Edward Hopper, Michelangelo, Jan Provoost and others, appropriately augmented in an ongoing series by Ukrainian illustrator Nastya Nudnik.
Category Archives: Tech
The PL-01 tank, a three-crew 35-ton concept stealth tank designed by OBRUM and BAE Systems to avoid infrared missiles using a mesh of thermal tiles that change their temperature to match the environment.
A fully functional prototype is expected by 2016.
A montage of fireflies swarming at the Lake of The Ozarks in Missouri and Grand Ledge Michigan by Vincent Brady who sez:
I used every trick I have up my sleeve to pull this off. Image stacking, 360 degree startrail panoramas, and even a macro love scene! Hold on to your seats these fireflies fly by pretty quick!
Breaktime
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Vienna-based filmmaker Nikolaus Vuckovic mucks about with Cinema4D, Octane Render, Photoshop, Aftereffects, Davinci Resolve, Cubase and VSL to show how the furniture in a classroom might let off steam after lessons have ended.
Daily Infographic sez:
Ever wonder why Google is installing extreamly fast gigabit internet infrastructure when the average person needs 200x less speed? It is because of the future of the Internet of Things. In less than 10 years, the internet will not just be for your phone or laptop, everything will be online.
Blimey.
Japanese precision instument manufactrer Shimadzu trains its HyperVision HPV-X high speed camera on a ball impacting a sheet of glass.
The footage unfolds at an incredible 10 million frames per second.
An ‘augmented reality’ bus shelter display on London’s New Oxford Street installed as a publicity stunt by Pepsi Max.
Other highly caffeinated soft drinks are available.
(H/T: Barry McKenna)
Disney Redux
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Two stills from classic 2D Disney movies 101 Dalmations and The Sword In The Stone given new life by digital artist Tyson Murphy, who used Photoshop to enhance them, adding depth and colour.
This appears to be the start of an ongoing project.
Graph TV is a project by biologist/programmer Kevin Wu – a searchable webtool that analyses US TV shows based on their US ratings. The viral build of Breaking Bad, the demise of Dexter, the slow resurgence of Two And A Half Men after Charlie Sheen’s departure – it’s all here to be disputed and mulled over. To wit:
…a visualization tool which graphs tv show ratings by episode. Each season is assigned a different color and linear regressions are calculated for each season as well as for the entire series. Each point on the graph displays the episode title, rating, and other data. The data points are clickable and will open its IMDb entry. The graphs are also exportable for offline use.
Bot Gossip
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KucwcEVI6CI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3ivaQf1jns0
An animatronic collaboration between artist Jordan Wolfson and Hollywood SFX studio Spectral Motion currently on show at the David Zwimmer gallery in New York.
Why yes it is a curvaceous, scantily-clad woman covered in smut dancing in front of a mirror wearing a witch mask.
Since you ask.