Optical Illusion: False Curvature
Even though the middle of this square appears to bulge out, this picture is exclusively composed of squares. Don’t believe me? Just put a ruler on top of your screen and verify the fact for yourself.
Monthly Archives: August 2009
Geeky Water Drops
I came across this set of photographs on flickr because the first flower was labeled “geeky water drops” with a note that it’s actually “that weird alien pod-flower from Omicron Ceti 3 that caused Spock to grin like an idiot and climb trees and fall in love and not want to leave the planet or [...]
The Geek Wish List: Day One
Over the next week we’ll be bringing you ten of the most desirable geek possessions. Some are as cheap as a few bucks, some cost tens of thousands of dollars, and some are one-offs which aren’t for sale. But every one of them should have you thinking “I want one of those!” Gyroscopic pool table [...]
Little Big Love
Little Big Love is an award winning stop-motion short in which a tiny robot falls in love with an electric kettle. The whole project was written, directed, and animated by Tomas Mankovsky with a total budget of less than $500.
Monday morning links serving: The August 17th edition
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-The 35 Best iPhone Apps Of 2009 (So Far) There are a massive number of clones, one-off gimmicks, volumes of books and reference material, and a never-ending supply of uninteresting games. So here are what is worth of your time and money. -Top 10 Tricks for Creatively Hiding Your Stuff Every kid has a creative [...]
Pistol Shrimp Fires Sonic Wave to Stun Prey
In the following video, you’ll see how pistol shrimps use their claws in a surprising way to incapacitate preys and predators alike.
Printer Choreography
Who knows how much is paper and how much is special effects in this ad made in response to a challenge from Hewlett-Packard. The finished product, named “Invent” is impressive! Created by Matt Robinson and Tom Wrigglesworth. Music by Round Table Knights. [via I Am Bored]
DATAFLUX 0.1
Located at the RMIT School of Art Gallery in Melbourne, Australia, DATAFLUX 0.1 is a new media gallery installation that investigates the possibilities of using live software codes to render synesthetic audio and visual experiences. The installation uses a counting mechanism to step between scenes and sequences. Projections are beamed onto a motorised mirror allowing [...]
A Short Visual History of Videogames (3D)
Produced by Kyle Downes as a project for his 3rd year BA in multimedia, A Short Visual History of Videogames was created in about 4 months using Maya 8.5, After Effects, Premiere, Illustrator, Photoshop and Flash.
Sit Back and Relax: Kuroshio Sea
Well, it’s Friday evening folks, so right before going to bed, be sure to sit back and watch this absolutely gorgeous video of the Kuroshio Sea tank, which is located at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. This thing holds around 7,500-cubic meters (1,981,290 gallons) of water and features the world’s second largest acrylic glass [...]
The Features It Needs Next: Facebook
By Andrew Sparkes Guest Blogger As part of an on-going series, we’ll be looking at the features that top hardware, software, and websites already have and imagining the features it would be logical and useful to add in the next update. Today we’re examining Facebook. Facebook goes through hell every time it has a redesign. [...]
Liquid Nitrogen and the Leidenfrost Effect
Have you ever seen someone dump his hands in a tub of liquid nitrogen and quickly pull it off without having it frozen in the process? Yes, this is possible, thanks to what is called “the Leidenfrost Effect.” The Leidenfrost effect is a natural phenomenon in which a liquid, (in this case liquid nitrogen), contacts [...]
