Sunday, March 30, 2014

The possibilities are endless for this just-invented camera with no lens | The Daily Dot

The possibilities are endless for this just-invented camera with no lens | The Daily Dot: "I’m no optics expert, but the idea of a microchip camera without a lens seems what we laypeople would call “impossible.” And yet that’s exactly what David G. Stork and Patrick R. Gill of Rambus Labs have managed to do. They published a groundbreaking paper that introduces “a new class of lensless, ultra-miniature computational imagers and image sensors.”"



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Modern Day Noah Is Building An Ark Called Tsunamiball

Modern Day Noah Is Building An Ark Called Tsunamiball: "A designer named Chris Robinson decided to build one of the most off-the-wall ideas… but also one of the coolest. He is constructing a boat that could be tsunami-proof (named Tsunamiball). He was inspired after seeing what happened during the tragic 2011 Japanese tsunami."



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R/C car hits world record 188 miles per hour | News | Geek.com

R/C car hits world record 188 miles per hour | News | Geek.com: "Some folks are really into cars, but the need for speed doesn’t necessarily require a full-size car that you can ride around in. R/C fanatic Nic Case has secured a world record for the fastest R/C car. Dubbed the R/C Bullet, this one-tenth scale car has reached a top speed of over 188 mph, which happens to be faster than the top speed of sports cars like the Camaro Z and Jaguar F-Type. It should come as no surprise Mr. Case didn’t wrestle the R/C record away from anyone else — he was the holder of the previous record at 171.97 mph. Yes, this man loves his R/C cars."



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