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A time-lapse history lesson by filmmaker Beno Saradzic: Abu Dhabi, capital of the United Arab Emirates, from the era of Sheikh Zayed to the sophisticated Blade Runner-esque metropolis it is now.
Original score by Vladimir Persan.
Full screen, sound up.
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A newly released video reveals the seconds prior to the tender moment featuring Scott Jones and Alex Thomas captured by Getty Images photographer Rich Lam during the Vancouver riots.
The story loses little of its romance.
Vancouver riot’s ‘kissing couple’ tell their story (CBC News Canada)
Startup camera maker Lytro has developed a new digital ‘light field’ technology that allows you to change the focus of a picture after you’ve taken it. What?
In layman’s terms it works something like this. When you take a picture, light is reflecting off various surfaces in various directions. A standard camera takes a ’shapshot’ of what it sees, recording the light that’s reflecting, but nothing about the direction. That gives you a standard photo. Light field pictures, however, also record information about the direction of the light, resulting in a picture that is more similar to a digital replica of the scene than a traditional ‘picture’ is. That is what lets you refocus.
For now, it’s just a tech demo with no release date, but rumours in the Geekniverse suggest that it’s only a matter of time before Apple snaps up the company.
PLAY WITH THE TECHNOLOGY HERE.
Ryoichi ‘Keroppy’ Maeda helps Tokyo’s “freaks for the night” get into character by dripping saline into their foreheads for two hours while they depress the center of the swelling, creating the signature “bagelhead” look.
So you’re the man responsible for bringing it to the masses. How does the whole process work?
It’s quite easy – we use medical saline solution and using infusion we pump it into the forehead for about two hours, or until it’s ready.Two hours! Fucking hell. How long does it last?
Just one night. The body absorbs it over time so by the next morning it just goes back to normal. We enjoy being freaks for the night, ha ha.Does the skin ever start to sag?
No. Everyone I know who has done it, no matter how many times, their skin has gone back to exactly how it was before.
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Gandalf (Sean Connery) and Hannibal Lecter (Gene Hackman)
Indiana Jones (Tom Selleck) and Neo from The Matrix (Will Smith)LIFE’s mega-gallery of stars who nearly made it to the biggest roles in cinema history, but thankfully (in most cases) didn’t. Some you’ll know. Some you won’t.
We reckon Hackman would have made a great Lecter.
VIEW THE GALLERY: Almost Cast: Who Lost Iconic Roles? (LIFE)
