Hoover Dam From The Bypass Bridge

Photosynth of the Hoover Dam from the Bypass bridge.

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Las Vegas Strip Photosynth

This is my first attempt at a Photosynth, which is a new 3D photo stitching site developed by Microsoft. This site allows you to upload pictures of a scene and it will automatically stitch them together in three dimensions. This is a scene of the Las Vegas Strip taken from the top of the Cosmopolitan Hotel on 12/5/2010. The best this about this tool is that it is free.

New Mass Effect 3 Trailer

PS3 Games - E3 2011 - X-Men: Destiny

Products – Alphonso Labs

Products – Alphonso LabsThis is a great Free App for iPhones and Android. It allows for a graphical representation of reading feeds. This is the best system I have seen yet for browsing through news feeds.

Quibids Reviews - SiteJabber Consumer Reviews of Quibids.com

Quibids Reviews - SiteJabber Consumer Reviews of Quibids.com Check out this review post if you are planning to use the site Quibids.com. It has some very good explanation of how not to get ripped off. From what I can tell this site is a pure SCAM.

Hi Speed Cable Selection

One of the best kept secrets in the consumer electronics industry is the markup on cables sold with home entertainment equipment. If you look at the shelves at Best Buy you will find a large variation in the price of what seems to be the same cables. The truth is that in reality the cables are the same, at least for the purpose of your home entertainment system. Does it really matter if the ends on that Hi Speed USB cable are Gold? No.

While it is true that different metals such as Gold do have better properties when it comes to conducting electricity, and if you use sensitive test equipment you can tell the difference between these cables and others, in reality your home entertainment system really can’t tell the difference. So, what to do. Check the manual of your equipment and check what Spec of cable is recommended, then buy that cable. The only thing you are doing by buying a more expensive cable is wasting your money.

Just a note, the one thing that does matter is the wire order on the ends of a CAT 5 cable. There is a specific order to the wires which counteracts magnetic fields.

Choosing a Distance Camera

Sony RX-570 Network IP Camera
 with 36X Optical Zoom

The ability to create a camera that can see at a long distance can be very tricky. A good distance camera is usually a result of a good lens and not the camera. There are two factors that can play directly into the distance that a camera can shoot, the optical zoom and resolution of the camera sensor. Optical zoom will allow you to see objects without distortion of the images. The more that you zoom in will also make the camera more susceptible to vibration which can cause a blurry picture.
High-End zoom lens's for SLR cameras will usually have some sort of image stabilization built in to counteract the effects of vibration. If money is not an object then a (Canon EF Telephoto lens - 600 mm - F/4.0) is a great place to start. But it will start at around $8000.
There are also IP network camera's from companies such as AXIS and Sony which can act as great distance cameras. The Sony RX-570 has and optical zoom of 36x. The AXIS 233D has 35x.
Another thing to consider is that HD Pan/Tilt/Zoom cameras are starting to hit the market and work very well also. The AXIS 5534 HD PTZ has an 18x optical zoom, but due to the HD picture it is as effective as a 36x camera.

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