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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop

Posted on Wed, 2012-11-21 by gravityloss

What is it? A new mode of transportation that’s supposed to be very fast like Concorde, on ground level and requires no rails. What could it be? Dylan thinks it’s a tube mail system. Jacques thinks so as well, and says … Continue reading →

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Long time no post

Posted on Fri, 2012-10-19 by gravityloss

Haven’t really had the time and stuff feels so clunky. WordPress feels quite old-fashioned. With modern blogging platforms you ought to be able to drag photos to upload in the background and whatever. I have valtteri.openphoto.me for occasional photos but … Continue reading →

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Flynano prototype shown to public

Posted on Fri, 2012-10-19 by gravityloss

Flynano, the sub-70 kg carbon fiber seaplane designed to go around regulations by sheer lack of mass. Their first prototype that was retired and is now exhibited at verkkokauppa in Jätkäsaari, Helsinki, Finland. I took a few photos, more after … Continue reading →

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Cameras and physics of light

Posted on Wed, 2012-02-29 by gravityloss

This should be highschool level deduction. The basics In short: Assuming equivalent sensor technology where read noise or thermal noise doesn’t dominate: 1. Low light performance (low noise in low light photos) is dependent on absolute aperture size 2. Dynamic … Continue reading →

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Oh boy, lenses and cameras

Posted on Sun, 2011-08-28 by gravityloss

The previous post got old immediately. Sony released a couple of cameras (NEX-5N and NEX-3C) and lenses and Panasonic released a small lens and leaked two high grade ones. What beats me is how the Sony 16-55 mm F2.8 can … Continue reading →

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Some Black Humor

Posted on Sun, 2011-08-07 by gravityloss

http://www.astronautsuicides.com/

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Traveling, pictures

Posted on Fri, 2011-07-01 by gravityloss

will be at splitwire.tumblr.com. Testing if it was less hassle than WordPress…

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Sharing photos

Posted on Mon, 2011-06-13 by gravityloss

Is a chore. Also, you’re at the mercy of unreliable companies. Perhaps openphoto might be able to change it. (link found at hacker news) At work, I sometimes hear of the kind of funny approach from non-IT companies: they’re afraid … Continue reading →

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Some photo

Posted on Sat, 2011-05-28 by gravityloss
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Three kinds of hybrids

Posted on Tue, 2011-05-24 by gravityloss

The next fifteen years. Pure Electric – will be marginal Battery energy density will probably be lousy and they will be expensive so that pure electric cars can’t fill that many needs in the next fifteen years. What kind of … Continue reading →

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