These days, companies all over are trying to use solar power to save money and help the environment. A group of scientists from Columbia's Computer Vision Laboratory designed a video camera that runs off of the same light as a photo camera. That means no more charging a camera battery. The reason why this video camera works is because it has photodiodes. Photodiodes take the light and turn it into electricity. Normally, only a digital camera has photodiodes, but scientist figured out a way to put it into a video camera.
The outcome of the video is not at all perfect. The video is 30 by 40 pixels, which turns out to be very blurry. Today quality movie pictures have millions of pixels that is why it is so clear and crisp. This video camera does not have any color, meaning it can only be produced in black and white. Also the camera isn't the most small and compact item in the media world. It looks like an old, boxy camera from back in the day. All of these problems can be fixed easily if there wasn't a budget for the college, and if more people and or companies wanted to get involved with this product. A great quality to this new video camera is that it is cheaper for most people. With cheaper cameras more people can buy them. They can buy them not only for recreational activities, but for surveillance too. This innovation can help families stay more safe. I think this is a really good innovation, not only for the environment but for the people too. In this case it is a win win situation for everyone. I do not like how the camera is super big and hard to take around anywhere, but overtime I think the scientists will think of ways to make it smaller. Also I feel like this video camera is going to have a hard time selling if the picture quality is looking the way it is. Overall, I think this new video camera could have a big helpful impact in the media world, if some adjustments were made. http://www.wsj.com/articles/a-video-camera-that-runs-on-light-1429302199
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Very recently, DJI came out with their latest and best drone for filming. The new drone is called the DJI Mavic Pro. Some new features of this drone are that it can avoid obstacles, track a subject as it moves, and fly to a spot that the pilot assigns. The drone even has an ability to snap a photo of the pilot when the pilot waves to the drone. This is obviously some really cool technology that we haven't seen before.
This drone is very beginner friendly and comes all ready to fly. All you have to do is connect your smartphone to the drone through the DJI app and connector cable. While using the drone, the flyer can choose between using your smartphone to control the flight, or use DJI's controller along with a smartphone. While using the controller, you use the control sticks to control the flight and use your phone for the more advanced settings. When you take your fingers off of the control sticks the drone will hover perfectly in place. This allows for very crisp and steady still shots from unique angles. Tracking mode on the DJI Mavic Pro is one of the coolest modes. For example, as a subject runs or skies down a hill, the drone will track them and keep them well-positioned in the frame. Landing the drone can be done by a simple push of a button. The drone, much like the previous ones, has a GPS capability which allows the drone to return back from where it took off from all by itself. GoPro recently released a drone as well a week before the Mavic Pro game out. GoPro's drone was the most portable yet. However, that record was soon demolished by the Mavic Pro. One of the main reasons that the Mavic Pro is so popular is due to its incredible portability. The legs of the drone conveniently fold up so that it is more compact. When completely folded up, the entire drone is only slightly bigger then the iPhone 7 Plus. This allows film-goers more opportunities to get unique shots while on the go. The only real down side to this drone is the rather large price tag. The drone goes for $999.99. This puts this piece of equipment out of many people’s price range. Even though this drone is very expensive, you truly get what you pay for. This drone is very innovative and unique and will open up many new opportunities for drone enthusiasts. http://time.com/4523765/dji-mavic-pro-review-release-2016/ |
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