Hurricane Earl 2010 is the official name for the fifth Atlantic hurricane this season. The last Hurricane Earl formed in 1998, striking the Florida panhandle, causing three fatalities and approximately $79 million in damage. There were also Hurricane Earls in 1980 and 1986, which did not affect land. The first Atlantic hurricane of the 2010 [...]
Live webcam feed in the centre of Manchester on the weekend of the 2010 Pride Festival. Featuring Big Weekend music, carnival and parade march through the city streets. Manchester Pride is one of the longest running pride celebrations in the country and attracts thousands of visitors every year. The event comprises a Pride march, [...]
Apple’s next-generation version of the iPad, presumably due in early 2011, should ship with improvements that make up for the first generation’s shortcomings. Now that the iPhone 4 is out in the wild, and Apple customers are now enjoying the benefits of iOS 4 and the hardware capabilities of that device, it is only natural [...]
2 Megapixel USB web camera, with macro mode for excellent closeup imagesUnique, multi-jointed stand, handheld grip, and universal monitor clip for unlimited view optionsContinuous or single-click autofocus for clarity and sharpness every timeOne-touch snapshot mode; snapshots can be refined and organized with included softwarePlug-and-play for both PC and Mac; seamless integration with a wide variety [...]
Using little more than a webcam and a laser, a young engineer has built a cheap 3D scanner that dovetails perfectly with the Makerbot and other desktop fabricators. It could be used as part of a copying system that would allow hobbyists to duplicate solid objects at home. “The technology exists to do this kind [...]
BP Massive Oil Spill Live Feed. Currently BP is still working close and hand-in-hand with the National Incident Commander under the Federal Government of the United States to finally complete the cleaning operations and test the current containment cap as well as the containment operations. However, due to Tropical Disturbance Bonnie that hit the Gulf [...]
Drivers are required for everything from video cards and keyboards to the mouse and webcam. Different manufacturers have varying ideas about how products should run, so different webcams may each require a different webcam driver. Many webcams include an accompanying CD with the driver, or computer version of an instruction booklet, on it so [...]
A Carpinteria man has been arrested for allegedly spying on a woman with a video camera secretly tucked into a copy of “Chicken Soup for the Soul.’” The 30-year-old woman found the camera trained on her bed through a hole cut near the inspirational volume’s spine. Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s detectives arrested Donald Lee Bedford, [...]
Have the colors peaked? Should I leave today or wait another week? Will the leaves make it through another rain? Each October, the staff at Babcock State Park is flooded with calls from people asking such questions about the foliage situation near the park’s oft-photographed Glade Creek Grist Mill. “On Bridge Day weekend, people are [...]
A baby eagle from B.C.’s Hornby Island, whose 11 weeks of life were followed by more than 11,000 people through a webcam has died, prompting an outpouring of emotion by bird-lovers online. Phoenix the eaglet was hatched on April 29 in a tree in the yard of Doug and Sheila Carrick. Doug has had a [...]