie props.  →

https://www.hackread.com/mirai-botnet-hacks-surveillance-camera-in-98-secs/ This article reports how Mirai botnet got access to security camera. The security of networked security cameras needs to be improved – the devices with default password can get hacked faster than you can find how to change the password! →

https://www.wired.com/2016/11/great-now-even-headphones-can-spy/ Very many gadgets have microphone that can be used for spying. And in some cases even headphones that don’t have microphones can be used for recording sounds… →

Big wall size video displays has been available from quite bit of time. Very many modern big displays are built using LED technologies that I covered yesterday in Big LED video display technology posting. This article covers some of the older technologies how big wall size video displays have been built. Before huge video displays →

 The largest LED video display in all of sports article tells thatMercedes-Benz Stadium, the future home of the Atlanta Falcons and MLS expansion team Atlanta United FC, will feature the largest LED video display in sports. The 360-degree halo display will be part of the retractable roof.Engineered by Daktronics, the halo video board is 58 →

http://tronixstuff.com/2011/05/30/tutorial-video-output-from-your-arduino/ Arduino board can generate composite video signal when you add two resistors and suitable software. →

https://blog.hackster.io/project-a-moving-image-onto-a-deforming-surface-5d7308a81624#.fudc9x3ej There is a cool demonstration video on this article. →

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/winners-wildlife-photographer-year-awards-absolutely-spectacular/ Amazing pictures to enjoy this friday. →