It’s been about two weeks since my family spontaneously had me pick out a new cell phone on Black Friday; apparently there was a sale just too good to pass up. My old phone, the Motorola RAZR V3, has been in my possession for upwards of three years now, and although it served its function to make phone calls, send text messages and take blurry pictures, it was time for me to upgrade anyway. Since that time, the iPhone has come out, Android has been released, 3G networks have become more commonplace, and there have been a slew of improvements to what a cell phone can actually do. Read more »

A camera doesn’t lie… right? I saw a video today of some fascinating technology being developed at the University of Washington – close to where I live in Seattle – which takes video footage and seamlessly combines it with photographs to selectively increase the resolution, improve the lighting balance, or do a slew of other changes to the video. It’s called the “Spacetime Fusion Technique”, and while amazing (both the technology and the name they gave it), it also made me think about what will constitute authentic videos in the future. Read more »