Astro

A panning companion for time-lapse photography

The past year has seen the kickstarting of heaps of useful camera tools for photographers and videographers, and the hits just keep on coming. Astro joins the pack as an intervalometer and motion control device for time-lapse photography. Three stacked aluminum disks control the range, duration and interval for your shot with a design as clean as an egg timer. Astro promises to take time-lapse …

Stanley Kubrick in Naples

Space shuttle gardening, Ikea beer, superhero tech and more in our look at the web this week

Before making some of modern cinema’s most important films, Stanley Kubrick spent four years as staff photographer at Look Magazine from the time he was 17. A new exhibition at Pan in Naples looks at his work as a young photojournalist, filling the gallery with 168 images of everyone from boxer Roy Graziano to vintage portraits of Hollywood starlets. Kubrick’s work will be on view …

Space Shuttle Gardening

Space shuttle gardening, Ikea beer, superhero tech and more in our look at the web this week

Taking cues from NASA’s space research, DesignLibero created the “Green Wheel,” a rotary plant grower designed to maximize space efficiency. The central light source eliminates the need for natural light, and the company is currently working on developing an app to remotely control water and lighting levels.