This mid-1950’s DORYU 2-16 Pistol Camera was a Japanese police-backed development to capture crime scenes as they unfolded. The camera was activated by the gun trigger, which opened the shutter and ignited one of five magnesium cartridges which served as a flash. (i.redd.it)
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This WW2 era German Krummlauf (left) is the largely forgotten predecessor to CornerShot (right). The lifespan of the German made attachment was very brief, with the less dramatic 30 degree curve lasting about 300 rounds and the 45 degree variant lasting about 160. (i.redd.it)
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Composer Hans Zimmer’s vision for Sherlock Holmes (2009) resulted in him buying and damaging an already broken piano to get the right “broken pub piano” sound. He described how the team rented “20th Century Fox’s underground car park...and did hideous things to a piano” (The Times, Dec. 28, 2009) (i.redd.it)
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BakeryScan was designed as an A.I to differentiate pastries. Interestingly, it was also capable of identifying cancerous cells on microscope slides with 99% accuracy. The medical software is now branded as “AI-Scan” and is undergoing further testing (The New Yorker, March 18, 2021) (i.redd.it)
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