In late August 1963, just after the assassination of Medgar Evers and the March on Washington, Doris Derby went to Mississippi. Derby was teaching elementary school in New York in 1963 when she uprooted her life to join the civil rights movement in the South. She was compelled to go there, she said, by the images she saw in the news of violent attacks … Read the full Story >>
See a photo. Think a photo. Take a photo. What if it were just that simple? It might be one day. PetaPixel recently reported that Snap Inc., the company behind Snapchat, has purchased brain-computer interface startup NextMind, whose technology could be used to directly control augmented reality (AR) tools just with thought. Such tools include Snap's next-gen Spectacles glasses. Meanwhile, researchers from the Max … Read the full Story >>
Instagram has announced several new messaging features including the ability to share music previews, send a message silently, the ability to see who’s online and available to chat, the ability to reply while browsing a feed, and more, notes PetaPixel. Instagram seems to want to break down the barriers between time spent in the messaging pane and time spent browsing content, adds PP. Read the full Story >>
Photographers in New Zealand fan out on beaches in search of an elusive, shimmering quarry—bioluminescence, a natural phenomenon in which glowing algae give crashing waves an ethereal, electric blue aura, notes The New York Times. New Zealand is an especially good place to “chase bio,” as enthusiasts there say. Even so, it’s notoriously hard to predict where and when bioluminescence will appear. And photographing it in near-total darkness at 3 a.m., presents extra obstacles. Read the full Story >>
