Posted on May 17, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
Bill Hammack takes apart a digital camera and explains how its captures images using a CCD (charge coupled device). He also shares how a single CCD is used with a color filter array to create colored images.
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Posted on April 9, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
Xiang Yuncui carries her disabled granddaughter Tan 10km over mountain roads to school every day. I hope this helps put your Monday into perspective.
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Posted on April 4, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
By combining the shots from Alfred Hitchcock’s “Rear Window” Jeff Desom creates a timelapse of what you could see from the titular window.
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Posted on March 21, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
Mixing 80’s nostalgia with 60’s chic, the Fine Bros blend a create a cocktail fit for a Madison Avenue advertiser.
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Posted on March 19, 2012 in Off Topic | 2 Comments
Seventy one years after “Citizen Kane” premiered, Orson Welles’ thinly veiled character study of a mogul resembling William Randolph Hearst is finally getting a screening at the real life version of Xanadu. As part of the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival, the film will be showcased on a 5 story tall screen at Hearst Castle on March 9, 2012.
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Posted on March 17, 2012 in Off Topic | 3 Comments
Shame is an unspoken epidemic, the secret behind many forms of broken behavior. Brené Brown, whose earlier talk on vulnerability became a viral hit, explores what can happen when people confront their shame head-on. Her own humor, humanity and vulnerability shine through every word.
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Posted on March 12, 2012 in Off Topic | 2 Comments
With the backing of Gates and Google, Khan Academy and its free online educational videos are moving into the classroom and across the world. Their goal: to revolutionize how we teach and learn. Sanjay Gupta on assignment with CBS News reports.
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Posted on March 9, 2012 in Off Topic | 1 Comment
Gifs are one of the web’s earliest image formats. They became passe quickly but artists and meme creators adopted the animated GIF as an artistic medium.
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Posted on March 8, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
Pictures of atoms have been physically impossible to take because they are smaller than the wavelengths of visible light. But that hasn’t stopped researches in Ohio, who devised a unique way of coaxing atoms to reveal themselves.
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Posted on February 15, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
Frank L. Baum’s “Wizard of Oz” was conceived at the beginning of the mass media era so it should be no surprise that this beloved fantasy has been made and remade over the years. But Baum’s first musical production may actually be something closer to the stuff of nightmares…
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Posted on February 3, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
Is the master of surreal film going all Coppola for a hearty mocha? If by that you’re asking if David Lynch is launching his own brand of organic coffee than the answer is YES!
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Posted on February 3, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
March of 2011, Billy Cohn & Bud Frazier, two visionary doctors from the Texas Heart Institute, successfully replaced a dying man’s heart with a ‘continuous flow’ device they developed, proving that life was possible without a pulse or a heart beat.
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Posted on January 26, 2012 in 3D Graphics, Off Topic | No Comments
This is a demonstration video showcasing Artist Scott Garne’s interactive still life project. It involves a motion-senstive frame that feeds realtime tilt data to a 3D scene.
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Posted on January 24, 2012 in Editing, Off Topic | No Comments
In the 90s, colorizing old cartoons seemed like a no-brainer, what could distract little tykes better than a swatchful of color? In 1992, Ted Turner, on his colorization bender took a batch of old black and whites, shipped them to South Korea where they were hand traced, colored in and reshot.
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Posted on January 6, 2012 in Off Topic | No Comments
In 1941, Charles A. Ridley repurposed “The Triumph of Will” to create what was one of the first political remix films ever made.
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