An absolutely genius way of showing the distance to Mars. You must check this out.
http://www.distancetomars.com/
Distance to Mars in Pixels
Hell’s Club Mashup by AMDSFILMS Answers the Question of How Many Famous Movie Characters Can Be in a Single Awesome Video
Al Pacino walks into a bar…and so do Ewen McGregor, Robert De Niro, Patrick Swayze, and many many others. This extraordinary edit introduces some of film’s most famous characters to a place called Hell’s Club.
Awesome Animated GIFs of Movie Stills
Tumblr user Tech Noir has taken the cinemagraph to high art by using iconic images from movies and distilling the essence of a scene into a continuous loop. Here are some of our favorites.
SIMNET goes online in 1987
This is a video displaying the capabilities of SIMNET which was a multi-user military simulator that went online in 1987. A few interesting quotes from the latter half of the video should have you thinking about the future of virtual reality systems.
“…you’ll be able to create anything, from a synthetic battlefield to a synthetic factory, all using the same core technology.”
“Anything that you can conceive of can be put on a network.”
“…all the way down to the guy bringing lunch out to the troops.
The road to success is paved with failure. The key is making sure your mistakes are good ones.
Space Oddity Sung By International Space Station Commander Chris Hadfield
I’m not sure there are any words worthy of describing this beautiful rendition of David Bowie’s “Space Oddity” by Canadian Space Agency (CSA) astronaut and International Space Station (ISS) Commander Chris Hadfield. I hope you simply listen, watch, and enjoy.
Understanding our Future with Robots: ABB Frida and the Bot & Dolly IRIS
Whether you’re a fan of R2-D2, Wall-E, Robocop, or the Terminator, one can imagine a future where we co-exist with intelligent machines. ABB’s FRIDA (Flexible Robot Industrial Dual Arm) and Bot & Dolly’s IRIS Robotic Platform are at the forefront of a new generation of industrial machines that illustrate the fascinating potential of articulated robots. FRIDA is designed to work alongside humans in a factory while IRIS is spending its time making movies.
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