Lesezeichen vom 30. April 2010

In a brilliantly tongue-in-cheek analysis, Sebastian Wernicke turns the tools of statistical analysis on TEDTalks, to come up with a metric for creating “the optimum TEDTalk” based on user ratings. Just plain funny.

Sehr schöne, streng konzeptuelle Animation von Takcom fürs Samurai Jazz Quintet.

Ein Clip von Fraser Davidson anlässlich des Papstbesuches in UK der mich ein wenig an eine Mischung aus Weird Al Jankovich und Southpark erinnert.

The BallP, or Ball Inverted Pendulu, is a 20-inch, 16.5-pound robot that balances on top of a bowling ball, using it to roll around wherever it wants.

It’s no secret that I could watch food-sorting robots all day.

Anyone who has ever been to New York and walked around Manhattan or any of the Burroughs would have seen a pair of wooden kicks hanging from a Con-Edison wire.

these outstanding structures are among the unique global jewels that convey a quirky sense of personality tucked within an even more wackadoodle shell

German design group Sonice Development GmbH built this large-scale printer, called the Facade Printer. It’s basically a fancy, computer-controlled paintgun.

Mit wunderschön kitschigen Special effects, traumwandlerisch langsamen Kamerafahrten und einem hypnotisierenden Soundtrack bringt er das Kino dahin, wo es einmal zu Hause war: auf den Jahrmarkt.

Anmerkungen zur Drake-Formel

Painting random people online

This interactive billboard in the Netherlands augments a live streetscape with a violent altercation, making onlookers realize what they look like when they observe a violent act being committed but do not act on behalf of the victims.

Put on your VR goggles and walk on this thing without fear of hitting a wall. Built by Italian and German researchers, it’s the largest VR platform in the world.

Ashley Gilberstson hat in den vergangenen Jahren die Kinderzimmer amerikanischer gefallener Soldaten fotografiert.