Showing posts with label video. Show all posts
Showing posts with label video. Show all posts

Sunday, October 18, 2009

"As One" by Makoto Yabuki

AS ONE from makoto yabuki on Vimeo.



(Thanks: Beautiful/Decay.)

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Thursday, October 15, 2009

The Knife







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Wednesday, October 14, 2009

Rise of the tumorbots



I like it when bots take on organic traits, and the blob above is as good an example as any I've seen lately -- with the possible exception of this Cronenbergian mass . . .

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Sunday, October 11, 2009

Behind the scenes at the Singularity Summit



You should have seen Kurzweil. That dude can 'bot with the best of them.

(Tip of the hat to Dangerous Minds.)

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Saturday, October 10, 2009

I think it's about time for another dubious UFO video around here.



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Sunday, October 04, 2009

You can't win.



(Thanks to BotJunkie.)

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Thursday, October 01, 2009

Link-dump #20

Gorgeous Video of Underwater Park

850 Mostly Blind, Pale Creatures Discovered Underground

A Cavalcade of Paranormal Beer Selections

Parasitic urban housing

The River Gym - harnessing renewable energy from burnt-off calories

The Curious Case of the Snake with Foot

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You've probably already seen it, but . . .



We warned: once you've heard it, you can't get it out of your head.

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

"Then came the great comet, Dionysus."



More about "Star Maidens" here.

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Friday, September 25, 2009

A breakthrough to warm one's posthuman heart

Remote Control Cyborg Insects Now A Reality



The awesome part is that this implant only steers the insect, and only when necessary. Once the bug is pointing in the right direction, the steering signal cuts out, and the bug self-stabilizes and gets back to the tricky business of flying, which it was just fine at before some roboticist stuck a bunch of wires into its optic lobe, thank you very much. As you can see from the video, the insect has no trouble landing itself on a vertical surface, a maneuver which would be, uh, a little bit difficult to code.


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Wednesday, September 23, 2009

Into the abyss



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Tuesday, September 22, 2009

Link-dump #19



The Visible Human Project: Full Body MRI GIF

Scary alien hand in real estate listing photo?

Debunking roundup

The sexbots are coming

Roasted Crab Candy (Something the prawns from "District 9" might enjoy snacking on?)

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Friday, September 18, 2009

Can't afford your own private wormhole?

Never fear! Thanks to augmented reality, the next-best thing is a download away!



(Hat tip: Beyond the Beyond.)

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Martians!

Here's an astonishingly clever Disney animation depicting hypothetical plants and animals on the surface of Mars. (One of my favorites is the organic flying saucer that fries its prey before enveloping the carcass.)



(Thanks to John Shirley for the tip.)

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Sunday, September 13, 2009

There are times when I feel just like this.



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Friday, September 04, 2009

Baby universes, white holes and parallel worlds

Physicist Michio Kaku expounds on the prospect of parallel universes in this short, insightful discussion.



Could the UFO phenomenon represent visitors from parallel worlds? I find the notion at least as palatable as the more popular Extraterrestrial Hypothesis.

(Thanks to Reality Carnival.)

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Link-dump #16



Reboot for UK's 'oldest' computer

Chimpanzees Develop 'Specialised Tool Kits' to Catch Army Ants

Is It Ethical To Engineer Delicious Cows That Feel No Pain?

Fuck The Fermi Paradox

We're all mutants, say scientists

LRO Sees Bouncing, Rolling Boulders on the Moon

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Wednesday, September 02, 2009

"Artificial Paradise, Inc."


ARTIFICIAL PARADISE, Inc from Jp Frenay on Vimeo.




This posthuman fable is far too cool to pass up. Be sure to watch on full-screen mode.

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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

"Like crazy, man!"



More here.

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Sunday, August 30, 2009

"A Short Vision"



The menacing object in the sky is beguilingly amorphic, an archetype in the process of crystallizing.

(Thanks to @ybalagian.)

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