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FIRST PERSON VIDEO IS DEFINITELY THE EASIEST TO SHOOT, BUT CAN BE THE MOST DIFFICULT TO WATCH. ALL THE SHAKINESS AND JIGGLING AROUND. BUT MICROSOFT HAS NEW SOFTWARE THAT MAKES HYPERLAPSE VIDEOS WITHOUT MAKING YOU SICK. THE STABILIZATION TECHNIQUE MAKES FOR A SUPER SMOOTH RESULT. AND LUCKILY FOR US, MICROSOFT WILL SOON OFFER THIS INNOVATION AS AN APP. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOpwHaQnRSY
IF YOU'VE EVER HANDLED A SAILBOAT, OR A WATER VESSEL OF ANY KIND, YOU KNOW MANEUVERING IN THE WATER CAN BE DIFFICULT. BUT NOW AUSTRALIAN RESEARCHERS HAVE CREATED A TRACTOR BEAM FOR WATER. IT GENERATES 3-D WAVES THAT HAVE THEIR OWN CURRENTS. BY TWEAKING THE HOW OFTEN THE WAVES COME, AND HOW BIG THEY ARE, YOU CAN PULL AN OBJECT TOWARD YOU. THIS TECHNOLOGY COULD HELP BRING SMALL BOATS IN, OR EVEN, GET A HANDLE OIL SPILLS. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUYCkHWgVss
AND TAKE A LOOK AT THIS GORGEOUS FOOTAGE FROM THE WATERS OFF OF MEXICO. SIX CAMERAS ARE PART OF THIS AUTONOMOUS UNDERWATER SHARK-TRACKING VEHICLE. IT'S PART OF A PROJECT FROM THE WOODS HOLE OCEANOGRAPHIC INSTITUTE. ON ITS ONLY SECOND OUTING, THE SHARK-CAM CAUGHT THIS JAW-DROPPING FOOTAGE. OUT OF NOWHERE, A WHITE SHARK LAUNCHES UP FROM THE DARKNESS AND ATTACKS. THIS VIDEO WILL AIR TONIGHT ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL AS PART OF THE SHOW "JAWS STRIKES BACK." http://www.whoi.edu/main/remus-sharkcam
