All things future

[Autoblog]

[by jimbradshaw on Flickr]

The ad is equipped with a camera that gathers details on passers-by.

“billboards with tiny cameras that gather details about passers-by — their gender, approximate age and how long they looked at the billboard. These details are transmitted to a central database.”

NOT AWESOME.

[NYT]

[Czeers via Impact Lab]

London:

photo by anaru

New York:

photo by laja

London:

photo by cowfish

New York:

photo by johndoubts

How it works:

Would be awesome if these things we’re everywhere.

[Telectroscope]

[by matt21cdog on Flickr]

(full res)

“A telescopic camera in orbit around Mars caught a view of NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander suspended from its parachute during the lander’s successful arrival at Mars Sunday evening, May 25.”

“The image from the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment (HiRISE) on NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter marks the first time ever one spacecraft has photographed another one in the act of landing on Mars.”

They went on to photograph the actual lander on the surface:

(full res)

[Wired has the full story via Bruce Sterling]

Skip to 1:54 to see it.

[Engadget has more]

[by Stu Nathan on Flickr]