Fly Ball

As seen in a Mashable article here, the Japanese Ministry of Defense has invented a spherical flying machine. It is a beatiful concept.

Real or Not?

As pointed to by a tweet from @brucesharpe, automatic modification of photographs has reached an awsome level as indicated by this:

What an iPhone (and Talent and a Budget of $136,363) Can Do

From the Korea JoongAng Daily in association with the International Herald Tribune here comes an article about Korean film director Park Chan-wook who just won best short film in the Berlin International Film Festival for his 25 minute film "Night Fishing" which was shot on an iPhone.

The film's $136,363 budget was funded by KT, the exclusive iPhone service provider for Korea.

Egyptian Progress Bar

The Last Day of Kodachrome Processing After 74 Years

Kodak stopped making Kodachrome film last year. The last facility to process the film in the world will process the last roll today because they have run out of the chemicals. I would not know about this story except for a tweet by David Pogue here.

This was the film that recorded many moments of my family's life growing up. My father shot Kodachrome slides mostly with a Kodak 35mm camera and we spent many evenings looking at them being projected in a darkened room. He used Kodachrome all of his adult life. With my father's great skill at correctly guessing exposures it captured many fond memories. His camera did not have a light meter. He used his eye and many years of experience.

RIP Kodachrome.