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Army: No Requests Made for Use of Troops Around Election

This March 27, 2008, file photo shows the Pentagon in Washington. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Army leaders said Tuesday that they have not received any requests to use active-duty or National Guard troops for possible civil unrest surrounding the presidential election next month, but are ready to do so if called on. Gen. James McConville, chief of the Army, said he’s received no guidance…
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I Created an Open Source DIY Camera Timer for About 60 Bucks

A must-have tool when shooting the night sky is a remote release trigger for your camera. Triggers range from very simple cable releases over phone apps that connect to your camera’s Wifi, to very specialized Intervalometers. I wanted to build something even better… I tried the phone apps for my cameras and they miss a very basic feature: bulb mode timing. Meaning, when you set the camera to…
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Imerge Pro Wants to Dethrone Photoshop, Adds Several New Features

When Adobe sunsetted the Creative Suite and built the subscription-based Creative Cloud, many users were upset at losing perpetual access to the software. Products like Imerge Pro can now exist, offering similar software for a one-time fee. If you’ve never heard of Imerge, you’re probably not alone. It’s not a particularly well-known software, but the latest update to Imerge Pro 8 brings…
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Caltech’s Latest Camera Shoots 3D at 100 Billion Frames Per Second

Earlier this year, Caltech’s Lihong Wang showed off a camera that could shoot 70 trillion frames per second – that’s fast enough to watch light travel. His most recent creation, however, goes a step further. While “only” 100 billion frames per second, it shoots in three dimensions. The technology in it is similar to that 70 trillion frames per second camera, but it sacrifices speed for…
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