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Today I was lucky enough to participate in Gr8 Designs for Gr8 Girls, a program to introduce young women to the interesting side of computer science. I ran two sessions using Lego Mindstorms NXT kits; the girls had to build a robot to activate a Staples That-Was-Easy button.
It always amazes me; out of eight groups, we had eight very different robots. To see some close-ups, check out this gallery on flickr.
Tags: Education, Lego, Photography, Robotics, Robots, Technology
Using Photographs to Enhance Videos of a Static Scene
For example, our system can transfer photographic qualities such as high resolution, high dynamic range and better lighting from the photographs to the video. Additionally, the user can quickly modify the video by editing only a few still images of the scene. Finally, our system allows a user to remove unwanted objects and camera shake from the video.
Using techniques from the field of computer vision, Photosynth examines images for similarities to each other and uses that information to estimate the shape of the subject and the vantage point each photo was taken from. With this information, we recreate the space and use it as a canvas to display and navigate through the photos.
Tags: Media, Photography
Photography as a Weapon – Errol Morris – Zoom – New York Times Blog
If you want to trick someone with a photograph, there are lots of easy ways to do it. You don’t need Photoshop. You don’t need sophisticated digital photo-manipulation. You don’t need a computer. All you need to do is change the caption.
Tags: Media, Photography
