Author: Martin Douglas Hendry
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![008: [Tech/Infrastructure/Goals] “FRAMED” and “ELECTRONIC OBJECTS” Digital Frames](https://martindouglashendry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/electronico.png?w=640)
Firstly I would like to apologise to those of you – aside from myself – who read this research blog for the lack of activity over the course of the past few months. Whilst this blog is primarily a means for me to record what I see as significant emerging innovations in image-sharing. Over this…
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![7. [Tech/Goals/Infra] Tunepics iOS Photo-Music Sharing App](https://martindouglashendry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/tunepics.png?w=1024)
What is it? Tunepics is a new smartphone application that has been garnering a lot of attention from the press this week. It has been designed by the Innovate7 UK consultancy firm, lead by CEO Justin Cooke. The premise of the app is that users are able to share images with each other in conjunction with 30…
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![6. [Tech/Infra/Culture] Kickstarter: Otto Raspberry Pi-GIF Camera](https://martindouglashendry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/otoo.png?w=620)
Introducing the Raspberry Pi-powered OTTO GIF camera What is it? The Otto camera is a Raspberry Pi powered “GIF camera” which began seeking $60,000 in funding from the 15th of May 2014. As of writing the call for funding has been online for 4 days and has received $27,000 of this amount. As a…
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![5. [Tech/Culture] Apple Patent OIS “Super-Resolution” Technology](https://martindouglashendry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/9195-654-140508-super_res-1-l-620x444.png?w=620)
What is it? A recent Apple patent application proposes a unique technique using optical stabilization technology (OIS) to increase the output resolution of a smartphone camera. This is to be achieved by first capturing additional information about an image subject through multiple optical sampling instances, coinciding with the systematic movement of the OIS mechanism. Secondly, the varying information from…
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![4. [Tech] Vhoto Video Photography App](https://martindouglashendry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/vhoto.jpg?w=950)
What is it? VHOTO is a new app currently only available on the iPhone. It allows users to pick the best images to keep from video captured using the phone. In order to be able to do this – the app scans video detecting “blur, contrast, faces, smiles” in order to present users with a range…
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![3. [Tech] Microsoft/Nokia “Superman” Smartphone – 5MP Front-Facing Camera](https://martindouglashendry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/superman-windows-phone.jpg?w=640)
What is it? Windows Phone OS devices have currently stabilized at 9.1% of the UK market share (1st Q 2014) – amid fierce competition primarily from iOS and Android devices. Despite this, on a global scale – the platform is actually predicted to grow from 3.9% of the global market share to 7% in 2018. This growth is at odds with predicted…
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![2. [Service/Feature] Imgur Image Tracking](https://martindouglashendry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/imgur.png?w=1024)
What is it? Imgur is an image-sharing platform established in 2009 by Adam Schaaf, initially developed as a means of sharing images more efficiently on the online community Reddit. The service has a robust and simple design which allows users to upload, rate and comment on image files. Many of the features are available to users without the…
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![1. [Tech] Lytro Illum (2nd Generation Lytro Camera)](https://martindouglashendry.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/lytro-illum.png?w=1024)
The Lytro Illum (2014) What is it? The Illum is a second-generation “light-field” camera to be released in 2014. It has been developed by Lytro – a company established in 2006. Their first eponymous device was released in 2011. The original device was highly portable and was designed in order to appeal to consumers – (despite…
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