A fellow was recording rattlesnakes when one struck the device, knocking it into a pit teeming with the serpents. More footage below:
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Oct 13, 2015
Watch a rattlesnake strike a GoPro camera
Adapting a 100-year-old lens to shoot video on a new camera
Mathieu Stern is curator of the Weird Lenses Museum. This lens spent 100 years in the dark, the last think it captured must have been the horrors of the World War I … i think it was time to use it for something more light and positive. I took this Kodak Vest Pocket camera lens […]
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Shipping container converted into a large format camera, darkroom, and gallery
UK educator and photographer Brendan Barry converted a shipping container into a large format film camera. Inside is a self-contained darkroom to develop the photos along with a gallery to display them. He describes it as “the world’s biggest, slowest, and most impractical Polaroid camera.” Above is Exploredinary’s documentary about the Container Camera. And you […]
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Watch this drone dodge soccer balls hurled at it
Researchers from the University of Zurich’s Robotics and Perception Group designed an event camera system for drones. In the video above, the fun starts at 1:25. As explained by IEEE Spectrum, “These are sensors that are not good at interpreting a scene visually like a regular camera, but they’re extremely sensitive to motion, responding to […]
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6 next-gen dash cams that do more than just record
Accidents happen. And when they do, you’re going to want a dash cam for a second pair of eyes. At the minimum, a decent dash cam can save you vast sums of time and money in case of an accident. But a really good dash cam can do a whole lot more. Here are six […]
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Train for a career in data analytics with 90% off these courses
The field of data analytics is growing as fast as the internet itself. Self-driving cars, airline pricing, and huge marketing campaigns are all driven by the insights that data scientists can distill out of vast sums of information. Even with the help of powerful software like Python, it’s a highly skilled position. But those skills […]
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Boost your marketing skills with training on Google Analytics and AdWords
If you’re marketing on the web, your Google-fu needs to be strong – and up to date. Without a firm grasp on what drives traffic, you’ll never be able to take the wheel. That’s why even if you know where to put your keywords, a little extra effort goes a long way on any marketer’s […]
