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Maker Faire Austin 2007
Gigapan
Maker Stage , Sunday 3:00 PM - 3:30 PM
The next generation of panaromic imaging is here and in gigapixels. Rich LeGrand of Austin-based Charmed Labs has been working with Google, NASA and Carnegie-Mellon University to create a robotic unit for taking gigapixel pictures with ordinary digital cameras. The images can be viewed in Google Earth or online at gigapan.org.
Web site: http://gigapan.org
Topic(s): Engineering
Tags: panorama photography google+earth
About the Maker(s)
Rich LeGrand
Rich is an engineer and inventor.
Charmed Labs is a small company consisting of electronics industry professionals from diverse backgrounds and disciplines. Charmed Labs derives its unique name from its employees who are enthusiastic about the process of invention and applying new technologies in innovative and interesting ways.
http://www.charmedlabs.com/
Maker Faire is sponsored by:
10am-6pm Saturday and 10am-5pm Sunday
Avoid the lines: buy tickets in advance!
Tickets available online or at the Austin Children's Museum
