Kinetic lamps with embedded CPUs, motors and LEDs by Korean sculptor U-Ram Choe
(Pix: Gallery Hyundai)
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Owen Denvir – Coast Of Spain
Brian Denvir writes:
A touch of bias as I happen to be related to this chap, but it’s entirely justified – check out this rising star from Belfast, lock up your daughters and mammies…
The sumptuously animated tale of two friends who embark on a project to build a rickety bridge over a huge chasm. Made by Carl Beauchemin, Thomas Chrétien and David Forest of Lightning Boy Studio in Montreal.
45 minutes at 299,792,458 metres per second by art director and animator Alphonse Swinehart. To wit:
In our terrestrial view of things, the speed of light seems incredibly fast. But as soon as you view it against the vast distances of the universe, it’s unfortunately very slow. This animation illustrates, in realtime, the journey of a photon of light emitted from the sun and traveling across a portion of the solar system.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vALW9fVOXHQ&feature=youtu.be
Dave Wiskus explores the history of interaction and interface design, from the keyboard and mouse to multitouch, and beyond.
Incredible footage of freediver Guillaume Néry coasting upright through the underwater currents of Tiputa Pass northeast of Tahiti. Filmed late last year by director and underwater camera operator Julie Gautier.
More detail and behind the scenes footage here.
And if you like that, you should really check out Néry’s underwater BASE jump at Dean’s Blue Hole in the Bahamas from 2010.