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* Cell phone cameras don't take the picture all at once....<x-msg://237/#1>
* How schools are putting the iPad to work<x-msg://237/#2>
* Nurture or nature? Here is some evidence for nature. How much...<x-msg://237/#3>
Cell phone cameras don't take the picture all at once....<http://vilberg.com/post/1043459775>
Posted: 31 Aug 2010 11:32 AM PDT
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Cell phone cameras don't take the picture all at once. They process the pixels from one side of the sensor to the other. If you are taking a picture of something moving rapidly, at right angle to your camera, you can get some strange pictures. It looks like these propellers are melting, but it is just the effect of the cell phone camera. Search Google Images (images.google.com<http://images.google.com/>) for "rolling shutter effect" to see more examples. Your cell phone camera's unintended "rolling shutter" effect<http://www.core77.com/blog/object_culture/your_cell_phone_cameras_unintended_rolling_shutter_effect_17253.asp?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+core77%2Fblog+%28Core77.com%27s+design+blog%29>
How schools are putting the iPad to work<http://vilberg.com/post/1042990215>
Posted: 31 Aug 2010 09:30 AM PDT
How schools are putting the iPad to work: Another new technology, another wave of grants to try to...
Nurture or nature? Here is some evidence for nature. How much...<http://vilberg.com/post/1042428252>
Posted: 31 Aug 2010 06:43 AM PDT
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Nurture or nature? Here is some evidence for nature. How much are we what we are because of what we are and how much because of what we do? Flexibility in decision-making is dependent on structural features of the brain. "Brain's 'Hardware' Key to Decision-Making<http://news.discovery.com/human/brain-hardware-decision-making.html> "The underlying finding that a purely physical measurement could predict behavior is very surprising."
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