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Traffic in Frenetic HCMC, Vietnam from Rob Whitworth on Vimeo.

the sartorialist

iris and aperture

I was looking at this iPhone picture taken by Travis of AllCitySF.com, and it hit me: point and shoots are being replaced by camera phones, lenses are getting smaller and crisper, and dslr's will be someday be a thing of the past.

As science continues to evolve, our technology increasingly mimicks the 'perfect' evolution of biology. We have modular robots that resemble caterpillars, prostheses that are powered by cables in place of muscles, etc. Mimicry is nothing new. But in the world of engineering and technology, we have only recently begun to scratch the surface.

Shooting with my DSLR has become a great hobby of mine. But I cant help but to think that someday, it will be obsolete. Im pretty sure that someone will develop a flexible, crystal clear lens that is able to contort itself to change its focal length according to its needs, EXACTLY like how our own lenses behave when we focus on the objects around us. Here's a simple schematic:



The future camera will have a 'biolens' that can be pulled and stretched by synthetic fibers that run circumferentially around a central spot on the lens. When stretched, the lens flattens out and the focal point reaches infinity. When relaxed, the lens becomes more spherical and its focal point decreases to a minimum. Meanwhile, these fibers will serve as "aperture blades" that dictate how much light enters the camera's sensor(s). All of this will be happening on a much smaller scale; small enough to fit in a phone.

I'm just rambling....but think about it.

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Charles Bradley - Lovin' You, Baby (Live on KEXP)

pretty slick timelapse of NYC

Mindrelic - Manhattan in motion from Mindrelic on Vimeo.

kick ass

Intergalactic Timelapse

so fresh

NASA making it rain

Base jumping at Dean's Blue Hole