Archive for December, 2009

Video-stitching live cellphone streams

Wednesday, December 30th, 2009

So Microsoft labs in Cairo, Egypt, have developed a way to combine various videos shot live on separate cell phones, of essentially the same scene, and combine them into a single, wider video. A college of mine referred to this as, "adaptive supersampled combinators!" New Scientist has a write up. Let's take it ...

Ten Thousand Pictures of You

Friday, December 18th, 2009

Ten Thousand Pictures of You from Robin King on Vimeo. So wildly creative and imaginative, it is hard to focus on the "story" on the first viewing. This three minute stop-motion video consists of roughly 26,000 photos and took about a year to make.  It was uploaded to Vimeo over a year ...

Numerous Holiday wishes from Nearly a Nerd

Friday, December 11th, 2009

It may still be a little early, but you are worth it: Merry Holidays. Santa related cheer from Santa, NO!