Stop motion animator Dillon Markey (who works on projects for Robot Chicken and PES) has found a new use for the daft, glorious but ultimately failed 1980 Nintendo Powerglove,
Rewiring and modifying the device with the help of an engineer, he’s connected it via Bluetooth to the stop motion software he uses for animations like ‘Swan Song’ for PES.
Behold: the next evolutionary spasm of the selfie – Nixie, an autonomous drone that can be worn as a bracelet until you deploy it to fly off, take a snap of you then return.
Showcased back in December at Intel’s CES keynote conference, the vanity quadcopter is still in development.
Start queuing now. Send pictures of yourself standing in line.
((H/T: Graeme Kelly)
A new marketing campaign for Samsung’s NX-mini mirrorless camera by ad agency Leo Burnett Switzerland.
‘Too good for selfies’, claims Samsung, deluding themselfies somewhat.
Do you like The Lonely Beast?
James Kelleher writes:
We’re donating all proceeds from sales of our Lonely Beast apps this week (8th-15th December) to Temple Street Children’s Hospital. My daughter spent a week on the neonatal ward in Temple Street last year. It’s pretty terrifying to have a child that young in hospital, especially as first-time parents, but the staff were incredible. Full of humanity, unbelievably dedicated and professionally curious, they went out of their way to look after the families as well as the children affected by illness. So this is our tiny gesture of thanks.
The three apps available are:
The Lonely Beast ABC
The Lonely Beast 123
The Lonely Beast: Letters & Numbers
The year 2010 recorded in a composite image of 3,888 photographs taken by Erik Solheim from the window of his apartment in Oslo.
Solheim set up his Canon 400D to record one image every 30 minutes: 16,000 photographs whittled down to 3,888 from each of which he extracted a one-pixel wide line, then composited the lot (from January on the left to December on the right) using a computer script.
Full sized image here.
The source imagery was later turned into a rolling gif by ReditorITwitchToo.
Dannielle from Showoff writes:
We saw in the media that Childline were in trouble regarding funding so we thought that we might be able to help somehow. Based on the success of our 99 Finder app, we decided to alter that product and turn it into a “Santa Finder”.
Users can locate the nearest Santa’s Grotto, rate it by giving Santa candy canes, and add Santa Snaps which they can then share through social media.
The main function of the app, however, is to encourage donations to a good cause. Users can easily donate through the app via SMS. We had fun creating the product and we hope plenty of people have fun using it, but most importantly that it helps to raise a good bit of money for Childline.
The app is available now for FREE on the Apple App Store.
You can donate €4 by texting ‘Childline’ to 57911 or donate online at savechildline24.ie.
Do you have an Irish app (especially an Android one)? Let us know: Broadsheet@broadsheet.ie
Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage’s Tested channel enlists SFX artist Frank Ippolito (who previously made them a Dr Zoidberg Costume) to create a real life Eamon DeValera Professor Farnsworth.
A haunting tale of early technology written, directed, animated and scored by LA-based animator Troy Morgan
Four separate individuals at the dawn of wireless technology become accidental collaborators in a musical composition that is pieced together through radio waves.
http://vimeo.com/112193826
A ‘synaesthetic experience’ of sounds and visuals generated from body movement by motion graphics creator Schnellebuntebilder and Kling Klang Klong audio.
Something of a treat for the eyes and ears, this one.
Full screen and volume up for optimal effect.
Here’s how they did it.
The Silicon Valley Job Title Generator – Important-sounding but meaningless IT gig handles generated for your delectation.
Generate here.
(H/T: Spaghetti Hoop)
