This french design company called Easyweb uses powerful projectors to wrap 3D objects(buildings and stuff) with various moving images… the effect looks crazy surreal, and I’d REALLY like to see it in person…
(Via LaughingSquid)
Archive for February, 2009
This is a really interesting look into the world of “Donk” a kind of goofy rave-like music coming from the North of England…
It’s an interesting example of how a hyper-local cultural scene can exponentially increase it’s local importance, with just a tiny bit of global exposure on the internet…
Soooo Japan is well known for it’s ULTRA packed train cars shuttling commuters to and from work. The train’s get so packed that there are people whose entire job is to help shove people into the cars so that the doors can close.
This practice, in turn, apparently led to a SIGNIFICANT number of “gropings”. Recently, as more women have begun reporting the incidents and female-only train cars have been implemented, the number of fondlings has declined… but that doesn’t mean that the ITCH has gone away…
Enter, the Chikan Densha, or Pervert Train! A new themed offering at some Japanese gentleman’s clubs… The customer selects his target from a line-up(dressed either as a school-girl or a receptionist) and then takes her to a fake train car, complete with station announcements and realistic herky-jerky train motions… and then… well… it’s called the Pervert Train…
(Via Kottke)
US and Russian satellites collide in ‘unprecedented’ accident - Engadget
Now they’re in about 600 pieces…
Nasa’s official response?
“They ran into each other. Nothing has the right of way up there. We don’t have an air traffic controller in space. There is no universal way of knowing what’s coming in your direction.”
Ummmmm… That’s kind of sketchy…
(Via Engadget.)
This is an awesome video series on VBS tv… they get really drunk doods to narrate stories from history, and then they get actors to recreate the narration…
In this episode, Michael Cera plays Alexander Hamilton in his duel with Aaron Burr…
LaserPup trains for battle with Laser Cats - Engadget
Guy built a motorized mount for a laserpointer… added a webcam, and an iphone interface…
Now he can fuck with his dog from anywhere in the world!!!
(Via Engadget.)
This one seems a little bush league but some of the the other subs seem legit…except I guess they aren’t that covert if they made any sort of list….
This is really weird…
(Via Engadget)