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Synesthesia. This brilliant short film blurs the lines between...

Fri, 19 Jun 2009 13:22:00 -0400

Synesthesia. This brilliant short film blurs the lines between our senses.
With an aftertaste of sensory deficiency. (via shapeandcolor)

YouTube: Surviving Scrutiny.I gave this presentation Tuesday,...

Fri, 29 May 2009 19:36:35 -0400

YouTube: Surviving Scrutiny.
I gave this presentation Tuesday, May 26th.
(via Dan Harrison)

Content Aware Image Resizing seeks out expendable pixels to...

Thu, 30 Apr 2009 02:21:00 -0400

Content Aware Image Resizing seeks out expendable pixels to intelligently resize an image. Interesting applications for this include increasing the size of a picture or removing entire objects. Play with the technology at Rsizr.
(via wizardishungry)

Open-mindedness illustrated.(via Kottke)

Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:06:31 -0400

Open-mindedness illustrated.
(via Kottke)

Zen Bound builds on a simple gameplay mechanic introduced in Zen...

Thu, 26 Feb 2009 18:14:00 -0500

Zen Bound builds on a simple gameplay mechanic introduced in Zen Bondage.
This has been my latest iPhone addiction.

The Pac-Man Dossier beautifully explains the pathfinding and...

Sat, 21 Feb 2009 20:57:09 -0500

The Pac-Man Dossier beautifully explains the pathfinding and strategy used in the artificial world.

This picture illustrates a bug in Pinky’s targeting strategy which directs him up and to the left when pac-man is moving up. (via mefi)

七海 Cowdroy will be opening at 1988 SF gallery February...

Wed, 28 Jan 2009 16:12:00 -0500

七海 Cowdroy will be opening at 1988 SF gallery February 6th.
Nanami means “seven seas” and the kois remind me of Escher. I feel like I’ve been looking for artwork like this for a long time… I hope to pick something up!

Ruben & Lullaby.

Tue, 27 Jan 2009 01:04:04 -0500

Ruben & Lullaby.

Infinite Images stitches together pictures and attempts to...

Wed, 17 Dec 2008 02:14:00 -0500

Infinite Images stitches together pictures and attempts to remove seams. The effect is disorienting but really amazing.

In case you didn’t already guess it, this is hard. (via John Nack)

Genetic programming is inspired by simple evolutionary...

Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:29:58 -0500

Genetic programming is inspired by simple evolutionary principles to reach a solution. Both the Image Evolution and Rover Designer progress through thousands of designs, improving slightly in each generation.
(previously)

(via nelson)

Mon, 08 Dec 2008 21:47:26 -0500

(via nelson)

Astronauts, unhappy drinking from bags, find a solution in their...

Thu, 27 Nov 2008 00:53:00 -0500

Astronauts, unhappy drinking from bags, find a solution in their spare time. Proof that competition selects the most capable when everyone wants your job. Update: Apparently a coffee cup design grew out of this idea. (via gizmodo)
Not only did they predict the outcome but he was able to cite the physical formula. I posted another video of astronaut ingenuity earlier this year. Curiosity got us out of caves and onto the Internet: don’t stop here! (via NewTeeVee)

Barromean rings: no two rings are linked yet all three are.The...

Sun, 09 Nov 2008 01:15:38 -0500

Barromean rings: no two rings are linked yet all three are.
The profile perspective illustrates the required complexity. (via Jason Kottke)

levelHead is a 3D Memory Game which detects which surface of a...

Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:38:00 -0500

levelHead is a 3D Memory Game which detects which surface of a cube is facing the camera then orients and displays one of six rooms. Tilting the cube causes the character to move.
“Augmented reality” literally distorts perception for the user and brings every day surfaces to life, often without projecting. (via wizardishungry)

Scientific Attempt To Create Most Annoying Song Ever.mp3 This...

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 14:11:00 -0400

Scientific Attempt To Create Most Annoying Song Ever.
mp3 This hilarious mashup of annoying musical elements has some really great spots. My favorite is around the 9 minute mark. See also: Most wanted music

Powers of 10: a classic video made in 1977 gives a very humbling...

Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:40:00 -0400

Powers of 10: a classic video made in 1977 gives a very humbling overview of our place in the world. It is over 30 years old so it stops short of modern understanding by several orders of magnitude.

(via thoughtware)

"When the bombers got back to their base, the steel cylinders were taken from the racks and shipped..."

Thu, 19 Jun 2008 01:41:00 -0400

“When the bombers got back to their base, the steel cylinders were taken from the racks and shipped back to the United States of America, where factories were operating day and night, dismantling the cylinders, separating the dangerous contents into minerals. Touchingly, it was mainly women who did this work. The minerals were then shipped to specialists in remote areas. It was their business to put them into the ground, to hide them cleverly, so they would never hurt anybody again.”

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This all too familiar quote describing WWII in reverse, from Slaughterhouse-Five, had left quite an impression on me. It is difficult to truly appreciate what lengths we go to in producing our infernal machines. (via Jason Kottke)

Think technology holds the cure to all of man’s problems?...

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:20:08 -0400

Think technology holds the cure to all of man’s problems? Yeah well, Techno Tuesday knows the score.
Techno Tuesday offers a realistic and sometimes depressing perspective on technology.

These diagrams illustrate why several dimensionless physical...

Fri, 13 Jun 2008 20:14:00 -0400

These diagrams illustrate why several dimensionless physical constants could only exist as we know them. All other values cannot support life or information of any kind.

I wish I knew more about where cosmopsis found this, but as Jason Kottke said, no one on Tumblr gives credit these days. (via cosmopsis)

Riddles riddle an upscale New York apartment—hidden by an...

Thu, 12 Jun 2008 12:04:27 -0400

Riddles riddle an upscale New York apartment—hidden by an architect for his clients to solve.
Parts of this story negate the absurdity of National Treasure. Go figure.