We’ve had a research project requiring a fair amount of image acquisition and processing, requiring higher resolutions than most industrial cameras can offer. As a result, we’ve tried at least three different digital cameras (Canon PowerShot S3is, Nikon D40, and Canon PowerShot SD780is). Each of them has their own advantages and disadvantages:
S3is advantages: good control [...]
MarcoPolo, “context-aware computing for OS X” appeals to all three great virtues of the programmer: Laziness, Impatience, and Hubris. It makes me want a Mac notebook. Unfortunately, Pro/E, ANSYS, and other necessary tools for my regular work would mean I’d end up dual-booting the Mac all the time. And I’d miss my port replicator and [...]
One good thing about the switch from the legacy administrative computing system to the new Banner setup is now I can more easily get an unformatted table of my department’s equipment inventory instead of a printed report. This matters to me for a few reasons:
The default inventory reports always come out sorted by inventory tag. [...]
I also love python.
– From XKCD, 2007/12/05
About a week and a half ago, I was reminded of a long-dormant project to archive still images from an Axis IP camera. I started this up a few years ago as a favor to a coworker, but it never really got finished. Previously, it was a pretty simple cron job that would just authenticate [...]