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posted by netbros
on Oct 28, 2011 -
1 comment
She's an animator who loves poetry.
He's a poet who loves animation.
Their collaboration, along with the help of many other animators and poets,
has resulted in a storm of
Motionpoems.
(More on vimeo & youtube.)
posted by carsonb
on May 26, 2011 -
3 comments
"People with
synaesthesia can’t help but get two sensory perceptions for the price of one. Some perceive colours when they hear words or musical notes, or read numbers; rarer individuals can even get tastes from shapes." (
previously) Neuroscientist Melissa Saenz of the California Institute of Technology has
discovered a
new form [pdf] of synaesthesia. Can you hear the
dots? (QT)
posted by Kronos_to_Earth
on Aug 5, 2008 -
75 comments
Perepiteia.
Thane Heins, who named his invention after a Greek word meaning an action that "has the opposite effect to that intended," has perhaps created a...perpetual motion machine. His
20-year obsession has broken up his marriage and lost him custody of his two young daughters. Contraption stumps
MIT professor. Is it a
hysteresis brake? Or a scam. YOU decide.
posted by wallstreet1929
on Feb 9, 2008 -
76 comments
Sodaconstructor. "Looking at the fluid, lifelike way these creatures walk and roll and slink across the screen you might think that there must be some very complicated stuff going on behind the scenes. well fear not, it's actually very simple. it only looks complicated because lots of simple bits are working together." Be sure to stop at the
sodazoo to see others' creations.
posted by AstroGuy
on Jan 9, 2006 -
27 comments
Topobo -
Topobo is a 3D constructive assembly system embedded with kinetic memory, the ability to record and playback physical motion (
movies).
From
Eyebeam.
posted by andrew cooke
on Oct 3, 2004 -
8 comments
The BBC Motion Gallery provides access to film and video clips from the BBC and CBS. Registration required to view the clips, and only small, watermarked versions can be downloaded for free, but an interesting resource all the same.
posted by thatwhichfalls
on Jun 27, 2004 -
0 comments
