Mesmerizing Animated GIF Portrait
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I don't know how they did this or where you can have one of your own done, but it's pretty darn sweet. Something about it makes me want to stare at it longer than I should. I'm obsessed with its awesomeness. Is it just me?
Update: These are actually called cinemagraphs. Very cool. Click on the additional images to see them in action.
True Mirror - How Others See You
The True Mirror idea is simple (and old; it was first patented in 1887): place two mirrors at right angles and have a look-see. Its effect, though, elicits the complexities of realization spanning everything from Whoa!...
Hipster Skeleton Bathroom Prints
Here comes the skeleton of your average dead guy to deck out a hipster's bathroom in 4 unique and very hip hipster prints during the next hipster Halloween party...
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Sigma Ultra-Telephoto Zoom Lens
Alright Mr. DeMille, the inside of my bellybutton, the middle pore on my left nostril, and the mole on my back I should probably get checked out are ready for their close-ups!...
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OPKIXONE Wearable Video Cameras
Which came first, AirPods or the idea for the OPKIXONE wearable video cameras? That is, did the AirPod design give OPKIX the idea for their duo of mini recorders stored in a shiny white case, or did they already have...
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Turing HubblePhone 5G Multi-Screen Smartphone
Don't worry, you have until 2020 to raise the nearly $3 grand you'll need to buy Turing's HubblePhone, a mobile device that takes a step back with its clamshell frame, and then about 20 steps forward with its multi-screen...
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Nixie Flying Wearable Camera
The Nixie may be a ways from reality--and your wrist--but its live demo debut at CES 2016 proves it's a lot more than a few mockup drawings and some dude's dream (or, in this case, a dude and a dudette). The wearable...
CV Dazzle - Computer Vision Camouflage
A complex, but increasingly important concept, computer vision (CV) is the collection of algorithms that devices ranging from security cameras to Facebook's PhotoTagger use to automatically detect and recognize human...
Beastgrip Smartphone Camera Rig
If the grip is as beastly as the look of this smartphone camera rig, I think we've got a chicken dinner on the table tonight. The Beastgrip Pro is a universal lens adapter and rig system for your phone intended to give...
Victorian Star Wars Portraits
The Star Wars boys give a pretty decent representation of Victorian times, huh? Jabba the Hutt almost looks dapper. Or at least less like the massive wart my friend Cornelius grew on the inside of his arm when he went...
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2C3D Tactile Camera for the Blind
2C3D is a concept tactile camera created for the blind community. Or, as the unfortunate translation on the 2C3D webpage says, it's "a camera that enables the blinds to see."...
Animated Bike Wheel Lights
MonkeyLectric upgrades its previous version of Monkey Light LED madness for bicycle tires with Monkey Light Pro, an installation of customized, downloaded graphics and animations that turn two wheels into two tickets...
Dapper Celebrity Soldier Prints
Obviously the only one of these celebrities who really sat for his French Republican Guard...or whatever...portrait in the 19th century is Chuck Norris because he's immortal and easily over 200 years old. The rest are...