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DJI developing app that will allow anyone to identify a drone with their smartphone

15 Nov

Chinese company DJI, the world’s leading drone manufacturer, is developing technology that will allow anyone with a WiFi-enabled smartphone to access information on unmanned aerial vehicles flying nearby.

The industry, in general, has been under scrutiny following high profile disruptions, including incidents at Gatwick and Heathrow airports that left flights grounded for days. In a bid for more transparency, DJI wants the public to be able to access basic info on a drone including its remote ID, altitude, speed, and location. The app will be available sometime in 2020, pending regulatory approval.

‘Remote ID functions as an electronic license plate for drones, allowing anyone who is curious about a drone in the sky to learn more about what it’s doing,’ said Brendan Schulman, DJI Vice President of Policy & Legal Affairs. ‘Around the world, aviation authorities have said remote ID is the key to allowing more complex drone use, and to solving concerns about safety and security. DJI’s direct drone-to-phone remote ID shows we’re committed to providing a solution in a way that is instantly usable worldwide without any additional infrastructure.’

The direct drone-to-phone remote ID system was first demoed to participants this week at a park in Montreal, Canada, during the International Civil Aviation Organization’s third annual Drone Enable conference. Smartphones from Samsung, Google, and Xiaomi received Wi-Fi Aware signals from DJI Mavic Air and DJI Mavic 2 Enterprise drones. The app, in its current form, is able to identify drones operating within a 1 kilometer (0.62 miles) range.

DJI currently holds over 70% of market share worldwide for consumer-grade drones. Global spending on consumer-grade unmanned aerial vehicles is expected to reach $ 12.3 billion in 2019, up from $ 9 billion the previous year, according to research firm IDC. As demand continues to increase, aviation regulators including the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) are pushing for a requirement on remote ID systems for drones. The FAA is on track to complete a mandatory proposal by year’s end, but rulemaking will take another year to complete. EASA will start imposing requirements by June 2020.

‘As more drones take to the skies every day, remote ID addresses the public’s interest in understanding what’s happening in the airspace,’ said Christian Struwe, DJI Policy Director, Europe. ‘DJI’s drone-to-phone implementation helps accomplish that by allowing drone pilots to broadcast a simple description of their flights, so anyone viewing the smartphone app can understand that they are inspecting a roof, surveying a construction site, or performing another beneficial task with a drone.’

Some remote pilots are already skeptical of allowing anyone to access information about their flights.

DJI developed AeroScope back in 2017 to address similar concerns. It’s a much more powerful system, offering a range of up to several miles away. While other drone manufacturers rejected the system, it’s being used by prisons, stadiums, airports, and even car dealerships to detect any unauthorized drone usage. Now, they want to eliminate the requirement for adding telecommunications equipment, subscribing to an ID service provider, connecting to a cell tower, or buying a data plan in order to fly safely and legally. DJI plans to make their latest drone-to-phone technology available to competing manufacturers, though a list hasn’t materialized yet.

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Re.photos: This website lets anyone create and share then-and-now photos

04 Jan

If you’re both a photography fan and history buff, then you might want to check out a platform called re.photos. The website/social network, which launched a couple of months ago, allows anyone to share interactive then-and-now images—so-called “rephotography”—that compare a modern version of a location or subject with an older image of the same spot.

Re.photos is the brainchild of retired computer science professor Oliver Vornberger, and it’s extremely easy to use. Users simply upload both a before and an after photo, then place markers on a few points on the images so that the system knows how to align them.

Speaking to PetaPixel in November, Vornberger said that a student of his is working on improving the platform’s algorithm so that manually placing markers isn’t necessary. Eventually, the whole system should be as easy as uploading a before and after picture, and letting the website do the rest of the work.

In addition to automatically aligning images—taking the hard work out of creating these comparisons manually—re.photos serves as an exploration platform for finding rephotography from other users. Rephotography created by users can be searched using descriptions, username, titles, tags such as date or location, and category such as interior, nature, and people.

To check out the platform for yourself, or upload a few before and afters of your own, click here.

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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DJI offering up to $30,000 ‘bounty’ to anyone who finds a critical software vulnerability

31 Aug

DJI is offering cash rewards to anyone who finds a significant bug in its software. The new bug bounty program offers financial incentives ranging from $ 100 to $ 30,000 in the hopes that researchers and users alike may find problems related to software security, flight safety, and app stability. This, following a leaked military memo that ordered the US Army to cease their use of DJI products over unspecified ‘cyber vulnerabilities.’

