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Photographer Builds Camera That Shows Inside of a Centrifuge in Action

The world’s first 4K camera built into a centrifuge shows what foods and other substances look like as they are separated at 2,500 times the gravity of Earth. Maurice Mikkers, a former lab technician and professional photographer, wanted to film foods such as peanut butter, hot sauce, and honey, as they are separated in a centrifuge, in a bid to show the wider world what this scientific process…
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Photographer ‘Breaks’ Instagram, Tricks Algorithm into Pushing his Photos

A photographer says he has tricked the Instagram algorithm into once again pushing his photos by leveraging the platform’s preference for Reels to his advantage. Instagram, which started as a photo-sharing platform, has made no secret of its move towards videos, and in particular Reels, partly to fend off competition from TikTok. Australian photographer Michael Amarico is annoyed at…
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Future iPhones May Be Able to Take Photos in the Rain and Underwater

A new Apple patent could mean that photographers are able to shoot pictures on their iPhones in the rain and even underwater. In a recently-granted patent, Apple reveals a new smartphone technology that could let users control future iPhones flawlessly in conditions where most current smartphones would fail, such as underwater. Granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office…
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Students Can Sue Over Yearbook Photos Published Without Permission

A former class of school students was told by a federal judge they can pursue a lawsuit against PeopleConnect after their yearbook photos were published without their permission on the company’s social networking site Classmates.com. A class of Californians represented by lead plaintiffs, Meredith Callahan and Lawrence Abraham, filed a class action against PeopleConnect in December…
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