That legal mess between the FBI and Apple over the last two months? The tech world wants to make sure it doesn't happen again. The FBI's declaration Monday that it could hack into an iPhone without Apple's help -- a device the agency had insisted carried security measures only the tech giant could defeat -- at least temporarily ends the clash between Washington and Silicon Valley. Though a momentary reprieve for Apple and its peers, the tech industry's reaction to the FBI's decision contained more warning than celebration. Perhaps with good reason: The FBI's move to dismiss legal actions against Apple in the investigation of the San Bernardino attack does little to settle the heated back-and-forth between law enforcement agencies seeking to expand their crime-fighting toolbox and tech firms fearful of being compelled to work at the behest of the government, executives and experts said. “This entire experience has shown we need to have much broader conversation around the policy, regulation and laws in a digital world and what does it mean to have secure technology,” Aaron Levie, chief executive of online storage provider Box Inc., said in an interview. SNIP

The company's official Youtube video explains the new product functionality:

• MTK6589 based smart phone
• Cortex A7 quad core, 1.2GHz
• 1G RAM
• 8G ROM,
• Android 4.1 OS
• 5.8 inch IPS screen, 1280 x 720 pixels
• 2.0MP front camera
• 10MP back camera
• external TF card extended to max 64G
• 3G, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, FM radio, Play Store

http://www.pandawill.com/cubot-a6589-smart-phone-mtk6589-quad-core-57-inch-hd-ips-screen-1g-ram-android-41-3g-gps-10mp-camera-p71139.html

According to IHS Technology it has only taken 24 months for AMOLED production costs to fall below that of LCD. Production costs in the first quarter for a five inch Full HD smartphone display are $14.30 for an AMOLED panel and $14.60 for an LCD display. - See more at:

http://www.techeye.net/mobile/amoled-now-cheaper-than-lcd

The lens review industry considers “high performance optics” to possess properties located well below the high-aperture and optical correction by glass element line of the diagram. This, of course, educates the consumer to seek “optical correction” in order to fully enjoy the value of his high-resolution camera. The message is usually transmitted through:

1. 100% crops of each areas of the frame, emphasizing corner and edge correction for edge to edge resolution.
2. 100% crops of the blur circles of confusion (the bokeh).
3. Numerical “sharpness” values based on how many “lines of resolution” is measured.
4. Persecuting vignetting and distortion as defects of the lens.

Often referred as a “cold and clinical lens”, such an ideal lens has quite limited abilities, especially if the user wishes to shoot other things aside from high-contrast for “ultra-lowlight or ultra-thin-DoF handheld photography”: a lens in the red zone, below the “line of realism” wouldn’t perform as well for spaces, still or moving life capture compared to a another with much less correction and much more 3D as well as tonality.

I especially LOVE samples

http://petapixel.com/2016/03/14/problem-modern-lenses/

And all he needs is just some physics knowledge and understanding real lens work and measurement process.

And of course.....

"A new application from SCE called "PlayStation®App" will enable iPhone, iPad, and Android based smartphones and tablets to become second screens. Once installed on these devices, users can, for example, see maps on their second screens when playing an adventure game, purchase PS4 games while away from home and download it directly to the console at home, or remotely watch other gamers playing on their devices."

There are several demo videos online. I found this one pretty interesting.

Via: http://technabob.com/blog/2013/02/20/sony-ps4-specs-games-announced/

You'd have to be cool to show Jeff Beck how to mix a martini...

Same thing for old cars, bikes, bus, airplanes, ships, houses, clothes, domestic appliance and so on...

LOL!

And then they could build a machine to transform this old things into food and medication for the poor people.

The result is a very strong and flexible flat optical lens that is 300 times thinner than a sheet of paper and weighs a microgram — next to nothing. At the same time, it has a precise and adjustable three-dimensional focus that allows a detailed view of objects as small as 200 nanometres long at wavelengths ranging from visible to near infrared.

Link: News Article

Link: Scientific paper

http://www.creativeapplications.net/maxmsp/in-the-eyes-of-the-animal-mlf-virtualise-a-forest-through-the-eyes-of-its-creatures/

Thanks for any advice.

I also need a debit card to get it working right? I got a visa Bank of america edd card that is a debit card so i hope that will work

A UN panel has recommended banning cargo shipments of rechargeable lithium batteries from passenger airliners because they can create fires capable of destroying planes, according to aviation officials familiar with the decision.

Final approval from the ICAO top-level council is still needed. The council is scheduled to take up the matter in late February.

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/28/un-panel-backs-banning-lithium-ion-battery-shipments-on-passenger-planes

This is a place to detail out exactly what you would like your ideal camera to do, be it your next camera, or the camera you want to have in your dreams, the one that would help you tell your stories the way you envision them... Go on, be creative!

David Bowie, the infinitely changeable, fiercely forward-looking songwriter who taught generations of musicians about the power of drama, images and personas, died on Sunday, two days after his 69th birthday.

Mr. Bowie’s death was confirmed by his publicist, Steve Martin, on Monday morning.

He died after having cancer for 18 months, according to a statement on Mr. Bowie’s social-media accounts.

“David Bowie died peacefully today surrounded by his family,” a post on his Facebook page read.

His last album, “Blackstar,” a collaboration with a jazz quartet that was typically enigmatic and exploratory, was released on Friday — his birthday.

 
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2 files wav PCM 48kHz 24bit stereo.

http://bit.ly/YOFZdn

Unedited, some low end clipping rumble from time to time, but healthy 3-4 minutes all in all :)

PS. I'm in the middle of 12 cameras multi-cam editing project, and this is probably something my brain does on it's own to stay healthy, If you wander why one would share things out of the blue.