View allAll Photos Tagged technology
Week 42
I found a tut for the 3d tunnel and then wanted to take it a little further so I did a partial s2 wrap for my 52 week shot and added some 3d elements to it. Render time was crazy.
Please hit "L" on your keyboard to view large.
Have a great weekend friends!
una sencilla, ya que creo que esta foto deberÃa ser diaria, ya deben saber que soy adicta a internet... :)
Puedes ver:
Le besoin pressant d'un univers logique et cohérent est profondément ancré dans l'inconscient humain. Mais l'univers réel est toujours à un pas au-delà de la logique.
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense, But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
Credits: ESA/NASA–T. Pesquet
541C8101
This came 1st out of 69 entries.
This shot is to credit Daniel Cheong Thru his pages I saw places in Singapore I had'nt been to before. Thank You
Text entered for the challenge : This one is in memory of, and to pay homage & respect to those who passed away in the collapse of the Minneapolis I-35W Bridge, across the Mississippi. This is a modern bridge finished in 1997. You see into a length of 260m, cast over 7 spans.
Some web snippets on Bridges and Technology; words that go together...
Bridge construction technology - In the 1950s Ulrich Finsterwalder introduced cast-in-place segmental balanced canti-lever prestressed concrete construction , and the structures built with the introduction of this technology : - ) have been labeled as the first generation of modern bridge development; e-BRIDGE Technology ; Bridge Technology; 'Smart-bridge' technology ; Construction Design Technology
Taken for the SaturdaySelf Challenge 'Technology"
Naim is a British company producing high end music streaming systems and the quite minimalist exterior hides a wealth of modern technology
Walt Disney World Resort
Epcot
Future World
The Lights of Winter
That is what the Disney Parks Blog called the Lights of Winter at EPCOT in its confirmation that they wouldn't be displayed this year. Obsolete technology? There were probably meetings held yesterday to come up with an official line for this, and yet this is the best that could be mustered up? Give me a break.
Although it won't affect me directly this year, this really grinds my gears, and is yet another example of cuts that have occurred around the holiday season for no apparent reason (Country Bear Christmas, Mickey’s Twas the Night Before Christmas, live bands in the Christmas parade, free pictures at the Christmas parties, shows in the Diamond Horseshoe, free buttons and shopping discounts for the Candlelight Dining package, etc.). Some have said these cuts have been made due to cost-savings, but I don't find that to be a compelling rationale. While no one could have expected these things to last forever (Disney is not a museum), the argument that these items have all been replaced by better holiday offerings is unpersuasive. Show me what replaced Country Bear Christmas? Nothing. Twas the Night Before Christmas? Totally Tomorrowland Christmas (need I say more?). Free picture? PhotoPass discounts. Freebies for Candlelight dining packages? Price increases to the dining packages.
I really don't think this is a cut stemming from anything but laziness. To me, this illustrates that Disney does not perform its due diligence before making decisions and/or tailors its research to suit its pre-determined decisions. The Lights of Winter have installation/removal, maintenance, and electricity costs. If updated to LED lights (I'm no expert, but something tells me if WDI can make Expedition Everest, converting the Lights of Winter would be no problem, and could be done in like a day), the savings in electricity would probably offset the update costs. Despite these costs, the Lights of Winter are probably profitable. Several PhotoPass photographers are stationed in the area. Additionally, the lights are a huge holiday draw to Walt Disney World. While you'll find few people who will cancel their trip this year because they won't be up, you will see a minute decrease in bookings next year. The reason for that is two-fold: disappointed guests who remember them from the past, but feel 'cheated' that the holiday offerings are being reduced, and new guests who the parks fail to capture (these guests would be 'captured' after seeing pictures of the lights on Facebook, Flickr, etc., and reading/hearing accounts of the gorgeous display--if said lights are not displayed, these new guests cannot be captured). Finally and most importantly, there is a loss in goodwill that is nearly irreparable. There is a reason there is a Disney difference that separates it from parks such as Cedar Point (Cory's favorite). At some point, if Disney continues to trim what it perceives to be 'fat' on its offerings to increase profits, it will start to cut bone.
