These are absolutely fantastic! I can not even imagine the time and patience that goes into something like this. I would like to see a video of this guy during the animation process.
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That’s exactly what the Blender Foundation has done. Not only can you see the movie for free, you can download any of the elements that were used in the film. Even the software they used to create it.
Big Buck Bunny from Blender Foundation on Vimeo.
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Roadside Giants
I stumbled on this in the Waymarking site. There’s a category of Giant Fiberglass Statues a.k.a. Muffler Men. I noticed a lot of them looked alike and must have been produced by one company for sale. After a quick Google search I found my answer and an interesting story.
Steve: These characters — and many others — were made by a company called International Fiberglass, which I owned and ran during the mid 1960s until around 1974. They were sold as attention getters for retail stores.
Our main business was working with the large oil and tire companies and restaurant chains for nationwide programs. For example, we built a series of Phillips Petroleum cowboys, Texaco Big Friends, and US Rubber Miss Uniroyals. We also did ENCO and Humble tigers, and Sinclair Dinosaurs.
We had a variety of figures which we adapted from one mold — such as golfers, cowboys, spacemen, Indians, muffler men, etc. We also built a bunch of different animals such as horses, steers, cows, giant chickens, etc.
Origin of the Species on Roadside America
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Good use for annoying CAPTCHAS
I never knew it had a name but those annoying requirments to enter distorted characters to prove I’m a human are called CAPTCHAS.
“CAPTCHA” is a contrived acronym for “Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart.” wikipedia
Now one of the computer scientists credited with the development of these want to do something constructive with all that wasted time entering useless words and characters.
This led me to think about other uses for wasted energy. Think of all that energy created at health clubs across America. Stair Masters, stationary bikes, weight machines… that energy should be captured and turned into electricity! I believe a popular fitness club could produce enough energy to power itself!
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Google Ad triggers
I always find it incredibly interesting what verbiage in my post trigger the relevant Google ads on the right. Of course they are trying to sell you something, but it’s always interesting how it picks up on the words or phrases it thinks it can monetize. For instance, overnight ALL my ads turned into “diet” ads the moment I posted the word “diet” in a previous post. It will be interesting if a STRONGER word or phrase will break that hold that the word diet now has on the ad producer.
Company produces GPS triggered audio tours. Finally, a innovative use for all those GPS receivers out there.
Not being into video games much these days, it doesn’t take much to impress me. But I think most would agree this site offers a veritable feast of eye candy. I can only imagine the amount of design work that went into this project.
It’s since been moved here:
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New technology – Highly focused sound
In New York City a billboard emits highly focused sound that resonates within the skulls of passersby.
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If only I had time
These guys make some incredible projects, if only I had time to try some of them! But it’s not just all electronics and gadgets they also do crazy stuff like zombie makeup, vampire teeth and origami. I just may have to make some time to try the foxhole radio project.
T-shirt factory lets you design the shirt. Designs are voted on by site visitors to determine which ones are chosen to be printed. If only I had time!