The Throwable Panoramic Ball Camera is a thesis project of Berlin’s Computer Graphics Group that was presented as an Emerging Technologies demonstration at the SIGGRAPH Asia 2011. It captures a full spherical panorama when thrown into the air. At the peak of its flight, which is determined using an accelerometer, a full panoramic image is captured by 36 mobile phone camera modules. Does this give you the right to steal 36 iPhones and tape them to a nerf ball? Yes. I just wish Kirk Cousins could’ve tossed this on his game-winning hail mary pass in the Michigan State – Wisconsin game last night.

Tilt-shift photography describes the manipulation of a camera’s lens in such a way that the subject being captured looks like a miniature toy (or part of a miniature movie set). Without getting too serious, the effect is gained by both tilting a special lens perpendicularly and shifting /sliding the lens vertically. Whatever, my head hurts even trying to think about that. All I really care about is that these photos are trippy as hell. Check out the hi-res photos and video that really toy with your eyes after the jump.

At COED we try to pay homage to the funniest and most WTF sh*t on the interwebs. With our “Websites of the Week” column, we’ve done just that. If you’re looking to murder some time, you can’t do any better than our suggestions. This week’s sites feature delusional photos, stuff for you to ponder, and colossal artwork. Check out some of the best sites on the web after the jump!

Blurry, badly lit, out-of-focus, or just plain poorly framed, maybe shot with a disposable camera, this genre of photography is deserving of a little recognition from the art community. So here’s a brief sampling and critique of the marvels that is…….Bad Restaurant Food Photography!

“Are you ready to celebrate?  Well, get ready: We have ICE!!!!! Yes, ICE, *WATER ICE* on Mars!  w00t!!!  Best day ever!!” the Mars Phoenix Lander tweeted at about 5:15 pm.
You got that right, NASA scientists announced the best possibility of finding life on another planet–F’ing Martians–through Twitter, according to Wi… Click to read more