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Month: February 2004
Everything must go…
New York New Media Association
From the site:
For the past ten years, the New York New Media Association (NYNMA) has had the pleasure of serving the New York area technology industry. Unfortunately, we must now inform you that as of Friday, December 19, 2003, NYNMA has ceased operations due to a significant financial shortfall.
This is the beginning of the end…
Guardian Unlimited | Arts features | ‘Mr Ferrer can’t be with us tonight’
Tagline:
Artists from all over the world are being refused entry to the US on security grounds.
I think this signals the beginning of the end of NYC’s time as a center for art and other culture. Oh, where will we go..?
Java, JNI, Firewire Camera Capture for MacOS
FWCamAkiz allows image sequence acquisition from a FireWire camera compatible with the IIDC standard, on an Apple computer running MacOS 10.1.5 or above. FWCamAkiz provides:
a Java Native Interface (JNI) library handling the camera
a Java class interfacing with this library
a plugin for the free image manipulation software ImageJ by Wayne Rasband which allows comfortable acquisition with multiple timing options from within ImageJ, live preview and color conversion from raw image data.
Documentaries for social good
MediaRights.org
From the site:
MediaRights.org, a nonprofit organization, helps media makers, educators, librarians, nonprofits, and activists use documentaries to encourage action and inspire dialogue on contemporary social issues.
Flying bots are coming to form grey goo near you
Silicon Chip Online – Epson Develops World’s Smallest Flying Microrobot
Epson Develops World’s Smallest Flying Microrobot
How soon before they can reproduce…;-)
Pinouts pinouts pinouts
More pinouts than you can shake a stick at. I only wish they had XLR…
Counting, MPEG style
Streamingmedia.com: The MPEG Video Standards – from 1 to 21
There’s more to MPEG than just audio and video compression. There are five MPEG standards‚ÄìMPEG1, MPEG2, MPEG4, MPEG7, and MPEG21‚Äìspanning all aspects of compressing, authoring, identifying, and delivering multimedia. Here’s a quick look at each one and where it fits in the digital media landscape.
Nice responsive video, commercialized
Reactrix Systems,Inc.
From the site:
Reactrix® is a breakthrough visual display system that responds to people instantly and in real-time with dramatic visual effects and entertaining gameplay, to deliver an engaging experience people not only remember, but seek out.