The alleged vulnerabilities cited by the military memo were found by the U.S. Army Research Lab and U.S. Navy, which ordered the U.S. Army to stop using ‘all DJI products,’ and news of the order stirred concerns in the private sector over whether DJI’s software was adequately protecting customers’ data. Around the same time, DJI introduced an offline mode that allows operators to limit a drone’s communications to just its controller.

DJI will soon launch a dedicated bug bounty website with a standardized form through which bug discoveries can be submitted. Until that time, the company advises individuals who have found a bug to report it to the ‘bugbounty@dji.com’ email address. Only qualified bugs will result in rewards, and specific terms will be detailed on the upcoming bug bounty website.

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DJI To Offer ‘Bug Bounty’ Rewards For Reporting Software Issues

Threat Identification Reward Program Will Address Software Concerns

August 28, 2017 – DJI, the world’s leader in civilian drones and aerial imaging technology, is establishing a “bug bounty” program to reward people who discover security issues with DJI software. The DJI Threat Identification Reward Program is part of an expanded commitment to work with researchers and others to responsibly discover, disclose and remediate issues that could affect the security of DJI’s software.

“Security researchers, academic scholars and independent experts often provide a valuable service by analyzing the code in DJI’s apps and other software products and bringing concerns to public attention,” said DJI Director of Technical Standards Walter Stockwell. “DJI wants to learn from their experiences as we constantly strive to improve our products, and we are willing to pay rewards for the discoveries they make.”

The DJI Threat Identification Reward Program aims to gather insights from researchers and others who discover issues that may create threats to the integrity of our users’ private data, such as their personal information or details of the photos, videos and flight logs they create. The program is also seeking issues that may cause app crashes or affect flight safety, such as DJI’s geofencing restrictions, flight altitude limits and power warnings.

Rewards for qualifying bugs will range from $ 100 to $ 30,000, depending on the potential impact of the threat. DJI is developing a website with full program terms and a standardized form for reporting potential threats related to DJI’s servers, apps or hardware. Starting today, bug reports can be sent to bugbounty@dji.com for review by technical experts.

The DJI Threat Identification Reward Program is part of a renewed focus on addressing concerns about DJI product security, including new efforts to partner with security researchers and academics who have a common goal of trying to improve the security and stability of DJI products. DJI is also implementing a new multi-step internal approval process to review and evaluate new app software before it is released to ensure its security, reliability and stability.

DJI has not previously offered formal lines of communication about software issues to security researchers, many of whom have raised their concerns on social media or other forums when they could not determine how best to bring these issues to DJI’s attention.

“We want to engage with the research community and respond to their reasonable concerns with a common goal of cooperation and improvement,” Stockwell said. “We value input from researchers into our products who believe in our mission to enable customers to use DJI products that are stable, reliable and trustworthy.”

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

 
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10 cool DIY photography techniques that anyone can do

18 May
Are you in a creative rut? Do you need some ideas to break out and do something different? This short video by COOPH highlights ten cool photography techniques that anybody can do.
Do you have a favorite DIY technique that’s not in the video? Share it with us!

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The People’s Fridge: Free Excess Food for Anyone Who Needs It

16 Feb

[ By SA Rogers in Destinations & Sights & Travel. ]

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Considering that the United Kingdom leads the European Union in food waste at over 15 million tons per year, spreading the concept of free community refrigerators could make a huge impact. Households in the UK toss out an average of 24 edible meals every month, and those figures are even worse in the United States, where about 40 percent of all food goes to waste. One project in London aims to prove just how powerful diverting that waste could be with ‘The People’s Fridge,’ where anyone can donate food or take what they need.

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Located in Brixton, South London and open to the public, The People’s Fridge is run by a group of volunteers aiming to help tackle food poverty and cut food waste all at once. The crowdfunded project joins similar campaigns launched in Spain, Germany and India as well as other cities in the UK.

The folks running the project have a few simple rules to keep things fresh and manageable: offer prepared and cooked foods from certified businesses only as well as fruits, vegetables, bread and unopened packaged foods. Homemade foods, raw meat and seafood and opened milk are not allowed to prevent issues with spoilage and ensure that all ingredients are known.

