Thanks to a wi-fi brain implant and with the help of researchers at the University of Pittsburgh, Jan Scheuermann can control a complex robotic arm to complete certain basic tasks such as picking up objects and move them around. The technology isn’t perfect yet: Scheuermann sometimes fails to grab things that are presented to her […]
Christmas morning as seen through the eyes of Quentin Tarantino, Christopher Nolan, Alfred Hitchcock, M. Night Shyamalan, Michael Bay, and more! [Fourgrounds Film | Via IO9]
Been there, done that. Except for the part with the cliff. [Source: For Lack of a Better Comic]
From Tom BetGeorge: Here’s my tribute to my favorite songs on Star Wars! Featured on ABC’s The Great Christmas Light Fight and twice on ABC’s Good Morning America. I sequenced the show using LOR, mixed the music/sound effects with Digital Performer, and filmed it using a 35′ lift at 3am :) This is now my […]
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From Sesame Street: You shall not pass! Please resist!The word resist means to control yourself and stop yourself from doing something you really want to do, though that’s not a word that Cookie Monster really understands. Ian McKellen demonstrates. [Sesame Street]
This the first episode of a web show featuring Summer Glau and her 10′ tall robot friend. Yes, that’s a pretty awesome concept for a show, and if you like the first episode, be sure to check out episode two and three below! Episode #2: Pug vs Giant Robot Episode #3: Giant Robots Have Feelings, […]
In 2014, people searched the Internet TRILLIONS of times. What do these searches say about us? Find out in this video from Google featuring some of the most searched terms of the year. [Google]
A company working on augmented and virtual reality tech has appointed sci-fi writer Neal Stephenson as its “Chief Futurist.” Exactly what the company is up to remains something of a mystery though. Magic Leap recently received $542 million in start-up funding from investors led by Google, two of whose executives have joined Magic Leap’s board. […]
A strangely appropriate Lord of the Ring-themed parody of “Let is Go” by the folks over at The Hillywood Show. [The Mary Sue]