Lifelogging via Vicon Camera

These may not be the usual blockbuster hits or Grammy-award-winning releases. Nevertheless, they have captured the attention of many in YouTube. Watching a stranger going through the motions of daily life has fascinated millions of people around the world. Lifelogging is all the craze as people turn to a detached artificial memory to record their life history. Vicon has now licensed the technology developed by Microsoft, Sensecam, to allow one to capture the nondescript daily activities of one’s life.

The life-logging Vicon camera uses accelerators and sensors to detect light or heat to take potentially significant shots every 30 seconds if necessary. For Alzheimer’s sufferers who face the threat of losing moments of their life even as they live them, this camera can help to capture some of these memories. Reviewing the daily activities is also thought to be useful for dementia patients to delay or mitigate memory decay. Worn around the neck, the camera is user-friendly and costs $820. It has 1 GB memory which can store up to 30,000 images.

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Canon EOS-1D Mark IV D-SLR Camera With 45-Point Autofocus, 10 FPS Continuous Shoot And 102,400 ISO Sensitivity

The world’s leading provider of digital imaging solutions, Canon U.S.A., Inc. has announced the next evolution in its EOS 1D family, named as Canon EOS-1D Mark IV Digital SLR camera (successor to EOS-1D Mark III), which combines 16 megapixel Canon CMOS image sensor, Dual DIGIC 4 Imaging Processors, 14-bit A/D data conversion, fast 10 fps continuous shooting, advanced Live View shooting and 1080p full HD video capture capability in a single device, aiming to offer professional photographers a comprehensive combination of speed, accuracy as well as image quality.

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Fujifilm New Remora Slave Flash Kit For Underwater Flash Photography

Underwater photography is a pretty interesting and challenging photography area for shutterbugs as it offers the possibility of many exhilarating and rare photographic opportunities. Taking excellent underwater shots does not only rely on the photographer’s technique but also very much on the equipment. Besides the underwater camera, the underwater flash or strobe which is often regarded as one of the most challenging elements of underwater photography is an important supplementary tool to produce good quality underwater photos. To supplement its wide range of digital compact cameras and underwater housings, Fujifilm has rolled out a new underwater flash kit, Fujifilm Remora Flash, which will give extra boost to underwater photographers.

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windwithme's LGA 1156 review part II-Core i5 750 & Biostar TPOWER I55 OC instruction

September 8th, is the day that Intel official release its new mid-level LGA 1156 socket processors.
After higher-level Core i7 introduced, based on brand new structure LGA 1366 which has become available in the market at the end of last year,
consumers have been waiting for this new mid-level platform.

As for motherboard chipset, Intel P55 is a single chipset for LGA 1156, the design that Intel seldom used before.
As for CPU, Core i7 is the structure, and currently there are two series: Core i7 8XX series with HT, and Core i5 7XX series without HT.
Basically, Core i7 8XX series of LGA 1156 and Core i7 9XX series of LGA 1366 are with the same technology and specification;

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Samsung P2350 23" Full HD Monitor

Well, I was in a lot of dilemma as to which monitor would suit my budget of 12k best. The confusion initially was between the Dell 2209W, Benq G2412HD, Samsung 2233SW and the Dell 2409. I'd been to a couple of stores to check out the Dell and Samsung. Wasn't really blown away by either of the monitors considering I was upgrading from a 19" Viewsonic VA 1912WB. Then saw that Samsung had released a new series of monitors - so called Lavender series. Saw a few images online and the Specs were pretty impressive too. So i decided to take the risk as no proper reviews were available online.

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XFX Geforce 210 Review

I am back with another graphics card review for you today. But unlike the usual trend here, this time it's an entry level XFX Geforce 210 512MB graphics card.
This is the first graphics chipset along with GT220 from Nvidia's stable to support DirectX10.1 and made using TSMC 40nm fabrication.
This product is based around GT218 core which is first from NVIDIA to have inbuilt audio processing engine to provide 7.1channel surround sound through onboard HDMI port.

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The latest platform of Foxconn P55 - Inferno Katana first look

The launch of Intel latest LGA1156 platform shows user the i5-750, i7-860 and i7-870 brand new processors.I heard that the price of 1156 platform will be much competitive than 1366.
It sounds like a high-performance product but in a mid-range cost.So many motherboard manufacturers have exposed their P55 products around worldwide media.

Foxconn started their own brand motherboard almost 4 years.And the High-end series ”Quantum Force”, I remember they launched the OC boards since 2 years.But, since P45 last year, the rumor about Foxconn was going to stop their channel business, which was everywhere.After all, Foxconn still launch several high-end and entry level products, now is P55 Mobo.Now, what I have in hand is the latest Intel product.Based on P55 platform, the model name called “Inferno Katana” the Quantum Force series likes to pick up a very special name for their product.

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