So far, photos of the fridge on the project’s Twitter show the shelves brimming with fresh produce, beverages, sandwiches, cake and other treats. Employees at Pop Brixton, the venue where the fridge is located, clean and organize the contents daily.

“We want more people to be talking about cutting food waste!” says Olivia Haughton, a member of The People’s Fridge team. “In the process of saving food from the bin we provide a source of fresh food for anyone who needs it. The fridge works really simply. People with food to donate can bring it at any time during the day. All they have to do is fill in a quick register of what they’re donating and when, then anyone can come and help themselves. There is no policing of who benefits from the fridge, all we ask is that people don’t take food if they suffer from any food allergies and that they sign the food out of the fridge when they take it.”

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Kano Camera Kit lets anyone build and program their own camera

29 Sep

Kano, a maker of DIY educational tools, is seeking crowdfunding for a trio of DIY project kits, one of which is its new educational Camera Kit. The Camera Kit enables anyone to build a simple camera and then program it with various functions using drag-and-drop code, the goal being to impart an overall knowledge of how cameras and their related software work.

The camera is assembled from pre-made parts using an included instructional ‘storybook.’ DIYers can choose which lens they want to use — a macro, fisheye, or wide-angle — and can add both a flash and a trigger. The Camera Kit also includes a Tripwire Sensor which, when added, emits an infrared beam. If someone or something moves through the beam, the camera will snap a picture.

Various functions can be added via the programming software, including features like triggering photos via sound using an integrated microphone, adding real-time data to photos like the current weather, and more. The software also enables users to create their own photo filters.

Overall, the Camera Kit features the camera ‘brain,’ an LED ring flash, tripwire sensor, mode dial, lenses, viewfinder, battery, charging cable, tripod, lanyard, camera case, storybook and stickers.

The Camera Kit is one of three project kits Kano is seeking funding for on Kickstarter. As with the other two kits, the Camera Kit is offered as a $ 99 pledge, with estimated retail cost being $ 129.99. Kano anticipates shipping its Camera Kit to backers in March 2017.

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3 Newborn Posing Setups Anyone Can Master

06 Oct

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Are you interested in trying newborn photography, but just aren’t sure where to start in terms of posing? Have you ever looked at a newborn photo and been totally unsure how the photographer set it up?

In this article, I’ll walk you through three easy newborn posing setups. We’ll start with pull-backs (behind the scenes shots) of each posing setup, along with brief instructions as to how you can recreate it at home. Then I’ll show you what the final images might look like from that setup. All three setups are simple, versatile, and I promise that absolutely anyone can master them. All three also have the benefit of being setups that you can typically use even in small spaces, which is a huge benefit if you ever shoot in clients’ homes, and don’t know what you’re walking into until you get there.

Setup #1: The Crib Mattress

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This setup really could not be any easier. Simply take a crib mattress, find a fun fitted sheet for it, and put it on the floor near a window, or sliding glass door. My preference is always to set up the crib mattress at about a 60 degree angle to the window. Sometimes the space may easily allow you to set up exactly as you would prefer, and sometimes like in the case of my very small kitchen above, it may require thinking outside the box.

For this particular session, I kept the mattress at a 90 degree angle to the window, as mom walked over and placed the sleeping baby on the mattress. Once baby was warm and settled, I sat on the floor and pivoted the mattress just enough so that I’d be able to achieve some shadows and depth in the photo.

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This is also the setup that I typically use whenever I am incorporating flowers, greenery, or sports equipment into the photo because it gives me a nice flat surface to work with, and it’s also low to the ground, so it’s easier to shoot from above.

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Setup #2: The Black Sheet

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Next, try taking a twin or full sized black sheet and clamping it to the back of some chairs. I prefer to use bar stools whenever possible, but a regular high backed chair will also work. If you can’t track down a chair, simply have mom and dad hold the sheet up in the air, and let it pillow at the ground. Again, place yourself near a large window. Then you can place the baby in a basket on top of the sheet on the floor, or even have mom or dad stand in front of the sheet and hold the baby in his or her arms.

Bonus Tip: Use a lint roller on your black sheet before you start taking photos – it will save you a ton of time in post-processing!

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I find this particular setup to be really versatile, and it’s an easy way to create a high-contrast photo that has a more formal look, compared to the first setup which usually tends more towards lifestyle images. This setup does require a bit more time in post-processing to get that nice uniform black background, but it is absolutely worth the investment!

