https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BqFkRwdFZ0
From One Second To The Next – Werner Herzog’s powerful 2013 documentary for the It Can Wait campaign in the US.
For the Garda clampdown that’s in it.
(H/T: Johnny)
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‘Celebrity’ by Chinese retouch artist Chunlong Sun – portraits of controversial leaders (Fidel Castro, Hugo Chávez, Muammar Gaddafi, Saddam Hussein and Mobutu Sese Seke) gleaning adorable solace from plush toys.
Playdate!
Minimalist animal portraits created by Milan based designer Andrea Minini, who uses Adobe illustrator and moiré patterns (visual interference caused by the overlay of lines normally regarded as an unwelcome artefact of digital imaging) to create pleasing illusions of depth and movement.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqQOyHTCKk0
Jumpr is a USB chargeable, iPhone-sized 6,000mAh external lithium polymer battery pack with 12V 150A-350A output capable of jump-starting a completely dead car battery in minutes.
Currently available for pre-order, it’ll also power up your mobile phone, tablet, or any other chargeable device you have handy.
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A prototype baby robo-dinosaur developed by designer Never Ben at Spinmaster.
Self-balancing, motion tracking , responsive to voice commands, cute as the Dickens and probably available to buy later this year for around €80.
“Internet Is Coming!” as declared by NPR (National Public Radio) staff member Dennis Fuze in a memo to colleagues.
To some, this will be long-awaited, good news; to others, it won’t mean much.
Filmmaker Kevin Margo’s work in progress teaser for Construct – an upcoming sci-fi short which aims to showcase a revolutionary new CGI/motion capture process.
Also well worth a look is Margo’s critically acclaimed 2012 sci-fi short Grounded.
MORE: Robot Film “Construct” Could Change Everything You Know About CGI ( Creators Project)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A9djBssNgzE
The Illum (€1089 on pre-order) from Lytro – launched this week – is a light field or ‘plenoptic’ camera that captures all the light in a given scene, giving all manner of ‘3D’ options, like selecting the focal points of a picture after you’ve taken it.
They’ve been mucking about with the technology since the summer of 2011 and developed a predecessor to the current model back in 2012.
This one however, has a 40 (as opposed to 11) megaray sensor and is targeted at ‘creative professionals’ (you know who you are.)
The technology is also the focus of an app by Lytro that allows 3D picture viewing, not to mention ‘light field movie capture’ enabling focus switching within an animation.
(H/T: John Gallen)
Selfeed is a retina-destroying, high-speed live update of the Instagram #selfie tag.
Probably not advisable for those prone to epilepsy, anxiety or extreme hatred of the mobile phone self portrait oeuvre.
A cautionary tale of opportunistic charging and battery drain by Supinfocom animation student Francois Heysen.