Peter Jackson released a teaser poster for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug. The second part of the prequel to the Lord of the Rings trilogy is set to premier December 13, 2013. A teaser trailer will debut June 11. Here’s a high resolution version of the poster.
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Poster
An Unofficial NASA TV Commercial by a Citizen Scientist
This is what happens when you take a great song like Genesis by Justice and add NASA.
Visualizing 3.7 million addresses in Switzerland in 3D using WebGL
Developed by Jonas Wagner as a real-time WebGL Chrome Experiment, this is a visualization of 3.7 million Swiss addresses as a point cloud landscape.
GE Uses Back to the Future DeLorean in a Commercial to Talk About Turbine-Generated Power
We’ve seen GE effectively use a NASA rover and KITT from Knight Rider to discuss jet engines and locomotives. These commercials are part of the brand’s Brilliant Machines advertising campaign launched in 2012. Again using 1980’s nostalgia, the company is promoting their turbine hardware and software using imagery from the Back to the Future movies. The new spot is called “The Future is Now” and features a flying DeLorean and the voice of actor Michael J. Fox.
Directors Spielberg and Lucas Predict ‘Massive Implosion’ in Film Industry
Yesterday on June 13, 2013, The Verge’s Brian Bishop published a story with the provocative headline “Steven Spielberg and George Lucas predict ‘massive implosion’ in film industry”. The article covers a panel discussion held at the University of Southern California by directors George Lucas and Steven Speilberg and Microsoft’s President of Interactive Entertainment Don Mattrick. Quickly, their predictions include $50-100 trips to high-end movie theaters, diversification of content on television, and an indie emphasis on publishing content directly to the internet first. Similar concepts were echoed in our interview with director Amanda Bluglass. We recommend reading The Verge article.
The battle for jobs in the future will focus on creative problem solving. Robots get the rest of the jobs.
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