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In the thick of the action: Nikon D5 real world samples gallery

18 Apr

With a newly designed 20MP full-frame sensor, an advanced autofocus system with 153 phase-detect points, a robust build with full weather sealing and 12 action-freezing frames per second, the Nikon D5 has been getting plenty of attention around the DPReview office over the past couple of weeks. It’s a purpose-built machine: we don’t think there’s a camera in the world that can keep erratically moving subjects in focus during fast bursts like the D5 can. But it’s good at a lot else as well.

We’ve toted it to tennis matches, a rugby match, up and over the Cascade mountains, along the Puget Sound waterfront and even a styled wedding shoot. After all, though the D5’s specs may indicate it’s geared toward the discerning sports shooter, that doesn’t mean Nikon’s new flagship wouldn’t make a great (though hefty) all-rounder for photographers shooting all day, every day.

See our Nikon D5 real world samples gallery

Articles: Digital Photography Review (dpreview.com)

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Printable Electronics Make These Headphones Just 1mm Thick

02 Jun

[ By Steph in Gadgets & Geekery & Technology. ]

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While an ordinary pair of headphones might consist of 50-something energy-intensive components from various manufacturing processes, this ultra-thin design uses printable electronics to cut that number down to an incredible 8. The ‘roll to roll’ process uses technology as the main material for the design, simplifying its composition and cutting out all unnecessary parts.

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Designer Maxime Loiseau explores the adaptability and flexibility of printed electronic circuits in place of wires, used in conjunction with a plastic welding process that joins together larger, simpler pieces rather than a bunch of small injection-molded components. That means the whole product can be made on a single production line.

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The wireless Bluetooth version is only a single millimeter thick, including the speakers, which rely on the vibration of a piezoelectric cell to produce sound that’s comparable to more conventional headphones. On the wired version, a single paper-thin cable hangs from one side, leaving the other free. The junction of the cable and the speaker is highlighted in a bright color to spotlight just how flat it is.

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“The project doesn’t change the way we will use headphones,” says Loiseau. “The purpose here is to offer a reflection about producing electronic devices in a smarter way. The more materials are advanced, the more they are paradoxically easy to work. Through one production process, we can then using less process, less material, energy and pieces. At the same time, I tried to use the possibilities of the process to create an aesthetic result from it, a more fair product, with no superfluous parts.”