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Twitter is now literally a life-saving technology by Brad Reed
Sunday January 5^th, 2014 at 9:45 PM

BGR

If Twitter had been around in the 1970s, would Jaws have even been a threat? NPR reports that government researchers in Australia have started equipping sharks with electronic transmitters that post updates on their locations to Twitter whenever they get close to a public beach. Chris Peck, operations manager of Surf Life Saving Western Australia, explains that the goal of the project is to give beach goers real-time information so they can alert others to flee the waters before any sharks even get close to them.

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jordanrpdx

3757 days ago

iPhone: 45.536617,-122.653656

Single photograph looks like 4 individual photographs by Aaron Cohen
Thursday June 27^th, 2013 at 3:51 PM

Photographer Bela Borsodi fastidiously manipulated household items in the photograph below to create an image that looks like 4 photographs. Created as an album cover for the band VLP, I can confirm it's possible to stare at this picture for many minutes.

Bela Borsodi

Here's the photo again from a different angle, and if you're interested, here's a video of the process used to create the image.

Bela Borsodi Off Axis

(via unified pop theory and reddit, thx, alex)

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jordanrpdx

3949 days ago

This is cool I want to try it!

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9 public comments

sblom

3952 days ago

Incredible photography hack.

Bellevue, WA

ktgeek

3952 days ago

Fantastic, but it makes my head hurt

Bartlett, IL

bronzehedwick

3952 days ago

Wow, this is really cool.

Tarrytown, NY

dcwarwick

3952 days ago

Very neat.

Edmonton, AB, Canada

Courtney

3952 days ago

this is deeply soothing to my brain.

Portland, OR

samuel

3953 days ago

I love how there's a perfectly stationed cab in the second photograph.

Cambridge, Massachusetts

martinkenny

3953 days ago

Awesome!

Adelaide, South Australia

deezil

3955 days ago

Wow

Shelbyville, Kentucky

megankills

3955 days ago

Aaaaah it hurts my head but I can't stop looking.

Twitter is now literally a life-saving technology by Brad Reed Sunday January 5th, 2014 at 9:45 PM

Single photograph looks like 4 individual photographs by Aaron Cohen Thursday June 27th, 2013 at 3:51 PM

Twitter is now literally a life-saving technology by Brad Reed
Sunday January 5^th, 2014 at 9:45 PM

Single photograph looks like 4 individual photographs by Aaron Cohen
Thursday June 27^th, 2013 at 3:51 PM