Hot Percepts 01 – Sinan Oymaci

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Hot Percepts 01 – Sinan Oymaci

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  1. Photographer Carol Highsmith demands 1 Billion Dollar from Getty Images

American photographer Carol Highsmith has donated her photo library free of charge to the American Library of Congress. Imagine what, 120 dollar bill has been sent to her for using her donated pictures on her site. She has filed a court case for Getty Images about $1 Billion Dollar. Getty Images has made a detailed statement on this subject. I am also waiting for the result.

http://hyperallergic.com/314079/photographer-files-1-billion-suit-against-getty-for-licensing-her-public-domain-images/

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/07/photographer-sues-getty-images-for-selling-photos-she-donated-to-public/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/legalentertainment/2016/08/03/pay-up-getty-sends-trolling-letter-to-photographer-highsmith-demanding-money-for-her-own-photos/#7148ac192c2b

https://www.loc.gov/pictures/collection/highsm/

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  1. 4K Action Camera from Yi Technology

Yi Technology which belongs to Xiaomi group of companies has produced an action camera with 4K resolution. The performance of the camera is superb. And its price is half the price of the GoPro. It is operated with a single button. All other operations are made from the mobile device which is paired.

http://www.yitechnology.com/actioncamera/index/id/5/status/1.html

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  1. Instax Share SP-2 Portable Printer from Fujifilm for mobile phones

Mobile devices’ capabilities are getting better, especially on cell phones or digital cameras, the number of photos taken increasing by proliferating. Those pictures are usually stored digitally on the device which is produced or a backup unit. Many of us skip printing those as a photo.

Fujifilm to make it practical has produced a portable photo printer Instax Share SP-2 model. The device is using laser technology, and the cost of printing is affordable. Extremely lightweight, easy to carry.

http://instax.com/share/en/

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  1. Luxury Watch Service – Eleven James

We know that the economy is focused on sharing the coming period. The Z generation prefers mainly sharing or renting instead of buying. Now, there is a company which gives a shared luxury watch services among for the luxury watch fans. Eleven James got 8 million dollar investment with this project. Service offers luxury watch at any time and allows you to use a term.

https://www.elevenjames.com/

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Sinan Oymaci

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Sinan Oymacı

Industrial Eng. MBA. He has been in executive positions and establishment of new companies for long years in the ICT sector in national and international companies. He has also been involved in non-profit organizations and worked as a columnist in various publications. He is interested in technology, science and the future as well as art and philosophy. He supports new initiatives, start-ups and acts as a Technological Life Coach. Biohacking and transhumanism subjects are his special interests. He questions the human, life and looks for a clear definition to the concept of humanism. He is after the answer of the question 'How will Human 2.0 will look like?' .