New submitter Diakoneo writes “According to the BBC, ‘Visual effects master Ray Harryhausen, whose stop-motion wizardry graced such films as Jason and the Argonauts and Clash of the Titans, has died aged 92. The American animator made his models by hand and painstakingly shot them frame by frame to create some of the best-known battle sequences in cinema.’ Some of my fondest cinematic memories from my youth are from Ray Harryhausen.”
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First time accepted submitter Tastecicles writes “Patrick Moore the monocled surveyor of the sky who awakened in millions of people an interest in galactic goings on has died at 89. His love of astronomy began at the age of six and that childhood curiosity developed into a lifelong passion. It was a passion he shared through his program, The Sky at Night, which he presented for more than 50 years, only ever missing one episode due to illness. Patrick Alfred Caldwell-Moore was born at Pinner, Middlesex on 4 Mar 1923. Heart problems meant he spent much of his childhood being educated at home and he became an avid reader. His mother gave him a copy of GF Chambers’ book, The Story of the Solar System, and this sparked his lifelong passion for astronomy. He was soon publishing papers about the moon’s surface, based on observations made with his first three-inch telescope. His 1908 vintage typewriter enabled him to publish more than a thousand books on subjects ranging from astronomy, his first love, to cricket, golf, and music.”
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Bryce Bayer, former Eastman Kodak scientist, and inventor of the Bayer Filter — found with most modern digital image sensors — has sadly recently passed. Bayer’s work with Kodak left an indelible mark on almost every digital image you see today, both figuratively, and literally. His eponymous color filter, developed in 1976, used a mosaic layout of red green and blue filters that enables light sensors to create full color images. The design imitates the way the human eye perceives color, with twice as much green as red or blue, and the resulting output is then interpreted with “demosaicing” algorithms to produce an accurate, RGB image. Bayer’s work also included significant contributions to other areas of digital photography, including storage, enhancement and printing. Bayer died on November 13th in Bath, Maine aged 83. So, next time you’re enjoying your digital memories, spare a thought for the man who helped make them all possible
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