With all the horrors we’ve seen from dashboard cameras, it feels appropriate to end a good week with something beautiful. Enjoy.
The World is Not Without Good People
Tennessee’s Frederic Poag Is Changing The World One City at a Time
A few weeks ago, ETSUcon invited me, Dennis, and NASA Mission Control Specialist Holly Griffith to host a panel talking about NASA and popular culture. We had an opportunity to talk with ETSUcon’s chair and Johnson City, Tennessee resident Fred Poag.
Daft Punk to Release New Album ‘Random Access Memories’ May 21st
This morning, around 3:00am ET, Daft Punk sent out a press release stating their new album “Random Access Memories” is expected to hit stores on May 21st, 2013. The album is now available for pre-order through iTunes and I have already placed my order.
The Future of Film – The Matrix Made in Source Filmmaker
Valve, creators of the Source game engine, recently released their machinima filmmaking tool Source Filmmaker (SFM). Mainstream releases of movies made with game engines is near. If you’ve caught Valve’s animated short…
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.
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.
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