There goes an a**hole. Brooklyn neighborhood security camera set to music.
posted to MetaFilter by eddydamascene at 9:07 AM on June 15, 2007 (34 comments)

Bore Riders are a strange breed of inland surfers, catching periodic tidal surges (pic) that can carry them for miles upriver. Surf the English countryside, France's Bordeaux region, the freezing waters of Alaska's Cook Inlet, the Amazon jungles, or China's Silver Dragon, the largest tidal bore in the world.
posted to MetaFilter by eddydamascene at 2:45 PM on September 7, 2004 (9 comments)

The robot should go in first. Between 50 and 100 Packbot [13MB wmv] unmanned ground vehicles (UGV) are currently being used for battlefield reconnaissance. One proved its worth last week when it uncovered a bomb and was destroyed in the process. Colin Angle, CEO of Packbot maker iRobot, doesn't rule out the eventual weaponizing of UGVs and quips "we're not using these robots to hand out flowers".
posted to MetaFilter by eddydamascene at 3:01 PM on April 13, 2004 (20 comments)

Psyop Anthem You'll never notice you are dyin' just as long as you keep buyin'. Unabashed pro-consumption animated short. [warning: 34MB mpeg. via everlasting blort]
posted to MetaFilter by eddydamascene at 7:15 PM on December 5, 2003 (16 comments)

Raaga: streaming Bollywood soundtracks. [warning: realplayer, popups, and realplayer popups]
posted to MetaFilter by eddydamascene at 7:32 PM on October 28, 2003 (4 comments)

Audrey is a flash portfolio of abstract paintings by Audrey Bergounioux, including videos of the creation of Life is Energy and Color Del Sol (requires Flash 6).
posted to MetaFilter by eddydamascene at 11:50 AM on August 3, 2003 (5 comments)

Area residents speak of hearing their cries late in the night, a hellish screeching and squealing. Some even have seen them personally, appearing from nowhere in the dark hours... then scattering... Police came through, but now they're gone / In other words, the sideshow's on. A peek into the infamous Oakland sideshow. (Quicktime videos 1,2,3)
posted to MetaFilter by eddydamascene at 7:32 PM on March 15, 2003 (25 comments)

Tony Oursler: video/installation artist [more inside]
posted to MetaFilter by eddydamascene at 8:12 PM on February 17, 2003 (7 comments)

Take off every 'zig'... for great justice! ZigBee is a promising entry into the field of personal area networks (PAN) -- the technology that will soon enable low data rate two-way wireless connectivity for everything in your house (e.g. keyboard, thermostat). For those keeping score, it's exactly '4.4' sweeter than Wi-Fi (ZigBee is aligning with the IEEE802.15.4 standard) and is designed to live up to two years on battery power (unlike Bluetooth, it's 802.15 brother currently fighting with deployment issues). The protocol supports authentication and public-key encryption, so no "All your toaster are belong to us" or (gasp!) wartoasting.
posted to MetaFilter by eddydamascene at 5:13 PM on October 25, 2002 (11 comments)