Digital Ice Cream

Do not let the name fool you. This website does not have to do anything with ice cream. It is the website of Justin Hollerich, a very young and creative photographer that loves the digital medium. You can find his very beautiful and artistic photo of this artist on his web site. The images are under three categories: people, automobiles, and various. The website is growing and so far does not have so many images, but it has a blog for the images that are not on the website and the artist’s words which need to get out. The artist himself asserted that he has chosen this name for his website because the name stands out and is very easy to remember and it works much better than any visiting card and besides who doesn’t like ice cream. He is right; I found the website because of its funny name and the fact that I love ice cream. In addition to having a good time browsing through some beautiful images, I learned that creativity is a must in the art and in the advertising of the art. Take a look for yourself:

http://www.digitalicecream.com/

Digital Flowers

Digital flowers are a course offered by the University of Illinois Urbana Champaign (UIUC). It is designed to be used in Plant Biology courses. It is accompanied by lecture text and offers very useful information about each family of plants and the subgroups. Any student who has to deal with plants, and memorize the vast list of the plant characteristics will enjoy this website. I enjoyed especially the world map which is on the introduction page of each family; it is very useful in narrowing down the local plants of our region and learning about them. If you like the plants or you have to study about them check this web page http://www.life.illinois.edu/help/digitalflowers/

The First Digital President

During the long and winding road to the White House, there was an interesting side story that played out about which candidate really “got” technology, particularly IT. Obama was portrayed as web-savvy, carrying a Blackberry and regularly using the Internet. In contrast, McCain was seen as out of touch, even personally admitting that he didn’t use a computer or email. And certainly one reason for Senator Obama’s historic victory was his campaign’s unprecedented and innovative use of new technologies, including the Web and social networking. So what do we think here, do you think is it important that we get a president who can use his own computer and has his own email address, and maybe can chat with him on face book or play with him online too!! I don’t know how many of younger people that support Obama did think about these things. I personally think it is not vital but it is important that I know that my candidate knows how to use a computer, especially if that person will become the president of the most digital users and most information users of the world. So here we go, we can call this election “the first digital President” and it is true. Faraway of how much digital media was responsible for electing one of these two candidate, the gesture that Obama showed during his campaigns, shows that being digital and digital lover is one of the factors that may would help him and I think he did well, it helped.

Digital Rugs

I like this one, as a person that been raised in Iran which is very famous about Rugs which are crafted by hands it is very funny and also surprising that we can order our Rug with any images that we want to on a web site and get it after while. It shows how much we are going forward in digital century. Now even grand mothers can get their grand son and daughter’s pictures on a Rug, which will be use on the floor or can be use as a frame. I think company had a great idea and made it right too. Why not when we have all our pictures anywhere we want it why not on the beautiful Rug. The website also offers digital mat to. Some how when I looked at the name at first I thought they sell some kind of Mat or Rugs that may walk, or talk, but no this is again just about images. Of course this kind of products cannot compete with the hand made crafted Rugs but still are great idea for the people that want to put their favorite images on anything they want.

Digital Media

Digital media must be stored in an electronic way, so there is a lot of digital content on the Internet today, including text content, pictures, audio content, as well as video content. Through the history of Internet, digital media has been developing in various ways. Here's we'll take a look at how it has affected the Internet and ways that it may be integrated moving forwards. One type of digital media is text; this in fact represented the very first explosion of this type of content out there on the Internet. When the Internet first got big, there was an explosion of content on the web, especially with all the text editors and word processing options out there today. Larger companies started to put date on computers instead of storing it in cabinets, and the Internet definitely allowed a great way to share, transfer, and store content as well. YouTube definitely made video sharing a hugely popular form of modern media distribution, and this is continuing to grow as we speak today. Now with new technology seen in things like the iPhone, this new form of virtual media is available in handheld devices as well, and no doubt this sector is only going to continue to grow in the future. With the popularity of digital media, it is definitely important that we continue to create and use it for good marketing and business results. Even if you have to hire someone to help out, the benefits will make it worth the money. So knowing about and using digital media is definitely important for your business success today

Digital Pens

A digital pen is a battery-operated writing instrument that allows the user to digitally capture a handwritten note or drawing. Typically, a digital pen comes with a Universal Serial Bus (USB) cradle to let the user upload the handwritten notes to a personal computer. The pen looks like a regular ball-point pen and can be used as such, but requires special digital paper if the user wishes to digitally capture what he has written. A page of digital paper, which can be purchased in traditional pad or sticky-note size, has small dots on it that allow the pen to "see" what has been written. Here's how it works: When the user is done writing on his digital paper, he puts a checkmark in the "save" box. The pen vibrates or beeps to confirm that it knows the box has been checked and that the user is done with that page and wishes to save it. Typically, a digital pen can store up to 40 pages of saved digital paper in its memory. Only pages that have been checked will be saved. Most pens save the handwritten data as an image file (GIF or JPEG, depending on the pen's manufacturer) although some digital pens use a proprietary file format. When the user wants to upload his saved notes from the pen, he docks the pen in its USB cradle. The cradle automatically senses the pen's presence, opens the accompanying software application on the user's PC, and transfers the saved files to a specified folder. Many digital pens come with handwriting recognition software that allows the user to import their handwritten notes into typed text. Some of the newer high-end digital pens are wireless, taking advantage of Bluetooth technology. These pens do not require a docking station, but instead send the captured notes or drawings directly the user's PC or cell phone.

Digital camera

The first step is to understand what a digital camera is. With a film camera, collecting light from a particular scene or subject and focusing on film, which reacts chemically when struck by light and is said to “capture” the image, forms an image. What makes a camera “digital” is that, instead of film, it has an image sensor that reacts to light by sending out electrical signals. The camera takes the information from the image sensor and processes and stores it as a collection of pixels in a digital file, usually on a memory card inside the camera. Although the actual process is more complex than this, in essence this is how a digital photo image is made. It’s essentially made up of thousands and thousands of tiny dots, or pixels. When you collect a million pixels, you have a megapixel. The number of megapixels tells you how many pixels the image file has. A camera that captures 8 million pixels, for example, is called an 8-megapixel camera. The number of megapixels a camera features can also help to determine the size photos you can print or the amount of cropping you can do. For example, a 4-megapixel camera may be enough for snapshots, but if you want to print poster-size images or crop heavily, 8 megapixels (or greater) is more suitable. A 6-megapixel camera might be all you’ll need because higher resolution doesn’t necessarily produce better prints. Lenses and other factors affect quality too. But most cameras today have at least 10-megapixel sensors. The size of the sensor, and the size of each individual image sensor element, which corresponds to pixels, can affect photo quality. But remember, the number of megapixels alone doesn’t determine the quality of a digital camera’s images. For many, price is a major factor when buying a camera. In general, look to pay the following for the type of camera you’re looking to buy: For point-and-shoots (subcompacts, compacts, and super zooms), expect to spend $100 to $500. For basic SLRs, expect to spend $450 to $1,500. For advanced SLRs, expect to spend $900 to $2,000. When you’re ready to buy, consider where you will make your purchase. Although some walk-in stores, such as photo-specialty camera shops, might have knowledgeable salespeople, you can’t rely entirely on the staff of walk-in stores to assist you in your purchase. Use the Internet and our Ratings for information before buying. Also, if you decide to purchase at a traditional retail store, forgo the extended warranty because digital cameras have been among the most reliable products in our surveys. These are all my personal experiment and took lot of time for research and finally buy the camera that I wanted but I think it worth it, now I have a wonderful canon which basically I am living with it.