Technology
Moon and Night Photo Calculator
Like astrophotography? Use this Moon and Night Photo Calculator to help achieve the perfect cosmic conditions for all your spacey shots.
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“The City of 7 Billion” wins $100,000 Latrobe Prize
The grant is named for architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe. The Latrobe Prize is awarded biennially for research leading to innovations in architecture.
Rocket Builder: A Game Jam Tech Demo Video
I’m currently at the NASA Ames Research Center attending the Dark Side of the Jam. crypticsea just posted this visualgasm of a tech demo.
Open Source Death Star Kickstarter
After a failed petition to the U.S. government to build a Death Star, someone has taken up the cause to fund the construction project using the popular crowd sourced funding website Kickstarter. Thankfully, to help keep costs down and to help make the project a reality open source hardware and software will be used. Along with “enough chicken wire to protect reactor exhaust ports.” I can’t wait.
Tactus Morphing Touchscreen Keyboard
Tactus Technology is a company trying to solve the keyboard/touchscreen interface problem on tablets and smartphones. Their solution? Turn the screen into buttons.
Cyberpunk 2077 – The Making of a Trailer
The trailer for Cyberpunk 2077 (featured above) came out a little bit ago and got people excited for CD Projekt RED’s next game. What really got everyone stirring was how great of a CG trailer it was. What got me stirring was when they released this behind the scenes and making-of feature.
German Lasers blowing stuff up
Düsseldorf-based Rheinmetall Defense recently tested a 50kW, high-energy laser at their proving ground facility in Switzerland.
All we need now is a big, walking robot to mount the guns on and we are set!
Richard Feynman – Ode To A Flower
From the BBC Interview for Horizon ‘The Pleasure of Finding Things Out‘. Animated by Fraser Davidson.
Model “Pokes” Her Fans Wearing Nothing But Lingerie
How do you get something to go viral? Just get your model to poke her fans for your lingerie client.