Ever wonder how movie posters have changed over time? Well, software engineer Vijay Pandurangan was curious as to how colors have been used, and he compiled 35,000 movie posters dating as far back as 1914 until present day. Each poster had its colored pixels counted and were then organized by hue and year. View his […]
The United States is once again home to the world’s fastest computer. It ends a 20 month American absence from the top spot while first a Chinese and then a Japanese machine was number one. The honor is bestowed by the TOP500 project, which has been putting together a regularly-updated supercomputer list since 1993. It […]
The internet is chock full of mashups. For every one that is spot-on, there are a hundred that fall short of the mark. But “Hughes the Force” is a video from Kevin Smith’s YouTube channel that mashes the unlikely “forces” of John Hughes and Star Wars, in particular “Weird Science” and Slave Leia, to a […]
Japanese toy company Takara Tomy has partnered with Toyota to give away toy cars, inspired by Pokémon. Recently, however, “real sized” versions of the toy cars were made and shown off. Can you catch ’em all?? [Via Kotaku]
I’m the first to admit that I do not know much about “gamer culture,” especially as it pertains to the overseas nations. But this artwork by South Korean Sang-heun Nam is breathtakingly impressive and enchanting. It’s like the characters are actually coming to life off the page! To view the rest of Nam’s art, click […]
[GAS] reader Kristi sent me this short video one of her friends filmed at the Star Wars vs. Star Trek Pedalpalooza 2012 event in Portland last weekend. Pedalpalooza is 3+ weeks of bicycle fun, featuring over 293 events this year. Check it out! Thanks Kristi! [Source (Video): gregraisman | Picture: gregraisman (CC)]
On May 29, 2012, the Ascending Aggies exhibited their award winning device by scaling the west wall of the Dean F. Peterson Engineering Building. The PVAC Design took first place at the Air Force Research Laboratory Design Challenge on April 20, 2012. [Via IHC]
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