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From a safety perspective, this is a great setup to use any time you want a shot where it appears that the baby is hanging in the air. In the above photo, the scale that the baby is on was actually sitting directly on the black sheet on the floor. I had grandma hold the hook of the scale taught as I took the photo.

Even as newborns, babies are wiggly and will sometimes try to shoot themselves off a prop, so I just don’t think it’s worth the risk to actually allow a newborn to hang from something in the air during a session. This particular setup is a nice alternative for parents who would like to achieve that look, while also greatly minimizing the risk involved.

Setup #3: The Beanbag

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The beanbag is by far the most common approach for newborn photography. You’ll want either a beanbag specifically designed for photography, or extra “beans” to over stuff a standard beanbag. Trust me on this one! Place the beanbag on the floor and drape a large blanket over it, once again clamping to some tall-backed chairs near a light source. If you think that you’ll primarily be using this setup for a session, you can also layer multiple blankets over the beanbag before clamping.

Bonus Tip: If you layer blankets on the beanbag, I highly recommend putting diaper changing pads (or piddle pads for pets) in between each blanket on the bean bag just to be safe!

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This setup is a great option if you have a baby that’s having a difficult time settling, and can be very versatile in terms of the number of photos you can achieve from just one pose. You could easily swing a portrait, closeup of fingers and/or toes, and a full-body pullback without moving the baby at all using this set.

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The world of newborn photography is so nuanced, and there are so many tips, tricks, and safety precautions to know, and be aware of. This particular post is really just the tip of the iceberg, but will hopefully give you a good starting point in terms of understanding how to execute three newborn posing setups, as well as what types of images you may be able to achieve with each one.

Have you tried any of these newborn setups before? Which is your favorite? Share your images and any other posing setups you’ve used in the comments below.

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3D-Printed Spider Dress Attacks When Anyone Comes Too Close

25 Dec

[ By Steph in Drawing & Digital. ]

spider dress 1

No worries about anyone invading your personal space when you’re wearing this intricate 3D-printed dress, which extends animatronic spider-inspired arms when it senses another person’s presence nearby. ‘Spider Dress 2.0′ by Dutch designer Anouk Wipprecht responds with defensive gestures if anyone approaches too quickly, or come-hither motions to friendlier, slower-moving people.

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Equipped with proximity and respiration monitors and an Intel Edison processor, the dress acts as a shield between the wearer and the outside world, interpreting the intentions of people who come near. The 3D-printed white components have a skeletal appearance, while LED lights add a bit more sci-fi appeal.

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As seen in the video, the movements of the spider arms are creepily realistic. The design is an improvement upon Wipprecht’s ‘Spider Dress 1.0,’ which had a more mechanical appearance with arrow-like legs. The artist sees fashion as lacking in ‘microcontrollers,’ and seeks to combine fashion design with engineering, science and interaction.

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The mechanisms that create the movement in Wipprecht’s wearable tech designs are left visible on the outside so viewers can “witness the designs creating their own unique forms of interaction, movement and meaning.”

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Chad Moore: Anyone in love with you?

14 May

Die Hedonisten unserer Zeit feiern nicht nur das Leben, sie zeigen auch ihre Wunden an Augen, Armen und im Herzen. Ob nackt auf kalten grünlich schimmernden Fliesen oder weit über der Stadt mit Blick auf die blinkenden Lichter unter ihnen.

Sie sind schön, sie sind cool und sie tragen ihre Kleidung wie dieses Modell mit der Zahnlücke, damals Ende der 90er Jahre. Sie summen und schauen wie Patti Smith, mit der Kippe im Mundwinkel. Heimatlos, grenzenlos – sie sind frei.

Sie verbringen ihre Nächte tanzend in Clubs oder draußen vor der Stadt im See bei Morgengrauen. Suchen Nähe und brauchen Abstand. Wollen Selbstverwirklichung und Spaß. Sie feiern den Luxus der Jugend, begierig.

In ihren Köpfen schlummern die Träume wie Raubkatzen. Die Möglichkeiten sind viele.

Chad Moore, Anyone in love with you?

Chad Moore, Anyone in love with you?

Das Buch verbirgt sich in einem roten Schuber und der Titel „Anyone in love with you? (already knows)“ lässt offen, was der Liebende weiß. Das Buch selbst ist roh belassen. Eine einfache Fadenheftbindung hält die einzelnen Blöcke zusammen. Fast möchte man eine Analogie zum Inhalt entwerfen, aber das überlasse ich den Interessierenden ganz allein.

