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Photographing Exploding Edibles
Isaac Skibinski writes "Remember gawking at photos of bullets going through apples (and the pretty fruit gibbage)? We've recently built an apparatus to capture similar results, using a BASIC controller stamp, a disposable camera flash, an air compressor, an electronic sprinkler valve and some pipe. Considering the cost of the device, it has allowed us to take suprisingly crisp photos of high-velocity objects."
Just in case I ever wanted to know how to take a picture of exploding fruit... just the kind of thing I've always wondered how to do.
Seriously, it IS pretty cool though.
It must be Thursday... I never could get the hang of Thursdays.
They are using a nail gun in what seems to be a garage or a basement... I wonder if they ever considered what would happen if the shot would miss the carpet they put behind.. to put it in their own words, the bolt could "go across the room, bounce off of various objects, and become swiftly lodged into our soft brains".
For better security, I would suggest automating the whole process a bit further, get out of the room and see the results when done... but may be I'm just paranoid...
DrkBr
I'm sure it has lot of uses, apart from taking pictures of exploding food. Maybe the military could use it to confirm kills? When somebody is exploded, they could automatically take photo to make sure the enemy is dead.
Or if camera in public places could take photos automatically when people shoot guns, so that they can get pictures of murderers faces? Kind of like a speed camera, but for shooting.
Please be understanding that English is not my first language, Thank you ^_^.
He was a MIT professor, prolific inventor, artist and by all acounts an incredibly nice person.
He's also responsible for one of my favorite quotes:
Work like hell
Tell everyone everything you know
Close a dread with a handshake
Have fun
Stereo images. Splatter in 2D is nice, but splatter in 3D is heavenly.
Is it bad that my first thought was "Newton or Asimov"?
Fight hunger. Filet a politician and send him to a 3rd world country of your choice.
Rover photos and exlploding fruit...
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After all the RIAA, Patriot Act, SCO, Microsoft, Linux legal articles it is nice to relish in why we keep coming back to
Not since the highspeed CD-ROM spinning has there been something as geeky neat as this...
So you need a five ms electronic delay. Do you:
1) Write a short program using a microcontroller you already have.
2) Go out and buy some electronics and build a little delay circuit.
Would you really forego the simpler solution just because it's 'overkill'?
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