Asimo with James May of the BBC

AI research has a humbling amount of complexity. This is incredible stuff.

Self Assembling GSXR

Just great, Skynet should roll in sometime soon ;)

Kudos to the creators of this.

St. Vincent - Marrow

This is fantastic. There is nothing more to say.

60 Minutes - Resurrecting Eden - 60 Minutes

Watch CBS News Videos Online

Great Ad

Rendezvous with Rama

Rendezvous with Rama from Aaron Ross on Vimeo.

Rendezvous with Rama is a classic science fiction work by the Aurthur C. Clarke. Inspired by the book Aaron Ross directed and animated a short film about the book while at the Tisch School of the Arts of New York University in 2001.

Carl Sagan - A Glorious Dawn ft. Stephen Hawking

Done.

Dublin's People: Canon 7d 24p from Philip Bloom on Vimeo.

So I haven't posted in a while.
I am finally finished schooling and on to bigger and better things.
Who knows where life will take me next. I ran into this clip and somehow
I felt it suited the feeling this juncture of life has left me with.

P.S. The song is 'Whisky in the Jar' by Thin Lizzy

Water filtration for the masses

Paul Simon and the Roots - Late in the Evening

The title says it all.

Dinosaur Comics - Check it out

Hot beats

Augmented Reality

This demonstration is both compelling and scary all at once. It reminds me
of science fiction conceptions of the future. This demonstration illustrates
Layar, a new software which utilizes your mobile phones GPS and camera.
It overlays data on housing, banks and bars. I've a feeling that this is just
the tip of the iceberg for this kind of 'augmented reality'.

The future is now!

The Last Guardian is the sequel to the critically acclaimed Shadow of the Colossus Playstation 2 title. Having played Shadow extensively, I can say that it is one of the most unique and engrossing video games I have experienced. I can't wait to play this game, check out the trailer.

Video Games | The Last Guardian | E3 09: Debut Trailer

XBox 360 | Playstation 3 | Nintendo Wii

Zach Morris on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon

Stop...Hammer Time!

Hipster store taken over by parachute pants army.

A Stunning Time Lapse of the Night Sky in Texas

Galactic Center of Milky Way Rises over Texas Star Party from William Castleman on Vimeo.

Follow the link to the Vimeo sight for higher res version of the clip.

Now that's good advertising.

Hot Chip - Ready For the Floor

Creating infectious and quirky dance/folk/pop is Hot Chip's bread and butter. The video for their single 'Ready for the floor' is one of the most interesting video's I've seen in a while. Reminds me of Daft Punk's Around the World video.Enjoy.

Kid Icarus

Not unlike many human beings, Ueli Gegenschatz experiences a natural fascination with flight. Unlike many of us though, Ueli sails through the heavens of a regular basis. Not content with the otherwise fantastic pursuits of skydiving, base jumping or sky-boarding alone, he has begun skydiving wearing flight suits. Think of a flying squirrel, it's basically the same idea applied to humans. The suits drastically reduce free fall speed and allow much more 'flight' than skydiving. Spectacular footage of his jumps/flights begins at about 5:48.

Unreal. How do people get jobs/lives like this?

dan le sac Vs. Scroobius Pip - Letter from God to Man

LETTER FROM GOD TO MAN

Falling into a black hole - Visualized

Theo Jansen

Theo Jansen is a Dutch artist, who originally studied physics in University but then pursued an artistic career. Since 1990 Theo has been working on creating new forms of life, 'anima' he calls them. These kinetic sculptures have evolved over the past 19 years with basic logic, mobility and defense systems. Eventually Theo would like to release these creatures into the wild to fend for themselves. A great variety of anima have been created by him and a selection are shown in the embeded vido. You may have seen Jansen in a commercial for BMW stating "The walls between art and engineering exist only in our minds." I couldn't agree more.

Escape From City 17

Escape From City 17 is a short film created by the Purchase Brothers, two Canadian film makers from Toronto. The film is set in the Half Life 2 world of City 17 and follows two resistance fighters as they try to flee the city. The film will make a lot more sense to those of you who've played half life 2 but even if you haven't it's still quite interesting. The level of detail and quality of shots these guys pulled off on a budget of $500 and presumably a lot of blood, sweat and tears is quite stunning. Acting is a bit understated at times but regardless it is a very impressive effort.

Also, this is only part one. I've embedded the low definition version of the film so that everyone can watch but if you have a decently new computer, the menu should allow you to stream a hi-def version of the clip.

North America South America (NASA)

North America South America is a joint project between DJ Squeak E. Clean and DJ Zegon. It has a prolific lineup of guests on the album. Just checkout the list for their soon to be release LP The Spirit of Apollo :

01 Intro
02 The People Tree [ft. David Byrne, Chali 2na, Gift of Gab & Z-Trip]
03 Money [ft. David Byrne, Chuck D, Ras Congo, Seu Jorge & Z-Trip]
04 NASA Music [ft. Method Man, E-40 & DJ Swamp]
05 Way Down [ft. RZA, Barbie Hatch & John Frusciante]
06 Hip Hop [ft. KRS-One, Fatlip & Slim Kid Tre]
07 Four Rooms, Earth View
08 Strange Enough [ft. Karen O, Ol' Dirty Bastard & Fatlip]
09 Spacious Thoughts [ft. Tom Waits & Kool Keith]
10 Gifted [ft. Kanye West and others TBD]
11 A Volta [ft. Sizzla, Amanda Blank & Lovefoxxx]
12 There's a Party [ft. George Clinton & Chali 2na]
13 Whachadoin? [ft. Spank Rock, M.I.A., Santogold & Nick Zinner]
14 O Pato [ft. Kool Kojak & DJ Bãboa]
15 Samba Soul [ft. Del Tha Funkee Homosapien & DJ Qbert]
16 The Mayor [ft. The Cool Kids, Ghostface Killah, DJ AM & Scarface]
17 N.A.S.A. Anthem

They've released a video for the single 'Money' which features David Byrne, Chuck D, Seu Jorge, Ras Congo and Z-Tip and happens to be quite awesome, enjoy:

Gun O'Clock

Japan is awesome. That is all.

Educate Yourself

While I won't pretend like I have any semblance of a true understanding of all the complexity that is the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, I've been trying to shore up my knowledge in the last while and found some useful links. I feel these first two link cover some basic facts that need to be common knowledge for anyone discussing this conflict. The last piece is an opinion piece in which the author asserts the futility of this current surge by Israel to try and re-assert itself after loosing face in the 2006 Lebanon conflict with Hezbollah. This sentiment has been expressed by many others. The message here is, educate thyself, 'cause knowledge is power!

Timeline: Israel, the Gaza Strip and Hamas

What You Don’t Know About Gaza

Fighting to Preserve a Myth

Once again, Boston.com's amazing online photo Gallery The Big Picture has stunning photos from the associated press with regard to this current iteration of the conflict.