Lytro camera

Go check it out, 

Lytro Camera, it records the entire light field so you can REFOCUS on any point in the picture after the shot has been taken !

I've never seen anything like that !  If you visit the web site you can text different sample and it is quite amazing.

It comes with a major drawback though, as explained by our independent reviewer here, the camera lacks 
resolution. 

More information on the technology here : 
The science inside
The CEO's Thesis on Digital Light Field Photography  dense, difficult, but quite interesting.

Conclusion: For web sharing this will be quite a cool tool.

the last pictures photos intended for aliens after humans are gone

100 pictures engraved on disk,
Sent out in space, Earth orbit,
for a billion + years.

How romantic, like a bottle at sea.

The last pictures photos intended for aliens after humans are gone

Trevor Paglen

Article from The Guardian


The project was partially inspired by Carl Sagan's Golden Record, which went into space on board Voyager in the 1970s.

Curiosity : rounded pebbles spotted

Curiosity science team member Sanjeev Gupta explains how rounded pebbles spotted by the rover are convincing evidence of an ancient streambed on Mars.

This is real science based on facts !!!  Love it !