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Big Insect Match Maker at Maker Faire Bay Area

Be a part of the Big Insect Match Maker at Maker Faire Bay Area Are you any match for an insect? Come find which insect best matches your unique maker skills and interests. Get your portrait taken with a giant print of your insect. Learn how technology is shedding light on the maker skills of the insect world.  Here’s how you can be…

Ancient Coins

Gene CooperGene is a creative innovator and developer with a passion for developing scientific tools, exhibits, and educational programs that provide new ways of exploring the world both literally and figuratively. Photography is a common thread in his life and work, which has come a long way since childhood years experimenting with unique perspectives, angles,…

Explore the Cicada (Female, Male, Nymph), Magicicada septendecim

A 7.8 gigapixel (7800 megapixel) explorable image created from over 60,000 individual photographs at a resolution of 26,318 dpi. Specimens provided by Dr. John E. Rawlins, Section of Invertebrate Zoology, Carnegie Museum of Natural History. About the Cicada…(from the University of Michigan Museum of Zoology)… The 17-year life cycle of Magicicada septendecim is of critical…

Eagle Feather, 6.5 Gigapixel Macro Photograph

The eagle feather image was the first image created by GIGAmacro. This explorable image was constructed from 7,584 photographs using an early prototype of the GIGAmacro Professional Macro Photography System. About the eagle feather… Eagle feathers are often used in various ceremonies and are used to honor noteworthy achievements and qualities such as exceptional leadership…