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Gigapixels Talk at Dorkbot SF

General January 10th, 2009

I’m talking at Dorkbot in San Francisco this coming Tuesday (Jan 10). I’m presenting some of my work with gigapixel imagery. If you’re in SF come check it out! Info about the talk below. The other talks are Joe Grand – The Projects of Prototype This, Paul Cesewski (aka Paul da Plumber)- Fun is the Universal Language, and Marc Powell – Delicious Corpse. Check out the talk details on the dorkbot sf site. One thing I’ll show is a refined version of my Hope, Alaska GigaPan.

Hope, Alaska GigaPan

dorkbot-sf
People doing strange things with electricity

time:
7:30pm Tuesday
13 January 2009

place:
Monkeybrains
984 Folsom St (@ 6th) 2nd Fl
San Francisco CA 94103

Directions

FREE ADMISSION but DONATIONS to our hosts much appreciated.

Dorkbot SF glow in the dark T-Shirts will be for sale! $20 cash

Michael Ang – Gigapixels: Practice and Aesthetics
Creating images with gigapixel (1 billion pixel) resolution is now within the reach of anyone with a digital camera and computer. Picture taking robots such as the GigaPan (developed by CMU and NASA) and modified telescope mounts can automatically take many overlapping pictures of a given scene. The individual pictures can be automatically stitched together to create a large final image. What are the aesthetics of this increasingly accessible medium? How does stitching together many small images differ from taking one very large one?

Michael (aka “Mang”) first used the GigaPan in the summer of 2007, when he took a prototype unit to Alaska by pickup truck. This talk presents some of his work with robotically assisted photography. Practical aspects of creating large panoramas will be presented as well less straightforward uses of the technology.

Mang holds a BASc in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo in Canada and a Master’s Degree from NYU’s Interactive Telecommunications program. His interests include the intersection of technology, art and physical experience.

http://www.michaelang.com
Mang’s pictures at gigapan.org

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