A hypnotic clip (actually a teaser for an upcoming video for ‘Sparkles and Wine’ by French electronica group OPALE) in which director Nacho Guzman shows how lighting and the angle of illumination can radically affect how a face appears, in this case the face of actress Stella Stocker.
Guzman acknowleges the influence of French director Henri-Georges Clouzot’s unfinished 1964 film L’Enfer.
Behold: ten thousand iPhone5 dominoes (a quick calculation reveals at least €6.7 million worth of hypno-candy right there) all kitted out with Apple’s not-yet-available Near Field Communication (NFC) feature.
Not really. Only the first iPhone in this video from Aatma Studios is real. The rest are CG. Aatma has officially sanctioned form in this regard.
The Mantis is a fearsome two-tonne all terrain hexapod robot, built by UK robotics firm Micromagic Systems.
Operated remotely or piloted by a single driver, the hexapod can be hired for corporate events, sponsorships, oppression of a cowed populace and light garden work.
A promo from Shark Helmets using a well known application of the principle of conservation of momentum to demonstrate the shock absorbing capabilities of their swanky lids.
The BioniCopter from German tech firm Festo (known for their animal-mimicking machines) is designed to replicate the flight capabilities of a dragonfly (sustained single point hovering, multidirectional flight, including backward flight).
It’s a glider, it’s a chopper, it’s a plane. It’s behind you, relaying live feed to Quantico before dropping a cyanide capsule into your tea.
Festo sez:
In addition to control of the shared flapping frequency and twisting of the individual wings, each of the four wings also features an amplitude controller. The tilt of the wings determines the direction of thrust. Amplitude control allows the intensity of the thrust to be regulated. When combined, the remote-controlled dragonfly can assume almost any position in space. [… ] This unique way of flying is made possible by the lightweight construction and the integration of functions: components such as sensors, actuators and mechanical components as well as open- and closed-loop control systems are installed in a very tight space and adapted to one another. With the remote-controlled dragonfly, Festo demonstrates wireless real-time communication, a continuous exchange of information, as well as the ability to combine different sensor evaluations and identify complex events and critical states.
(Thanks Glenn Bolton)
An interactive installation combining a large wall painting with 3D projection mapping and an XBox Kinect by Théoriz Crew and BKYC, who sez:
Breaking the boundaries between drawing and video projection, this digital art work litterally draws the spectator in an imaginary and alive city. Putting human life and animation at its core, Extrapolis explores and questions the relationship between the city and its inhabitants. Extrapolis draws its inspirations from both the comics world and the digital art sphere, like AntiVj’s Cityscape 2095
In this promo for his upcoming tour and EP, Jack Conte – one half of Indie duo Pomplamoose – hooks a Launchpad to a TV for a audio visual Daft Punk/Skrillex mashup. Quizzed as to how much of the track is sampled, he offers:
I did an analysis of my track: There are 4059 clips in the Ableton session. 18 of them are Daft Punk and Skrillex Samples, the rest are original sound design. All of the bass sounds, the strings, guitars, pianos, synths, are all original. The Skrillex and Daft Punk samples are almost entirely vocals, with only a couple of obvious exceptions.
Previously: Button Monkey
In the five years since its invention, the unregulated currency has risen in value from $0.14 to over $100, due largely to financial crises in Cyprus and elsewhere.
For those who don’t know what it’s all about, here’s what it’s all about.
The Complete History Of Bitcoin – The Revolutionary Currency (Daily Dot)
