The rise of sensor journalism

Is sensor journalism feasible, or even ethical? Columbia’s Tow Center hopes to find out By Laura Hazard Owen, paidcontent.org Journalists and organizations now have the ability to use sensors to collect their own real-time data and report on it. The practice raises both practical and ethical questions, Columbia’s Emily Bell said Thursday. If data jour­nal­ism … Continue reading The rise of sensor journalism

Visualizing camera sensor size and what it means

(via Camera sensor size: Why does it matter and exactly how big are they?) Related articles Differences Between CCD and CMOS Camera Image Sensors (lockergnome.com) New Camera Sensor Eliminates the Need for Flash (gadget.com) Graphene camera sensors said to be 1,000 times more sensitive to light (engadget.com) Graphene Camera Sensor Has 1000 Times More Light … Continue reading Visualizing camera sensor size and what it means

A hands-on demo with Node

A hands-on demo with Node, the ultimate sensor device (video) — Tech News and Analysis By Janko Roettgers, gigaom.com Summary: It’s a color sensor, a weather station, a gas leak detector, a thermometer for everything around you, and so much more: Check out Node, the ultimate sensor device. RT @gigaom: A hands-on demo with Node, … Continue reading A hands-on demo with Node

Remote car starter is a sign of the apocalypse

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Lapka turns your iPhone into a biolab

Lapka for iPhone: five sensors to measure the world, inspired by NASA and Yves Saint Laurent By Ellis Hamburger, theverge.com A small Russian hardware startup brings ‘luxury tools’ to your phone Lapka’s tagline may be the “Per­son­al Envi­ron­ment Monitor,” but its name is root­ed in the Russ­ian word for paw. “We want to be the … Continue reading Lapka turns your iPhone into a biolab

Node is an iPhone scientific sensor

Hands On With The Node, A Sensor-Packed Smartphone Dongle John Biggs http://techcrunch.com/2012/11/01/hands-on-with-the-node-a-sensor-packed-smartphone-dongle As a sci­en­tist prac­tic­ing actu­al, bona fide sci­ence, I have often found myself in need of imme­di­ate g-force read­ings or baro­met­ric pres­sure analy­ses for my sci­en­tif­ic prob­lems. Where­as before I had to use my sex­tant and tri­dent… http://flpbd.it/q1NVk Related articles Why NodeJs is … Continue reading Node is an iPhone scientific sensor