Jill Taylor’s Stroke of Insight

Neuroscientist Jill Taylor describes her experience with a stroke.

Transparent Underground

Sweet new ad for the Madrid Metro, check the link for high quality version.

Glass Virtuoso

Wait for a minute in, dang.

2.5 Tons of Stop-Motion Play-Doh

New Sony Bravia ad just posted, I love these.

The third TV commercial for BRAVIA is the most ambitious piece of stop-motion animation ever undertaken. Devised by Fallon and shot over three weeks in New York, the commercial employed 40 animators from Passion and used 2.5 tonnes of modeling material.

Previously: 70000 Liters of Exploding Paint, 250000 Bouncing Balls

Lior

Lior’s new album, Corner of an Endless Road, came out over the weekend. “Heal Me”, one of my favorites from the album, is linked below.

Dramatic Lemur

Original version is funny but I like this one w/ the THX music better.

How To: Hand Held Fireballs

This is stupid cool. I can’t wait to try this.

How To: LED Ice Balls

I want to do this with the RGB LEDs used in Jolly Lama’s juggling balls.

Skin Color Distribution

Confirms my theory that skin color is a function of the earth’s axis and exposure to solar radiation. Duh. Tons more interesting infomaps at UNEP/GRID-Arendal’s website.

3D Virtual Graffiti


Walls, trains or house fronts - graffiti need to be sprayed on solid, “real” backgrounds. Doesn’t it?

An answer to this is provided by the “Tagged in Motion” project, which builds a bridge between real graffiti art and its virtual depiction. The centre of attention is the graffiti artist DAIM, who co-created the nextwall. Equipped with the appropriate technology, DAIM sprays graffiti into empty space. In a large hall, three cameras using Motion Capturing record DAIM’s position and the movements he executes with a virtual spray can. The assimilated data is shown to him in real time in a pair of video glasses - as free-floating 3D graffiti in space. In this way he can decide how and where to apply his strokes, and via a Bluetooth controller can also determine the colours, strength of brushstrokes and textures of his work.

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