August 2008
11 posts
“When light hits our retina, it takes approximately 100 milliseconds, or...”
– Is Seeing Into the Future More Than an Optical Illusion? | Brain Blogger
“Teetor’s blindness actually improved his ability to invent new things. In the...”
– mental_floss Blog » Praise for the blind man who invented cruise control
WatchFinding Paths through the World’s Photos
When a scene is photographed many times by different people, the viewpoints often cluster along certain paths. These paths are largely specific to the scene being photographed, and traverse interesting regions and viewpoints. We seek to discover a range of such paths and turn them into controls for image-based rendering.
“the use of a system of ‘module and mass production’ accounts for the diversity....”
– LRB · Craig Clunas: At the British Museum
mental_floss Blog » The uncanny valley →
“[…] hermeneutics, or the reading of information in things where perhaps...”
– BLDGBLOG: The “Endless Accident Events” of Los Angeles
WatchAutomaton alpha preview on Vimeo (via Vimeo)
Sequencer engine affected by cellular automata.
