One of Simon’s earlier posts reminded me to pick up the latest issue of Technology Review. In it, there’s a piece on two new image-handling technologies — Photosynth and Seadragon — both of which now fall under the Microsoft umbrella. Photosynth enables smooth, seamless visual navigation of high-resolution imagery, and Seadragon generates 3-D composites out of ordinary two-dimensional photographs. Yeah, I know that doesn’t make sense, but it’s true. You should just watch the 7-minute demo.