After doomsday vision, man builds full-sized, seaworthy Noah’s Ark

“I dreamed that a part of Holland was flooded,” Dutch-native Johan Huibers said in an interview with Today. “The next day, I get the idea to build an ark.” That Huibers did — this brick-like behemoth of a boat is “Johan’s Ark.”

The almost-finished vessel you see pictured above is actually Huibers’ second whack at making an ark of his own. The first was a half-sized replica, though this time the Dutch construction company director decided to go whole hog. It’s even seaworthy, and Huibers plans for his ark to float along the Thames in London ahead of the 2012 Olympics.

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Camera shoots everything in focus and lets you pick the focal point

I found this over at the Dallas Morning News Technology blog which does a great job of describing it, just click where you want the photo to focus and it does it.

That’s not some kind of special effect with multiple photos. The camera actually shoots everything in the frame in focus, and then lets you pick which area you want in focus in the final shot. Or you can have everything in focus.

More photos to play with here.

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