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We can imagine a future, where the cameras will not longer needed optical mechanical parts, making it even more resistant or not to need any tripod support; The answer may lie in these wet lenses, a revolutionary visual discovery made in 1995 by the French physicist Bruno Berge in Lyon. Can find electronic rather than mechanical focal point and keep the image steady without using a tripod.

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The clockwork robot François Junod The talented engineer François Junod created an incredible mechanical automaton depicting the Aleksandr Pushkin, which is able to write a variety of texts and 1458 pictures, simulated the picturesque character of the great poet. Dipping your pen in the Inkwell, shakes his head and hands, writes and paints with absolute precision. Any part of the automatic is not online, all done mechanically with a tuning.
A television picture tube in slow motion (1000fps) An interesting video that shows us how to operate the older cathode ray tube TVs (CRT). On the back of the picture tube there is a set of "electronic guns", they produce electron beams. To produce an image on the screen, these guns starting from the top of the screen and scan very fast from top to bottom. The video was filmed with a high speed camera 1000 FPS.
Hen with image stabilizer The hens have a great feature you are trying to copy the image stabilizers for cameras. Keep stable and independent head by moving the rest of the body, because they cannot move their eyes daughter.
The zoom from a stadium camera A broadcast camera with a Canon UHD Digisuper 111 lens, makes a monstrous zoom (x111) in a stadium during a rugby match. Just the lens, it costs around 200.000€.
Cutting objects in front of a macro lens Cutting objects up close, using a camera with a macro lens.
Weather presenter discovers he has a touch screen On the morning of Thursday, August 4, 2022, live on the American channel ABC 7 Chicago, weatherman Greg Dutra was surprised to see the image move when his hand touched the screen he uses every day to present the weather forecast. He had just found out, that the screen is touch sensitive, allowing him to pan the map or zoom with a simple finger tap. His reaction greatly amused the show's co-hosts.
The failed concert photos A spectator tries to take pictures during a concert, but his phone camera doesn't seem to work. Despite all his efforts, cannot detect the problem. In fact, the man has activated the selfie camera, and places his finger in front of the lens.
Camera in the mirror position In the Audi E-Tron, a camera transmits the image from the mirror position to a screen on the front passenger door.
The landing of Perseverance Rover on Mars Amazing images that arrived on Earth on February 22, show video for the first time during a space mission to Mars. Cameras on the Perseverance Rover recorded for the first time a landing on the red planet from different angles, something for which until now we could only see photos.
A cat interrupts the parliamentary conference UK MP John Nicolson speaks during an online conference, when his cat intervened pointing its tail at the camera.
A robot precisely controls a ball This robot called "Octo-Bouncer", calculates the position of a ball on the basis of image data takes a digital camera, and uses this information for the accurate control.
The perception of speed This train is moving quickly or slowly; Is not it obvious, because our perception about the speed changes depending on the camera zoom. When we observe the scenery from the cabin of the train, we have the impression that the train goes fast. But if you enlarge the image to the rails, speed immediately appears less. A video by Akiyoshi Kitaoka.
Who eats the apples in my garden; The owner of a house set up a camera in the garden to see who eats fruits in country house. A woodchuck suddenly appears in front of the lens chewing an apple.
14 year old student invents a system against blind spots The 14 year old schoolgirl Alaina Gassler presented an impressive invention in the Science and Technology Fair in Pennsylvania United States. The device has been designed to eliminate blind spots for drivers in the car. It consists of a small camera mounted on the outside of the car, and a small projector inside. The projector displays the external image in the car pillar, and the driver sees a continuous image.
Recording video with a lens from the 1st World War Photographer Mathieu Stern removed the lens from a Kodak Vest Pocket camera 1912, and placed him in a modern camera. Then recorded a video only with this lens. That attaches a flashlight age exceeding 100 years;