Bubblescope... bringing the 360 degree omni cam into the hands of any and everyone! This on brings me back to my UCSD HCI Lab days, where we had our omnicam strapped to the top of Infiniti Q45, capturing 360 degree video data of subjects' drives... which were then used to process lane changes, driving behaviors, etc etc... fascinating stuff, naturally i was amused with watching the circular video footage both in circle form and after you stretch them back to normal.

But enough about that, the Bubblescope!= was over on Josh Spear and i hadn't had time to write about it until now (with all that iphone madness and what not)... Tom Lawton is turning this into a water bottle looking camera for everyone. Now we can ALL take 360 view images... its especially fun indoors as well as capturing vast expanses of fields, etc... really fun way to completely change your perspective of a space. Point and shoot panorama's anyone?

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Tags: camera - photography - shopping - technology

Introducing my latest tech impulse buy - welcome the Canon TX1 to my pile of purse gadgets. Still in NY for Design Week, but to be honest i've been completely spent mentally and physically... so today has been incessant posting and enjoying the hotel room, with a minor excursion - where on the way back i stopped by the legendary B&H which happens to be across the street. I've never been! And i was amazed and horrified with the crammed amount of technology and lines... it was like disneyland, with a line for EVERYTHING (to check in my bag, to talk to the digicam guys, then to pay, then to pick up the products, then to pick up my bag...) it felt like a super dense overly efficient fry's like technowonderland. And i've been quietly stalking and hoping to find a Canon TX1, which were supposed to be out this month, but no one has them! Even amazon is saying 1-3 weeks before shipping. So imagine my surprise when the guy behind the counter tells me he hasn't seen them yet, but will check. And they have 3! The clerk next to him says he just checked this morning and there are none... but NOW there are three. So i couldn't resist. (and yes, even the most serious of the B&H clerks were ready to drool over this incredible little piece of tech)

I don't think you understand till you play with this hybrid digital camera/video TX1... its about the size of the tiny elph cameras. It is 7.1 mgp for stills with 10x OPTICAL ZOOM... and it shoots HD video. and its new physical UI is a pleasure to use, and the automatic lens cap is brilliant. And rotating lcd (so no more purse scratches for me). Not to mention image stabilization, and up to ISO 1600. Now - if only i had managed to get this a few days ago, my purse would have been much lighter (been shooting with the Digital Rebel) - and there might have been some videos... well, there's still part of tomorrow left!

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Tags: camera - photography - reviews - shopping - technology

We at NOTCOT love our tech and gadgets. We love Batman and James Bond because they're more or less just regular guys (however fictional... sigh) with awesome stuff. So what if they lived in, say, the 1880s? Perhaps they'd have this tiny pocket-watch camera (although it's actually a lady's watch... so maybe it's one for Batgirl?). For some reason this just totally amuses me to no end. I keep picturing two spies hanging out, and one has this super techy tiny digital camera with satellite link up or something, and the other one busts out this antique thing. But at the same time, I gotta say this looks beautiful and intriguing. I'm sure someone spent a lot of time making it, and someone spent a lot of money to acquire it... it recently sold at auction for £18,000!Via Boing Boing.

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Tags: accessories - camera - photography - shopping - technology

This post goes out to RUGenius as an early bday card of sorts (she's turning the big 22 on thurs!) ~ and as the design loving, saver of animals, nearly phd having, fencer in my life... this fashion photo set by Rasmus Mogensen was too breathtaking not to feature. And there's something about swords ~ and fencing masks... dangerously playful perhaps?

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Tags: art - fashion - fencing - photography

The cult like world of Lomography ~ announces a notebook... and it looks great! (and no no don't compare it to moleskine already, since the elastic around is so standard these days, and its not as if they invented it)... there's something nice about a notebook that gives you your space to doodle and ruminate at will... yet also inspires you on every page with some little tips and tidbits and pictures. And everyone knows it can sometimes be hard to fill a notebook in one calendar year depending on your usage and how many you have... this one has calendars fro 2007-2010! As if they knew some of us like the plan ahead... as well as dialing codes and time zones, for us international types. Lomographic Notebook (more info and images below as well!)

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Tags: books - camera - gifts - photography - shopping

Breathtaking new ad campaign for Disney's Year of a Million Dreams', featuring photography by genius Annie Leibovitz, and Scarlett Johansson, Beyoncé, David Beckham, Lyle Lovett, and Oliver Platt. My favorite tagline "Where imagination saves the day." These photographs reignite my love of fairy tales, myths, fables ~ and are a great example of how universal these ideals are... who doesn't smile at the sight of them?

"Befitting a true princess, Johansson wears a stunning, one-of-a-kind Harry Winston tiara – a dazzling piece in platinum with more than 62 carats of sparkling diamonds and valued at $325,000. The dress worn by Johansson is a custom-made, Cinderella-inspired gown designed by Nicoletta Santoro." WOW. And when can you find these in print? "The campaign premieres as a special insert in the March issues of Vanity Fair, GQ, Vogue, W, The New Yorker, Conde Nast Traveler and Cookie."

Full images and a few behind the scenes shots below... and would you believe i first heard about this via Wii News Channel?

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Tags: advertising - photography

In light of all the foooood over at Tastespotting today, i've been both famished and inspired... especially in the photography realm. Often i find the most intriguing pieces to be the behind the scenes of catalog shoots, etc... take this Kate Spade set for example, the final shots are gorgeous! In a very surreal, retro, playful, glammed out sense... and then the behind the scenes shots manage to balance those same qualities, while adding another layer of realism to them. Basically, they just made me want to run out and take pictures... or start planning NOTed #2. (via love made visible)

Tags: advertising - bag - fashion - photography