It seems that the the 25 years old free web is under a constant attack. The most current threads to really open web at the moment are DRM, network neutrality issues and mobile app wallet garden silos. Some time ago DRM HTML5 were approved. I did not like the idea to add DRM to HTML5, →
ModPlayerJS is a player that runs in your browser for .MOD music files (the mainstay of Amiga and PC sample-based music circa 1990). This worked for me in Chrome browser but failed to work on Firefox. A good example of MOD music and what the player can do is to play 1DASBOOT.MOD with it (compare →
Lytro changed photography some years ago when it introduced light field photography technology. At that time Lytro introduced pocket digital camera that has adjustable focus that you can adjust afterwards. First lit looked like just a gimmick, but it seems that the idea has got wider interest that just this one product: several smart phone →
Ready for the coolest thing you’ll do in your web browser this Friday? This Amazing Interactive Site Lets You Create Symphonies With Your Keyboard. Click the box down there, turn your audio up, and mash on your keyboard. You’re now enjoying the multisensory magic of Patatap “portable animation and sound kit”. Tap and swipe the →
There are as many opinions about microphones as there are sound engineers. The people who have worked a long time in the field have experimented with many microphones, but what if you’re just starting out, or you need to mic something you haven’t worked with before? The writer of Control Geek blog decided to develop →
Has the bubble burst? Is that why camera sales in N. America are down by 43%? is an interesting articles about the future of photography, basically predicting the doom of consumer DSLRs. It tells that in future dedicated cameras & pixel peepers will be more like high fidelity audio, which used to be common selling →
In recent years, continued technological innovation in digital video has pushed the boundaries of “high-end” video resolution from 1080p (2K resolution) to 4K. 4K video has considerably higher number of pixels than HDTV has: 4K approximately four times the number of pixels compared to 1080p display. Today 4K the highest resolution format available for consumers. →
Here are links to some interesting articles on professional photography. The Inside Story of How Olympic Photographers Get Such Stunning Images article tells how the AP and Getty Images, two of the biggest photo agencies on the scene, get their incredible photos from the Olympics to the United States. Digital photography has completely changed the →
Hackaday told some days ago that a machine vision company Studio diip based in The Netherlands has created an interesting fish on wheels, a robotic car controlled by a goldfish. The system appears to work pretty well on the video. This is quite funny looking system. A Logitech 9X0 series camera captures overhead images of the →
It seem that you are almost always leaking some information without you knowing about them. Tracking the users is the invisible business that funds the web. Also spies target ‘leaky’ phone apps because they transmit users’ private information across the Internet. Also photos can reveal more information that you can see with your eyes. Your →