I know this already made its rounds on the blogosphere while I was gone, but its still worth posting about.
Check out Radiohead’s just released a new video for its song “House of Cards” from the album “In Rainbows”.
No cameras or lights were used. Instead two technologies were used to capture 3D images: Geometric Informatics and Velodyne LIDAR. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produce structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne Lidar system that uses multiple lasers is used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In this video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes
If you have a great tripod with a great head, then you have the potential for great pans and tilts. But sometimes the equipment is great, but your hand is not that steady. Rubber band to the rescue!
Strap a think rubber band to the handle and pull it in the direction you wan it to move. The rubber band acts like a shock absorber, dispensing energy as necessary.
This viddy is about a year old, but it brings a smile to my face. An eccentric, Chinese farmer with no formal robotic education, Mr. Woo, creates robots from other people’s discarded parts.
Klara.be launched an experiment with the acclaimed Belgian painter Luc Tuymans. In The Tuymans Experiment, he anonymously paints a mural on a busy street in his hometown of Antwerp. What happens if you take his art out of its usual context? A hidden camera records the reactions of passersby.
I don’t think art can change the world. That’s not what art is about. Art is about creating images and passing on ideas. If it succeeds to make people think, even for a few seconds, it has done a lot already.
– Luc Tuymans
