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Coaster-sized Origami-optics Lens Boosts Focal Length, Shrinks Photog Egos
Engadget - Sports photogs aren't compensating for something by swinging gigantic, monopod-mounted lenses; they need the focal length. Focusing and zooming on outfielders usually means glass far from the camera body, but not so when using so-called "origami optics," flat lenses being researched at UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering that use internal reflection to achieve long focal lengths.
Cambridge Audio's BD640 Blu-Ray Player Does it Like the Director Intended
Gizmodo - A new entrant to the Blu-ray player field, Cambridge Audio's first BD machine is pretty high-end. Apparently the white-painted gizmo is all about matching "the original studio masters" in audio quality with Dolby TrueHD and DTS HR surround, and in video quality with 24 fps progressive scan True Cinema, which "allows films to be watched as the director intended at their original frame rate" if you're into that sort of thinganywhere.
PAX Technica: Ars Goes Inside the Gamer's "Burning Man"
ars technica - Ars Technica sends its gaming writers into the fray to the try to find out what, exactly, PAX truly is. It's not just a trade show or a fan event; indeed, there is only one way to describe it: awesome.