Then again, maybe Disney is waiting for the LED lights to be 90% off at Wal-Mart after Christmas...
Check out this article on my blog if you're interested in tips for visiting Walt Disney World at Christmas or seeing tons more Christmas photos!
View my Disney Photo Gallery for thousands of Disney photos that aren't on Flickr!
DisneyTouristBlog | Facebook | Twitter | Photo Gallery | Google+ | ISO 5571 - Podcast
While no technological masterpiece, this old egg beater is an obsolete dinosaur by today's standards - these days cakes are mostly made using electric mixers or food processors. But this old egg beater has served me well, having mixed cakes week in, week out when my family was growing up.
I could have taken a shot of the egg beater doing nothing, but thought I should whip up a 'throw it all in together and mix' type cake. The recipe called for the eggs to be beaten with some caster sugar till thick and creamy and then add the rest of the ingredients and combine. Now it's cooked, I suppose I'm going to have to eat it so my efforts aren't wasted.
Ariane 5 flight VA254 with the Eutelsat Quantum and Star One D2 satellites is being rolled out from the Final Assembly Building (BAF) to the ELA-3 (Ensemble de Lancement Ariane) Ariane 5 launch complex, at Europe's Space Port in Kourou, French Guyana on 29 July 2021.
Quantum, the ESA Partnership Project with Eutelsat, Airbus and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, is a pioneering mission preparing the way for the next generation of telecommunications satellites, which will be more flexible by design and so more adaptable to customer needs once in orbit.
Quantum is a shift from custom-designed satellite with one-off payloads to a more generic approach, resulting in unprecedented in-orbit reconfigurability in coverage, frequency and power, allowing complete mission rehaul, including orbital position.
ESA partnered with satellite operator Eutelsat and manufacturer Airbus to design this programme, in response to today's market requiring satellites to be able to respond to changes in geographical or performance demand, either during manufacturing or after launch. This will enable the operator to address emerging business opportunities — even those that appear after it has ordered a satellite.
Such ESA Partnership Projects maximise the benefits to industry thanks to an efficient, co-managed approach that is tailored to commercial best practice.
Credits: ESA - S. Corvaja
© István Pénzes.
Please NOTE and RESPECT the copyright.
26th November 2022, Berlin
Hasselblad 503CW
Makro-Planar 4/120mm
.
25 May 2015 Macro Mondays: technology
Almost time of those of us who live in NM to convert from heat to swamp coolers, which brought to mind a technology that's fairly old, but oh so important. The pilot light of our home's furnace.
[click photo to see larger]
Must watch: Inception: Your First Lesson
[ MIT - Ray and Maria Stata Center for Computer, Information, and Intelligence Sciences ]
Near Future Technology is our first foray into the slightly daunting world of NFT's and just like us she's unsure of what happens next. Blockchain here we come...
Near Future Technology is available on Opensea here
Barbara was technically just a sophisticated computer program with access to an android body although her programming didn't allow her the luxury of knowing that. She also felt completely heartbroken at the demise of her tamagotchi and her programming definitely wasn't supposed to allow that either. She didn't really have a heart after all.
It was all very confusing both for her and for the scientists who were studying her. She was the first of her kind and was currently confounding all expectations. She would gaze out of the window for hours at a time and would lament at length about her deceased digital friend. How would she cope in this brave new world...
Cheers
id-iom
A workout on the fingers. The once popular National cash register required great finger strength to activate.
Oh how photography has changed over the years from big bulky complicated cameras to the small digital ones of today.
Computers and electronic technology are in the classrooms for good. Many schools have 1 to 1 initiatives that put a computing device into the hands of each student. This graphic is a challenge for teachers to move beyond the obvious and traditional uses of computers (browsing, clicking, chatting, and gaming) to inventing, designing, creating, building, sharing. Inspired by a Mitch Resnick Lifelong Kindergarten video. www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7rlLml5ReQ
We don't just browse, click, chat, game, we invent, we design, we create, we build, we share.