TheChapel is a short film paying tribute to an exceptional protestant temple in Zeliszów, Poland, designed by Karl Langhans and built in 1796-1797. Patryk Kizny (author of the "Autumn" HDR timelapse video) was in charge of direction of photography and editing.

An interesting move by the company that started selling books online in the 90s and outmaneuvered every traditional retailer. Amazon Studios is looking for projects that can be produced as feature films and accepts scripts and test movies (rough versions of films). The main idea is to use the net as a way of testing the audience's interest in a film before it gets produced. More at Amazon Studios.

According to a study by France-based Miratech using eye-tracking technology, reading a newspaper helps the brain assimilate and memorize better than reading content over an IPad. More at Miratech.fr. (French|English online translation) (Note: many studies have also proved that reading content on written media leads to significantly better comprehension of concepts and rationalization than watching the same content portrayed on a visual medium, such as a TV news broadcast.)

According to Hitachi the new drives reach speeds 100 times faster than HDDs and will be offered in 400/200/100Gb capacities. The drives use SAS (Serial Attached SCSI) and FC (Fibre Channel) interfaces. More at Hitachi.

GridIron Software announced the release of their free project management and asset tracking software. (more...)

Switzerland-based 3DRivers offers stock 3D models for purchase. Low and high-poly, available in .3ds, .max and .obj formats. In order to attract visitors they are making available 10 models chosen randomly from their collection per week for free. 3DRivers also offers 3D visualization services. More at 3DRivers.com.

The new S250e Ethernet motion capture camera features 250 FPS capture, SVGA resolution, expansive field of view, on-board image processing, software-controlled IR filter switching, and advanced M12 lenses for under $2000. More at OptiTrack.com.

Playing with time. A paper by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University on how to capture timelapse gigapixel-scale images. Check out some impressive sample videos and a getting started guide.