Surf City
Lovely work from photographer Romain Laurent.
Here.
Story Wheel | Soundcloudlabs
Storywheel from Soundcloud enables users to create narrated, retro-looking slideshows with their Instagram pictures.
Big barrier/s, and I was well disappointed when I discovered that I couldn’t just pull in a filthy d&b track – but there is something in there…
Maybe.
Machine Photo Critic
‘Xerox research labs have developed a computer program that tells you if your pictures are good or bad. In fact, it’s capable of detecting if the photo has that magical, intangible quality that makes an image special.’
Smarts.
Here.
Lytro | Light Field Camera
This is pretty sweet. It’s a multi lens camera that enables the focus of the photographs created by it to be adjusted when the photo is displayed on a web. Basically meaning you don’t have to focus the camera or worry about what mode you’re in or anything. Just point and click and everything, and they mean everything, can be done after.
Go have a look – it’s menkal.
Here.
Followgram
Followgram is a tool that enables the creation of a custom follow button and vanity url for your Instagram feed.
Like this:
Sweets.
Here.
Theia | Realtime Mobile Image Search
Researchers at Rice University have developed a system for remotely searching images stored on any mobile device. The software, called Theia, gives searchers a near-realtime view of what is being/has been photographed on any (connected) camera phone. It’s kinda like that bit in The Dark Knight where Batman turns every phone in Gotham into a sonar/microphone, except this is with pictures and it’s real. The system works via a server that addresss the searches and an app that has to be installed on the device. The app also makes use of the phone’s geolocation information. So, when a search turns up a positive match, it looks to nearby phones for more matches.
A good/dramatic example of its use would be that of a lost or abducted person. With Theia, the cops could search cell phones the world over for the individual using facial recognition tech. In an ideal world, one in which the technology was ubiquitous, if the person had been photographed they would be found.
As interesting as this tech is, the ‘tech being ubiquitous’ issue is obviously a huge one. I can’t help but wonder why would anyone willingly become a part of a passive spy network?
More here.
C64 Yourself
Here.
ViaMOA.
Reykjavik Invasion
Spaceships above Iceland.
Marvellous.
Here.
From SigVicious.
ViaFubiz.
Manhattan In Motion
I love that town.
Pummelvision
Pummelvision grabs your photos from around the web and edits them into a tight music video.
Here.
Statigram
Instastats.
Here.
StolenCameraFinder
stolencamerafinder can locate a missing camera by searching for photos on the web that have been taken by that camera.
Clever.
Inkstagram
A lovely site for browsing and managing photos from Instagram.
Here.
Instagrid | Prinstagram
Above is a little idea I was working up for a bit of rubbishcorp® PR. Basically it was a site that enabled Instagramers to grid their photo’s and print them out as a high rez files for their walls.
Yesterday Alfred sent me the site below.
Arse.
Here.
Light Painting WiFi
A project that explores the invisible terrain of WiFi networks in urban spaces by light painting signal strength in long-exposure photographs. A four-metre long measuring rod with 80 points of light reveals cross-sections through WiFi networks using light-painting.
ViaCPLUV.