Audio and Video

TV broadcasting in olympics

Rio 2016 Games is used to showcase technological innovations like virtual reality, video reviews, GPS, underwater digital lap counters…. state-of-the-art technologies will transform the athlete and spectator experiene. According to NBC Sports president Gary Zenkel, “”The Olympics have been a consistent driver of technological advancements, and Rio will be no different.” This posting is about 

Tube preamp kit FE-6J1-2.0B

A valve amplifier or tube amplifier is a type of electronic amplifier that uses vacuum tubes to increase the amplitude or power of a signal. In audio applications, valves continue to be highly desired by most professional users, particularly in recording studios’ equipment and guitar amplifiers. Among stereo enthusiasts, there is a subgroup of audio

Raspberry Pi Zero Pirate Radio Throwie | Open Electronics

http://www.open-electronics.org/raspberry-pi-zero-pirate-radio-throwie/?utm_content=buffer05f7d&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook.com&utm_campaign=buffer Cool looking project to build a cheap low power software based FM transmitter using Raspberry Pi Zero. 

DIY Olympics video effects

http://www.epanorama.net/newepa/2013/04/07/css3-used-for-video-effects/ This article from few years back tells how to make similar video effects as used in Olympics swimming.

Kodak’s First Digital Moment – NYTimes.com

http://mobile.nytimes.com/blogs/lens/2015/08/12/kodaks-first-digital-moment/?mwrsm=Facebook&_r=0&referer=http://m.facebook.com/ Article on first digital camera made by Kodak in 1975. It saved low resolution images to magnetic tape. It was considered to be the starting point of digital photography.