Chad Moore fasst ein Lebensgefühl zusammen. Das einer auserwählten Jugend, die manchmal nicht weiß, wohin mit sich. Die sieht, dass Werte sich in Luft auflösen, dass die Götter ihrer Eltern wertlos sind.

Chad Moore, Anyone in love with you?

Chad Moore, Anyone in love with you?

Wir sehen Kinder, die zu Erwachsenen werden. Sie befinden sich gerade auf der Schneide zwischen Behütetsein und Losgelassenwerden und ihr Leben wirkt wie ein nie enden wollender Videoclip, zu dem nur die Schönen Zugang erhalten.

Ich könnte einen ganzen Fragenkatalog formulieren, wenn ich die Bilder sehe. Fragen über uns, das Wollen und Müssen, Fragen über die Bedeutung von Freundschaft. Fragen über Nähe und Abstand, über Tiefe und Oberflächlichkeit. Fragen über das Wohin. Und über die Liebe.

Natürlich ist das eine sehr subjektive Wertung meiner Eindrücke. Das Buch lässt mich nicht kalt. Vielleicht entwerfe ich eine Meinung über eine Jugendkultur, die so überhaupt nicht exisitiert und jongliere mit meinen eigenen Vorurteilen beim Betrachten der Hippen und Schönen.

Aber leider ist mir gerade mein Bier ausgegangen und auch die Kippe im Mund will nicht so recht schmecken, wobei mir gerade auffällt, dass ich Nichtraucher bin. Die Identifikation fällt mir also schwer.

Chad Moore, Anyone in love with you?

Chad Moore, Anyone in love with you?

Chad Moore, der Fotograf, lebt in New York. Das ist aber auch schon fast alles, was es über ihn zu sagen gibt, denn obwohl wir hier dem Leben, dem Rausch und den Genüssen uns unbekannter Menschen folgen dürfen, so hält Chad Moore sich mit Informationen über seine Person völlig zurück.

Für wen ist dieses Buch nun eigentlich? Vielleicht für diejenigen, die ein bisschen mehr Wirklichkeit auf Bildern möchten, ungeschönt und ein bisschen trashig? Vielleicht auch für die, die sich selbst gern so sehen möchten oder ruhelos umherirren, suchen und nicht finden. Oder aber für die, die gern zuschauen, beobachten, lächeln und vielleicht auch ein bisschen den Menschen lieben.

Wer das Buch gern besitzen möchte, macht entweder bei unserem Gewinnspiel mit oder aber er vertraut lieber auf seinen Geldbeutel und bezieht das gute Stück über dienacht.

Informationen zum Buch:

Offene Fadenheftung,
14 x 20 cm,
158 Seiten,
Buch im Schuber
limitiert auf 600 Stück
35 € + 3 € Versand innerhalb Deutschland

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Kite Cameras: Aerial Photography Accessible to Anyone

25 May

[ By WebUrbanist in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ]

aerial crop circle capture

Towers convey power, and height is both literally and metaphorically connected to broader and better views – but here come kites to undermine that top-down view.

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Kite photography is empowering and democratizing – increasingly inexpensive unmanned aircraft can be attached to likewise ever-cheaper, high-quality photographic devices. Kite Aerial Photography (KAP) enthusiasts like Pierre Lesage, a sampling of whose work appears here, are rapidly taking to these newer and better technologies.

aerial windmill landscape photo

Sending your camera into the sky is one thing – keeping it balanced so it takes a clean and crisp shot is quite another. Many of the latest advances thus appropriately address the issue of stability. Hence, stabilization rigs that help keep balance even with an ever-moving kite and ground controller.

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The controller, in turn, has to determine how the photos-taking will unfold, via preset intervals, perhaps, or using infrared or radio controls. Of his setup, the photographer writes: “Originally this rig was made for a Canon Ixus 600, was then adapted with a video return and later adapted to welcome A Leica Dlux3.”

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Until recently, taking photos from the sky meant owning (or at least renting) an airborne vehicle to carry you and your equipment aloft, then struggling through windows or other opening to take the best shot. Now, the game has changed, and almost anyone can get in on the action. Now the only thing that may get in your way is the thin kite string everything else hinges on.

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