Worlds’ most distant webcam goes live (blogs.discovermagazine.com)
You can use a webcam to sneak peeks at birds’ nests, active volcanoes, watch the Shuttle launch, and even to check traffic. But that’s just local stuff. What if you want more of a far look?Then you need to check out the most distant webcam (so far) in the solar system: the Mars Express Visual Monitoring Camera (note: the camera page is due to go live at 13:00 UT today, but don’t fret if it takes a little while to go up after the deadline). This camera on board Europe’s Mars Express orbiter has been circling the red planet since 2003. more... 8/22/2008
If There is a Surveillance Camera in the Woods, Is the Wilderness Wild? (digitaljournal.com)
The number of hidden cameras in wilderness areas is increasing; the cameras get great shots and provide valuable information but are they changing the meaning of wild?
If you go out into the woods today you may be in for a big surprise, you just may, unknowingly, get your picture taken. No the paparazzi are not stalking the woods and the cameras in question are situated well off the well trod path but they are there nonetheless. more... 8/19/2008
Webcams save lives in the ER (tech.blorge.com)
When you have a stroke time is of the essence to determine what kind of treatment you need, and whether or not you should take additional life saving drugs. Doctors started using webcams a few years ago to see their patients and make those critical decisions when they can’t be in the ER. A new report published in The Lancet Neurology this month indicates that the webcams are making an improvement in patient care. more... 8/11/2008
Webcams give absent owners an extra eye (myrtlebeachonline.com)
Helena Peterson's favorite show these days depicts shadows flickering on artwork and furniture in a deserted dining room.
It's not an avant-garde production but a webcam view of the vacation house that Peterson bought last year in Southport, N.C. Using a computer at her primary home in Ellsworth, Maine, she monitors the house in the tiny fishing town via an Internet connection. Though there's little to see, she said she finds it mesmerizing - and a way to spend time, at least virtually, in her second home while stuck at her first one. more... 8/4/2008
Olympics: The digital revolution takes the center ring (latimes.com)
LOOK AT Bob Beamon's record 29-foot, 2 1/2-inch long jump from the 1968 Summer Olympics on YouTube; it almost looks like a grainy animation. It was perhaps the greatest single Olympic performance ever -- after all, no one had long-jumped even 28 feet before and there has only been one jump longer than it in the four decades since. Beamon was the favorite, so there were two cameras on him, unusual in its day. Still, even with slow motion added, Beamon's extraordinary leap lacks real visual oomph. more... 8/4/2008
