Archive for June, 2009

Remember the single-shot rubber band guns we played with as kids? Well, those are no competition for this awesome rubber-band-shooting robot built by Osamu Kanda. This robot has a seat for someone to sit and fire the gatling-style gun with 360 rounds of ammo, all while protected behind the machine’s facade. Oh, the machine also [...]
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by Jon | Tags: gatling gun, Osamu Kanda, robot, rubber band gun, rubber bands, weaponry
Posted in robotics

Here is the teaser trailer for Whiteout. U.S. Marshal Carrie Stetko tracks a killer in Antarctica, as the sun is about to set for six months. Director: Dominic Sena Cast: Kate Beckinsale, Gabriel Macht, Alex O’Loughlin, Columbus Short, Tom Skerritt Release date: September 11, 2009 Click here to watch the trailer
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by Jon | Tags: Alex O'Loughlin, Columbus Short, Dominic Sena, film, Gabriel Macht, horror, Kate Beckinsale, movie trailer, Thriller, Tom Skerritt, Whiteout
Posted in film

I recently discovered a cover of “Seven Nation Army” by The Oak Ridge Boys and was quite impressed. “Seven Nation Army” was written and performed by Jack White of The White Stripes. The song reached #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks for three weeks and won 2004′s Grammy Award for Best Rock Song. It’s no [...]
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by Jon | Tags: Jack White, music, remix, The Oak Ridge Boys, The White Stripes
Posted in music

I found this very cool stop-motion animation by Bang-yao Liu created using Post-it notes as individual pixels. This is my senior project at Savannah College of Art and Design. Where my idea comes from is that every time when I am busy, I feel that I am not fighting with my works, I am fighting [...]
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by Jon | Tags: animation, Bang-yao Liu, Dealine, pixels, Post-it, Röyksopp, stop motion animation
Posted in animation, video

Here is the trailer for Last Ride. When his father bundles him into the car in the middle of the night, ten-year-old Chook knows something is wrong. As the two escape into the desert facing an unknown future, their troubled relationship and the need to survive sees them battling the elements, and each other. Both [...]
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by Jon | Tags: Anita Hegh, film, Glendyn Ivin, Hugo Weaving, John Brumpton, Jonya Suares, Last Ride, movie trailer, Tom Russell
Posted in film

Here is the trailer for the documentary It Might Get Loud. Rarely can a film penetrate the glamorous surface of rock legends. It Might Get Loud tells the personal stories, in their own words, of three generations of electric guitar virtuosos – The Edge (U2), Jimmy Page (Led Zeppelin), and Jack White (The White Stripes). [...]
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by Jon | Tags: Davis Guggenheim, documentary, film, It Might Get Loud, Jack White, Jimmy Page, movie trailer, music, The Edge
Posted in film

The non-profit organization Pixel Equity is asking for your help to provide video games to less fortunate children who may not be able to afford them otherwise. Pixel Equity has setup several methods by which you can help. * Help buy a game that someone asks for. * Donate a specific game that someone asks [...]
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by Jon | Tags: donate, non-profit, Pixel Equity, used video game, video game
Posted in games

This video by conquerearth shows a method for controlling Super Mario Bros. (in an emulator) with a theremin. This is quite an interesting idea and seems to work well. The sound from the theremin is split into its frequency and amplitude components in real time, which are then mapped to values in a linear scale [...]
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by Jon | Tags: hack, nintendo entertainment system, Super Mario Bros, theremin, video game
Posted in games, hack

This video for “Hold The Line” by Major Lazer brings back some memories from being a child in the ’80s. Directed by Ferry Gouw. Buy “Hold The Line” by Major Lazer featuring Mr. Lexx and Santigold: iTunes | Amazon
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by Jon | Tags: animation, cartoon, Ferry Gouw, Hold The Line, Major Lazer, Mr Lexx, music, music video, Santigold
Posted in music, video

Despite the fact that there are no DeLoreans going 88MPH, I’m posting the trailer for The Time Traveler’s Wife anyway. A romantic drama about a Chicago librarian (Bana) with a gene that causes him to involuntarily time travel, and the complications it creates for his marriage. Director: Robert Schwentke Cast: Rachel McAdams, Eric Bana, Ron [...]
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by Jon | Tags: Eric Bana, film, Jane McLean, movie trailer, Rachel McAdams, Robert Schwentke, romance, Ron Livingston, sci-fi, The Time Traveler's Wife
Posted in film