Why Are Digital Cameras Disappearing?
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ContributorNetwork - COMMENTARY | According to Mike Tomkins of Imaging Resource, digital camera maker Canon is in a bit of a bind. Its high-end Single Lens Reflex (SLR) cameras are growing in popularity, but compact cameras -- the basic point-and-shoot variety -- are starting to tank except in "emerging markets." Which is code for third-world countries, where most people can't afford SLRs anyway. Liquid glasses and a new smartphone app could bring perfect vision to the third world
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 NASA Launches Facebook Game to Test Space Program Knowledge
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Mashable - How much do you know about the NASA space program, Earthling? Stunning Red Aurora Captured
Alex Cherney, a software developer and self-described hobbyist astronomer based near Melbourne, captured a series of stunning Aurora Australis over the Mornington peninsula in Australia. “It was my first visual aurora,” he told ABCNews.com. “I was surprised, myself, when I saw it. I didn’t think it would be...
 
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