These Long Exposure Photos Are So Perfect and Beautiful They Don't Seem Real [Image Cache]

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Talented photographer and Gizmodo reader Appuru Pai took these truly beautiful photographs of the New Transit Yurikamome. Her images look sometimes impressionistic and painterly, sometimes like computer rendered scenes from a sci-fi movie, but always truly beautiful.

The New Transit Yurikamome is an automated guideway train that connects the artificial island of Odaiba—located in Tokyo Bay, Japan—to the mainland, passing through the Rainbow Bridge. Appuru Pai got in the front car and snapped these neat long exposure shots.

Check out all the images by Appuru Pai on Flickr. She's one to follow.

Images copyrighted by Appuru Pai, used with permission.

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Panasonic, Sony, Samsung and XpanD finally team up for an active 3D glasses standard

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/08/panasonic-sony-samsung-and-xpand-finally-team-up-for-an-active/

The lack of a universal standard for active shutter 3D glasses became painfully clear during our 3D TV shootout last year, and gave plenty of reasons for buyers to skip the pricey specs altogether. Nine months later we see that LG has jumped onto passive 3D and CEA is playing catch up on the IR glasses problem, but many of the new HDTVs for 2011 are using Bluetooth technology to keep their glasses in sync -- again without any promise of cross-manufacturer compatibility. A day late and a few dollars short, Panasonic, Sony, Samsung and universal glasses maker XpanD are announcing the "Full HD Glasses Initiative" which should lay down a standard for consumer active shutter glasses to communicate over Bluetooth or IR. The new glasses should be backwards compatible with this year's TVs, although early adopters from 2010 have no such guarantee. The press release (included after the break) indicates we can expect the new models to arrive in 2012, assuming they haven't lost more ground to the FPR army and can still convince buyers to even look at 3D by then.

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Discount education-only iMac appears, makes you wish you'd opened that institute of higher learning

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/08/discount-education-only-imac-appears-makes-you-wish-youd-opene/

A new $999 iMac popped up on Apple's site this week -- great news if you or someone you love owns an educational establishment. The cheap education-only all-in-one boasts a 21.5 inch display, a 3.1GHz Intel Core i3 processor, and 250GB of storage. As MacRumors points out, however, there's no mention of a Thunderbolt port amongst the specs listed, so maybe this whole running a school thing isn't all it's cracked up to be.

Discount education-only iMac appears, makes you wish you'd opened that institute of higher learning originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 09:09:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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HTC Developer site goes live: OpenSense SDK and kernel source offered aplenty

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/08/htc-developer-site-goes-live-opensense-sdk-and-kernel-source-of/

HTC's flipped the switch on its development website, which was designed to be a "one-stop shop" for a wide variety of SDKs and other resources for developers. As promised, the manufacturer's OpenSense SDK -- which includes a S3D SDK for HTC's 3D stereoscopic interface and pen SDK for its Scribe feature -- is now available for download; there's also plenty of kernel source codes to peruse and access. Finally, the Bootloader Unlock web tool, one of the most highly anticipated pieces of software that the company's promised to unleash, only shows as "coming soon" on the site. There hasn't been any official word on when it'll go live, but we're expecting it to happen later this month as the EVO 3D and the Sensation both get adorned with their unlocks. It's great to see the company follow through completely on one of its promises, eh?

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HTC Developer site goes live: OpenSense SDK and kernel source offered aplenty originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 11:38:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Skype for Mac updates to 5.3, adds Lion and HD video call support

Source: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/08/skype-for-mac-updates-to-5-3-adds-lion-and-hd-video-call-suppor/

The good folks over at Skype have been mighty busy recently. In the last month (give or take a day) the company has announced integration with Facebook, launched a new version of its Windows client to support the social network, released an iPad-optimized version, and expanded Android support to an additional 17 handsets. Now the video-chat stalwart has update its Mac app with support for Lion and HD video calls -- something Microsoft fans have been enjoying since 2010. You can check out the full announcement and download Skype 5.3 for Max OS X at the source link.

Skype for Mac updates to 5.3, adds Lion and HD video call support originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 08 Aug 2011 12:35:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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