Alternate Garden of Eden
24-Nov-10
via qwantz.com
Automatic Mechanical Self Replication
21-Nov-10
via vimeo.com
The notion that inanimate matter can self-replicate is counter-intuitive to many people. Using wooden mechanical machines, this video does a great job of explaining how it can happen.
The Rise of the Vocaloid Rock Stars
11-Nov-10
“She’s a Japanese pop diva who’s just started to play massive stadium concerts to sold out crowds. Her hair is blue, she dresses like Sailor Moon, and she’ll only appear in concerts via a 3D ‘hologram’. Oh, and did I forget to mention that she’s completely fictional? Created by Crypton Future Media, Hatsune Miku is a virtual singing avatar that you can purchase for your PC and program to play any song you create. She and her virtual colleagues have gone on limited tours in Japan and virtual avatar song writing is a growing trend all over the world.
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The technology for Crypton’s Hatsune Miku program comes from Yamaha’s Vocaloid software which provides the means to create a realistic synthesized singing voice. You can hear samples of the raw Vocaloid synthesizer (which hasn’t been styled to fit any particular character like Hatsune Miku) on its website here. Miku and other avatars retail for ¥15,750 (~$193) and allow users to compose music and connect it to vocals note by note. You can share the songs you create via sites like Piapro (JP). Writing music for virtual avatars has become so popular that Crypton has established a music label, KarenT, and you can see many of the associated music videos for these songs on their YouTube channel.”
Japanese people are from the future
11-Nov-10
via youtube.com
Holy crap, I had no idea holograms were so sophisticated. I wonder if they’re using mo-cap, or if it’s pre-recorded?
via youtube.com
A visually arresting short. I wish there were more.
Intricately Crafted 3D Paper Sculptures
05-Nov-10
“The very idea that paper can be employed to create fantastic artworks is hardly new, but some exponents of the genre really do shine out as exemplary. Jeff Nishinaka, using very simple tools in the form of tweezers, a mechanical pencil
, toothpicks, art knives, cutting mats, French curves and triangles and a small round wooden dowel to curve the edges of the works, has been perfecting his artistic techniques for nearly three decades, and his wonderful 3-D artworks are a testament to his ability. “
SPACECRAFT | www.cellspace.org
03-Nov-10
SPACECRAFT is every first Thursday of every month. This monthly art show consists of CELLspace studio artists plus other local artists, musicians, and performers.
via cellspace.org
This looks like it would be cool.
via youtube.com
Via Mikolaj Habryn.