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Ren Ng - Light Field Photography with a Hand-Held Plenoptic Camera (Video)

Examples of synthesised photographs with varying depth-of-field taken by a single prototype plenoptic camera.

» Light Field Photography with a Hand-Held Plenoptic Camera by Ren Ng, hosted at graphics.stanford.edu. Via digitalphotography.weblogsinc.com.

Added by Talon at 25th November, 11.56pm

Stuart Loh - Before the Gallows (Web page)

Discussion about the death penalty (in Singapore and other countries) in the context of Australian Nguyen Tuong Van's impending execution.

» Before the Gallows by Stuart Loh, hosted at hearye.org. Via RSS.

Added by Talon at 25th November, 6.03pm

Damn Funny Pictures - Cool Pictures - Cool Origami (Web page)

Extreme Origami

» Damn Funny Pictures - Cool Pictures - Cool Origami, hosted at damnfunnypictures.com.

Added by V at 2nd November, 1.13pm

How much of your favorite beverage can you drink before suffering death by caffeine? (Web page)

» How much of your favorite beverage can you drink before suffering death by caffeine?, hosted at energyfiend.com.

Added by V at 30th August, 4.28pm

Peter Rojas - Engadget 1985 (Web page)

The SYSOP is. . . . . . . . . . . . IN!

» Engadget 1985 by Peter Rojas, hosted at engadget.com. Via RSS.

Added by Talon at 23rd August, 4.13pm

PBS - Shark vs. Octopus (Video)

The operators of an aquarium worry for the safety of an octopus transferred to the shark tank. Soon after, shark corpses keep showing up on the bottom of the tank, so someone watches to see why... (Warning: Realvideo)

» Shark vs. Octopus by PBS, hosted at pbs.org. Via digg.com.

Added by Talon at 19th August, 9.00pm

Kevin Kelm - RoboDump 1.0 (Web page)

RoboDump is a robot. Sort of. And it poops. Sort of. Forever. A horrible, never-ending bowel movement complete with straining grunts, horrific gas, splashes, and pee sounds.

» RoboDump 1.0 by Kevin Kelm, hosted at triggur.org. Via improbable.typepad.com.

Added by Talon at 19th August, 12.57am

Marc Abrahams - A cut above the rest (Web page)

Does knife handle shape and size help make stabbings more effective? Apparently not.

"The bottom line," Horsfall says, "is that stabbing performance is almost wholly dependent on the person holding the knife, and is not a function of the knife handle." He emphasises also that "this paper does not in any way illustrate how to stab people".

» A cut above the rest by Marc Abrahams, hosted at education.guardian.co.uk. Via improbable.typepad.com.

Added by Talon at 19th August, 12.49am

Daniel Engber - When Doves Fly Away - What happens to all those birds they release? (Web page)

...Bird rescue workers say that a ring-neck dove released in a city will likely starve—if it doesn't get hit by a car or eaten by another bird first.

» When Doves Fly Away - What happens to all those birds they release? by Daniel Engber, hosted at slate.msn.com.

Added by V at 9th August, 2.07pm

Eyezmaze - GROW RPG (Animation)

Entertaining, simple Flash turn-based 'RPG'. Different moves produce different results, and it is possible to win... good luck!

» GROW RPG by Eyezmaze, hosted at eyezmaze.com. Via penny-arcade.com.

Added by Talon at 1st August, 1.29am