This technique allowed us to take control of all colors, patterns and textures of the furniture, wallpapers and carpet. All done with 2 projectors.
Music: Free the Robots - Jazzhole
Living Room from Mr.Beam on Vimeo.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
The Living Room
We created a unique physical 3D video-mapping experience by turing a white living room into a spacious 360° projection area.
This technique allowed us to take control of all colors, patterns and textures of the furniture, wallpapers and carpet. All done with 2 projectors.
Music: Free the Robots - Jazzhole
This technique allowed us to take control of all colors, patterns and textures of the furniture, wallpapers and carpet. All done with 2 projectors.
Music: Free the Robots - Jazzhole
Tuesday, November 29, 2011
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Giant Sea Icicle Freezing Everything In Its Path
Frozen sea brine is freezing everything in its path.
The BBC filmed brinicles, solidified salt water, as they descended into Antarctic water and iced over everything sitting at the ocean bottom.
Brinicles are underwater icicles that form around salt water sinking from sea ice.
The film crew found a brinicle beneath the ice off the foothills of the volcano Mount Erebus.
Once the phenomenon was spotted, the news organization set up time lapse cameras to capture the freezing salt overtaking starfish and sea urchins as it coated the sea floor in ice.
The video is the first-ever footage of a brinicle forming, according to the BBC.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/arctic-sea-brine-2011-11#ixzz1eYdE3A1M
The BBC filmed brinicles, solidified salt water, as they descended into Antarctic water and iced over everything sitting at the ocean bottom.
Brinicles are underwater icicles that form around salt water sinking from sea ice.
The film crew found a brinicle beneath the ice off the foothills of the volcano Mount Erebus.
Once the phenomenon was spotted, the news organization set up time lapse cameras to capture the freezing salt overtaking starfish and sea urchins as it coated the sea floor in ice.
The video is the first-ever footage of a brinicle forming, according to the BBC.
Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/arctic-sea-brine-2011-11#ixzz1eYdE3A1M
Monday, November 21, 2011
Sunday, November 20, 2011
Libyan Rebels hit the jackpot
Four Libyan Rebels hit the jackpot. In the backyard of a high ranking official, Millions of Libyan Dinars ($ 0.82 per Dinar) Euros, Jewelry, and Gold.
Saturday, November 19, 2011
Aerogel
It looks like frozen smoke. And it's the lightest solid material on the planet. Aerogel insulates space suits, makes tennis rackets stronger and could be used one day to clean up oil spills. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory scientist Alex Gash shows us some remarkable properties of this truly unique substance.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aerogel
Friday, November 18, 2011
'True 3D' Display Using Laser Plasma Technology
This True 3D display technology, developed by Burton, uses a laser to creates luminous points of light at desired locations in air or underwater.
http://www.diginfo.tv/2011/11/14/11-0231-r-en.php
http://www.diginfo.tv/2011/11/14/11-0231-r-en.php
Origami apartment in Manhattan unfolds into 4 rooms
In 2005, third-grade-teacher Eric Schneider bought as big as an apartment as he could afford in Manhattan. He paid $235,000 for a 450-square-foot studio with a tiny kitchen.
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
The Candy Bomber
In July 1948, 27-year-old Air Force lieutenant Gail Halvorsen was flying food and supplies into West Berlin, which was blockaded by the Soviet Union. One night he encountered a group of hungry children who had gathered near the runway to watch the planes land.
“They could speak a little English,” he recalled later. “Their clothes were patched and they hadn’t had gum and candy for two or three years. They barely had enough to eat.”
Halvorsen gave them two sticks of gum and promised to drop more candy for them the next day from his C-54. He said he’d rock his wings so that they could distinguish him from the other planes. Then he returned to the base and spent the night tying bundles of candy to handkerchief parachutes.
Over the next three days he dropped candy to growing crowds of West German children. He had wanted to keep the project secret (“It seemed like something you weren’t supposed to do”), but when a newsman snapped a photograph Halvorsen began receiving boxes of candy from all over the United States, many with parachutes already attached. Halvorsen went home in February 1949, and the blockade was lifted three months later.
In 1998, when Halvorsen returned to Berlin, a “dignified, well-dressed man of 60 years” approached him. He said, “Fifty years ago I was a boy of 10 on my way to school. The clouds were very low with light rain. I could hear the planes landing though I couldn’t see them. Suddenly out of the mist came a parachute with a fresh Hershey chocolate bar from America. It landed right at my feet. I knew it was happening but couldn’t believe it was for me. It took me a week to eat that candy bar. I hid it day and night. The chocolate was wonderful but it wasn’t the chocolate that was most important. What it meant was that someone in America knew I was here, in trouble and needed help. Someone in America cared. That parachute was something more important than candy. It represented hope. Hope that some day we would be free.”
http://www.futilitycloset.com/2011/11/15/the-candy-bomber/
Tuesday, November 15, 2011
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Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Signs of ageing halted in the lab
The onset of wrinkles, muscle wasting and cataracts has been delayed and even eliminated in mice, say researchers in the US.
It was done by "flushing out" retired cells that had stopped dividing. They accumulate naturally with age.
The scientists believe their findings could eventually "really have an impact" in the care of the elderly.
Experts said the results were "fascinating", but should be taken with a bit of caution.
The study, published in Nature, focused on what are known as "senescent cells". They stop dividing into new cells and have an important role in preventing tumours from progressing.
