Yeah, but does it move me?
Gotta love this excellent Collection of Stop Motion Videos. My favourite has to be the stunning work from Oren Lavie (below), but a bit surprised to see that the amazing Sorry I’m Late wasn’t included. Ah well, can’t get ‘em all I guess. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_HXUhShhmY Tags: stop+motion+video, video, youtube
A plaster cast need not be an albatross, weighing down your spirits as well as your healing limb. Spruce them up with a Casttoo. They come in a range of designs to show off both your injury and your personality. They’re easy to apply, just use a hair dryer and and they’re waterproof. Priced around US$20 and up. Casttoo products are the most innovative, fun thing to hit the field of Orthopedic Medicine since the introduction of Colorful Casting Tape….
This is probably the coolest clock ever. Designed and executed by Martin Baas (look for Grandfather Clock) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW5PByaR2EQ Tags: coolest+clock+ever, martin+baas, grandfather+clock
Wow, colour me late to the party, but YouTube now does television and movies? No way! Way? Wow! Not just cheesy Net knock-offs either, but also fave mainstream TV stuff like The IT Crowd, Fawlty Towers and Wallace & Gromit. Sure the video quality ain’t comparable to Voddler or regular broadcast, but hey, it’s free and stuff. And there are movies too. Wow again. Tags: youtube, movies, hulu
Freak out your housemates with this DIY Aquarium Computer Cooling system. Everything, including the power supply is in the tank, all except the hard drives. The tank is filled with non-conducting mineral oil which is moved around the tank via the plain old cooling fans, albeit much slower. The standard kit works for every-day PCs, while there’s also an 1337 system for more power-hungry PCs with external coolers to help cool the oil. US$237.50 for the standard system and $511.28…
Trendy photographic technique HDR has been getting a bad press lately, largely because people seem to think that garish overdone images are really cool, when they’re actually not most of the time. Nice then to see this set of tips on how to do HDR photography properly, which will help you create beautiful images using the technique. The problem with HDR is that by default, it looks artificial and ugly, and it takes some work to bring it back to something believable….
This page featuring the World’s Most Realistic Vector Art has been around for a while but we’ve not seen it before, and judging by the acres of comments it’s still pretty darn impressive. If you really want your mind blown, check out the artist Bert Monroy on there, who does his work without tracing. His image of a train station for example took 11 months to finish (2000 hours), contains over 15,000 individual Photoshop layers and 250,000 paths. Just unbelievable….
Creative Commons loving composer Kevin MacLeod has a shed load of free top quality music clips for private and commercial projects on offer, the only requirement being a small attribution link. The clips are in a variety of categories, ranging from film soundtracks to reggae, jazz, rock and world music, and they’re tagged with differing moods to make it easy to identify the right piece for your requirements. Lots of different lengths and very high production quality too. You can even…
It’s amazing the creative ways people think of the 2nd R (as in Reduce, Reuse, Recycle). This spring, do-it-yourself-ers will love the new Solar Street Light Kit. No more tossing out those favorite, well-used sneakers or running shoes when you can turn them into party lights by adding solar cells and LEDs Created by Scottish design firm Lost Values, the kit contains solar cells and LEDs and comes in two sizes – for kids or adults, with 3 or 6…
This Void LP Player concept from Rhea Jeong comprises a magnetic levitating disc carrier plus a small self contained player ball with integrated needle, amplifier and speaker all wrapped up in a nice designer coating. It’s one of those products it would be worth ruining an old album for, just to see the look of astonishment on people’s faces. The record player uses a carrier and dock outfitted with a magnetic and auto-calibrating control system which carries the LP into…
Vye Music is yet another music search engine and streaming service. What’s different? Not a lot. It has music. You can download, share and browse artists, and there’s a neat one click playlist creator. Oh yeah, and the lead developer is 16 years old. It’s awright and worth a look if you’re not already saturated with music streaming services. Vye Music is an online application that runs in your browser and allows you to discover, stream, share and download millions…
Whatever Star Blazers/Battleship Yamato was called in your neck of the woods, it was a pretty darn cool show. Bandai can help you relive the glory days with this huge 766mm long, silver-plated model of the Battleship Yamato. Replete with remote control turrets, glowing engines and miniature people and fighters, as well as huge amounts of detail. You’ll need �75,000 (~US$850) and live in Japan but that’s nothing, right? [via Akihabara News] Tags: tv+shows, battleship+yamato, star+blazers
Trompe l’oeil – or trick of the eye – art can be absolutely extraordinary when produced by a master. Here are some of the most amazing demonstrations of the art around. John Pugh produces ‘monumental’ scale art on walls, buildings and interiors which are so realistic it sometimes takes your breath away. Astonishing stuff. Ron Francis is a universally acclaimed master of the art and it shows. This window with children playing outside in…
Just when you thought you’d seen it all. In the epitome of recycling, Taiwan based ASUS has recreated the Mona Lisa – using old PC motherboards and computer chips. ASUS built its reputation on motherboards and their Eee PC line of netbooks and nettops, so no surprise they’d use these as part of this wacky attempt at art. This surreal collage has its home in the Taiwanese lobby of ASUS. Wonder what their “crazy idea” guys will come up with…
Masterpiece Art lets you draw pictures using masses of LEDS and plug-in glowing wires. You can choose from a range of backgrounds and decorate them to your heart’s content. It doesn’t need any special tools either, just a blank canvas and some creativity. You’ve got that haven’t you? US$79.99 They also have an LED chess set if that’s more your thing. Hi-Tec Art is the Worlds first LED stick in Tec Toy. With this Masterpiece model you can use LEDs…
