Posted on November 16, 2009 in Off Topic | 1 Comment
TIME senior writer Lev Grossman discusses some of the top choices for 2009 Best and Worst Inventions of the Year.
You can read the full article here.
2009 Best Inventions of the Year
Worst Inventions of the Year
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Posted on September 30, 2009 in Filmmaking 360 | 2 Comments
Film producer Peter Katz has used fMRI brain scans to measure scariness of horror movies. He teamed up with researchers to scan brain activity of subject viewing his film. Data from scan gives real-time view of what’s going on inside the brain. He wants to use brain scans to make better, more enjoyable movies.
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Posted on September 21, 2009 in Off Topic | No Comments
A panel discussion with some of today’s best brain researchers, sponsored by the NSF, The Franklin Institute, and DISCOVER magazine.
VIA: discovermagazine
The 12 Individual Videos:
The Ups and Downs of Forgetting
Why Do We Remember Old Pop Songs But Forget Where Our Keys Are?
Where in the Brain Is Consciousness Located?
Humans: Natural-Born Teachers
Are All of Us Potential Abu Ghraib [...]
Posted on September 16, 2009 in Off Topic | No Comments
Created by Karl Fisch, and modified by Scott McLeod; Globalization & The Information Age. It was even adapted by Sony BMG at an executive meeting they held in Rome this year.
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Posted on August 17, 2009 in Off Topic | No Comments
Golan Levin, an artist and engineer, uses modern tools — robotics, new software, cognitive research — to make artworks that surprise and delight. Watch as sounds become shapes, bodies create paintings, and a curious eye looks back at the curious viewer.
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Posted on June 22, 2009 in Off Topic | No Comments
Behavioral economist Dan Ariely, the author of Predictably Irrational, uses classic visual illusions and his own counterintuitive (and sometimes shocking) research findings to show how we’re not as rational as we think when we make decisions.
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Posted on May 15, 2009 in Off Topic | 1 Comment
The silent man of Penn and Teller, discusses how magic is all about exploiting the gaps in human perception, in this fascinating Wired article by Jonah Lehrer. Filmmakers should take note.
…One of the first tricks in Penn and Teller’s Las Vegas show begins when Teller—the short, quiet one—strolls onstage with a lit cigarette, inhales, [...]
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Posted on May 9, 2009 in Off Topic | 2 Comments
This demo — from Pattie Maes’ lab at MIT, spearheaded by Pranav Mistry — was the buzz of TED. It’s a wearable device with a projector that paves the way for profound interaction with our environment. Imagine “Minority Report” and then some.
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Posted on March 28, 2009 in Off Topic | No Comments
Why are babies cute? Why is cake sweet? Philosopher Dan Dennett has answers you wouldn’t expect, as he shares evolution’s counterintuitive reasoning on cute, sweet and sexy things. For a topping, try his introduction to a new theory by Matthew Hurley on why jokes are funny.
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Posted on October 31, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | No Comments
Movie studios spend millions trying to make films that will attract huge audiences and big box office profits, but new research in brain imaging may provide insight into why certain movies set off more brain activity than others. NBC’s Robert Bazell reports. (Nightly News)
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Posted on October 22, 2008 in Off Topic | No Comments
The Future Has Always Been Crazier Than We Thought with Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
Author Nassim Nicholas Taleb discusses his book, The Black Swan in relation to predicting the future, learning from the consequences of the unknown, and the power of randomness.
Posted on October 3, 2008 in Off Topic | No Comments
In this award winning documentary for the BBC Adam Curtis’ examines the rise of the all-consuming self against the backdrop of the Freud dynasty. I’m not sure how much of this I agree with, but it is interesting nonetheless.
“This series is about how those in power have used Freud’s theories to try and control [...]
Posted on September 21, 2008 in Filmmaking 360 | 3 Comments
What would a music video look like if it were directed by the music, purely as an expression of a great song, rather than driven by a filmmaker’s concept? Designer Jakob Trollback shares the results of his experiment in the form.
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Posted on September 19, 2008 in Off Topic | 1 Comment
With a short post to a computer-science department bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University, on September 19, 1982 at 11:44 AM, Scott Fahlman became the acknowledged originator of the ASCII-based emoticon.
…1982: At precisely 11:44 a.m., Scott Fahlman posts the following electronic message to a computer-science department bulletin board at Carnegie Mellon University:
19-Sep-82 11:44 Scott E [...]
Posted on September 5, 2008 in Off Topic | 1 Comment
Wired has posted a pretty interesting article, “Scientists Create First Memristor: Missing Fourth Electronic Circuit Element.” I can’t even imagine the possibilities this technology would bring to digital video and digital editing.
…Researchers at HP Labs have built the first working prototypes of an important new electronic component that may lead to instant-on PCs as [...]
