The other day I had to buy a few new shirts
(because the old ones were more or less extinct).
I found some, described as being made of “functional material”.
It turned out to be features such as “breathing”, and that a
“glasses cleaning cloth” was sewn into the hem.
Wow.
But then I discovered an additional functionality: I measured the shirts
with a spectrophotometer, and discovered that they are almost neutral,
meaning that they will additionally serve as a greycard.
Next discovery: My trusty old mouse started to emit double-clicks
instead of single ones (which seems to be a well-known problem
for older mice). Had to obtain a new one – and at the same time,
I scouted present-day mousepads.
I learnt that some pads of a certain brand (Razer) have green
backsides.
Hmmmmm. Would the back of the mouse pads double as a green-screen substitute?
It is a great idea until dust and stains appear (whether you notice them or not) or you put them in the wash. Speaking of mice, I recently was blessed to try a few for ergonomic reasons from work. I am currently sporting a vertical mouse. Encountering some control issues but overall the intense pains in the hand, forearm, shoulder and neck have subsided.
Man, this is why I come here. You folks really are my people.
When I use social media just can’t imagine how non-curious most people are about their world. Granted spectral analysis of a new shirt is kinda out there but even just basic stuff people have no interest in investigating.
Many years ago, I heard about a phone app developed for blind people. Pointed at an article of clothing, the phone would speak the colour of the item: “pink”, “blue”, or whatever.
Probably not as precise as Claes’s spectrophotometer, but it demonstrates the usefulness of the idea.
… but did you shine uv light at it too? often times especially white garments have optical brighteners, i.e. fluorescent dyes in them, no? i mean, that would certainly help for colour constancy and neutrality of the shirt itself. on the other hand, since the emission spectrum is pretty much independent in shape of the excitation spectrum, it’ll not tell you much about the incident illumination, so it would be not much use for white balancing, right?
No I don’t think I met him. At least certainly not this year. I see news spreads quickly… On this years big post corona journey unfortunately I only had time/money/energy to meet two people from here. Well I am really sorry that I did not visit heckflosse although I kind of promised him…
Not sure though if the two I met qualify as weirods.
(or any of the other wonderful weirdos around here doing cool things?)