These cells are cleared out by the immune system, but their numbers build up with time. The researchers estimated that around 10% of cells are senescent in very old people.
read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15552964
It was done by "flushing out" retired cells that had stopped dividing. They accumulate naturally with age.
The scientists believe their findings could eventually "really have an impact" in the care of the elderly.
Experts said the results were "fascinating", but should be taken with a bit of caution.
The study, published in Nature, focused on what are known as "senescent cells". They stop dividing into new cells and have an important role in preventing tumours from progressing.
These cells are cleared out by the immune system, but their numbers build up with time. The researchers estimated that around 10% of cells are senescent in very old people.
read more:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15552964
New CPR technique revives man after 63 minutes without pulse
The rules of how to treat cardiac arrest are being re-written at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. Technology, new drug treatments, conventional CPR and the use of hypothermia are now being coordinated with great affect - in one case reviving a man who'd been clinically dead for more than an hour. Ben Gruber reports.
Drake Talks About Social Media
"I'm really scared for my generation, you know. The thing that scares me most is Tumblr. I hate what Tumblr has become. Because it like, it reminds me of those clique-y girls in high school that used to make fun of everyone else and define what was cool, but in five years, when you all graduate, that sh** doesn't matter.
No one gives a f**k about that sh**. Instead of kids going out and making their own moments, they're just taking these images and living vicariously through other people's moments. It just kills me. Then you'll meet them and they're just the biggest turkey in the world. They don't actually embody any of those things. They just emulate. It's scary man, simulation life that we're living. It scares me."
Drake also talks about Twitter:
"I'll tell you, my biggest thing was, I remember, it was on twitter. I remember the day my mom was getting surgery and someone came on Twitter and they were like, 'Yo, Drake, I hope your mom dies...
Like, you know you're going to see something bad. Out of 1000 compliments, it's so crazy. It's basically, like, when you used to sit there as a kid, and want to know what everyone is thinking. That's your superpower. [Twitter is] knowing what everyone is thinking."
No one gives a f**k about that sh**. Instead of kids going out and making their own moments, they're just taking these images and living vicariously through other people's moments. It just kills me. Then you'll meet them and they're just the biggest turkey in the world. They don't actually embody any of those things. They just emulate. It's scary man, simulation life that we're living. It scares me."
Drake also talks about Twitter:
"I'll tell you, my biggest thing was, I remember, it was on twitter. I remember the day my mom was getting surgery and someone came on Twitter and they were like, 'Yo, Drake, I hope your mom dies...
Like, you know you're going to see something bad. Out of 1000 compliments, it's so crazy. It's basically, like, when you used to sit there as a kid, and want to know what everyone is thinking. That's your superpower. [Twitter is] knowing what everyone is thinking."
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Petman - The two-legged humanoid war droid
PETMAN is an anthropomorphic robot developed by Boston Dynamics for testing special clothing used by US military personnel. PETMAN balances itself as it walks, squats and does simple calisthenics. PETMAN simulates human physiology by controlling temperature, humidity and sweating inside the clothing to provide realistic test conditions. PETMAN development is lead by Boston Dynamics, working in partnership with Measurement Technologies Northwest, Oak Ridge National Lab and MRIGlobal. The work is being done for the DoD CBDP. For more information about PETMAN visit us at
Bionic exoskeleton helps wheelchair users walk
LONDON, ENGLAND - OCTOBER 21: Engineer Thomas Dwyer stands with the new Bionic Exoskeleton next to Amanda Boxtel during its launch at the Excel centre on October 21, 2011 in London, England. The bionic device developed by Ekso Bionics is a wearable, battery-powered, robotic exoskeleton, designed to aid wheelchair users and those who have suffered from spinal chord injuries to stand and walk.
http://news.yahoo.com/photos/bionic-exoskeleton-helps-wheelchair-users-walk-1319228126-slideshow/;_ylt=AkeXADAeszWIn29O1Hztvkb99XQA;_ylu=X3oDMTQ5c2poMXZvBG1pdANUZWNoIEZlYXR1cmVkIExlZnQgUmFpbARwa2cDMDk#crsl=%252Fphotos%252Fbionic-exoskeleton-helps-wheelchair-users-walk-1319228126-slideshow%252Flaunch-bionic-exoskeleton-ekso-20111021-052847-579.html
First-Ever Nationwide Test of US Emergency System to Broadcast Next Week
(NewsCore) - Every US television and radio provider will broadcast the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) next Wednesday.
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said the test, which will start at 2:00pm ET and last approximately three minutes, will resemble periodic monthly EAS tests -- the ones with long tonal sounds and a "this is a test" announcement -- that most people are familiar with.
Read more: First-Ever Nationwide Test of US Emergency System to Broadcast Next Week
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpps/news/first-ever-nationwide-test-of-us-emergency-system-dpgonc-20111102-to-_15764547#ixzz1cxrZkJXg
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) said the test, which will start at 2:00pm ET and last approximately three minutes, will resemble periodic monthly EAS tests -- the ones with long tonal sounds and a "this is a test" announcement -- that most people are familiar with.
Read more: First-Ever Nationwide Test of US Emergency System to Broadcast Next Week
http://www.myfoxtwincities.com/dpps/news/first-ever-nationwide-test-of-us-emergency-system-dpgonc-20111102-to-_15764547#ixzz1cxrZkJXg
Saturday, November 5, 2011
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