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Researchers Give an iPhone Tricorder-Like Usefulness
Researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign have developed a spectrophotometer for the iPhone. The add-on cradle and app let the handset detect toxins, viruses and bacteria in biological samples like blood. ...Read More »
Android apps boast volumes, but clearly iOS Apps are better!
While smartphone makers take turns to trump each other for camera megapixels, storage space and processor speed, a mobile OS with the equivalent app store largely remains the major factor that makes or breaks a phone in the current scenario. ...Read More »
Skateboarding over the Great Wall: Telling Danny Way's Story "Waiting for Lightning"
Growing up in Palo Alto, CA, Jacob Rosenberg had a passion for skateboarding. As the years progressed, Jacob also discovered he had a passion for filmmaking. When the opportunity to combine the two presented itself, Jacob jumped at the chance. As Partner, Chief Technology Officer and Director of LA based Bandito Brothers, a full service media company that creates, produces, manages and distributes audio/visual content, Jacob seized the opportunity to spearhead and direct the sophisticated, heartfelt and visceral documentary "Waiting for Lightning" about longtime friend and skateboarding legend Danny Way. ...Read More »
Beautiful Berlin turned depressing for Korean spy thriller
As the capital of Germany, Berlin is a beautiful city with both modern infrastructures and sites of historic interest, but as the setting for 'The Berlin File', a 2013 South Korean spy thriller written and directed by Korean action auteur Ryu Seung-wan and starring Korea's top actors including Ha Jung-woo, Han Suk-kyu, Ryu Seung-bum and Jun Ji-hyun against each other in the twisty tale of political intrigue and personal redemption, Berlin has to be unpleasant enough. With a strong opening in box office, the action blockbuster attracted 7 million admissions in early 2013 to become the all-time highest-grossing Korean action film and the critics applauded its "secretive and gloomy atmosphere", which contributed to the film's great success. The magic that turned Berlin from a beautiful city to a gloomy cold place was performed by colorist Park Jin-Young with CJ Powercast with her 8 GPU Linux based DaVinci Resolve. ...Read More »
