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.
http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/461687407/kickstarter-open-source-death-starOpen Source Death Star Kickstarter
NASA Mars Curiosity Rover – LEGO MINDSTORMS Edition
We were so smitten by the LEGO Curiosity Rover we previously wrote about that we made a tribute video.
The Magic of Filmmaking – A Steadicam Shot from the movie Hugo
Here’s a great peak into movie magic at its best. The Steadicam is attached to the camera operator, false walls are used to make room for him to move around…
How to View Custom Photo Spheres on a Google Pixel and Daydream View
Today I was testing out a user interface design for a Google Daydream VR application we are creating at Variable Labs and I wanted to see how it would look in the Daydream View headset.
Challenges of Getting to Mars: Curiosity’s Seven Minutes of Terror
The Mars Science Laboratory (Curiosity Rover) is set to land on Mars on August 5, 2012. Team members at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory share the challenges of the Curiosity Mars…
Interview with Biting Elbows Singer and Bad Motherfucker Music Video Director Ilya Naishuller
Sometimes, you have to punch the internet in the face to get yourself noticed. The Biting Elbows did just that with their release of the ground-breaking music video for Bad Motherfucker on Monday, March 18, 2013. The innovative first-person video quickly spread throughout the internet and has reached 3.5 million views on YouTube in 3 days.
Starcadian and DJ Meegs to Perform at Red Rocks on H Street for Yuri’s Night DC 2014
Organizers for the Yuri’s Night DC event previously held at Science Club will be hosting a free event at Red Rocks on H Street this year. The event celebrates the first human in space Yuri Gagarin who orbited Earth on April 12, 1961 aboard Vostok 1. Interestingly, April 12 also marks the anniversary of the first shuttle launch in 1981.
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