Multimedia Inspiration

The Most Astounding Fact from Max Schlickenmeyer on Vimeo.

Here I decided to post one of my favorite types of inspirational videos. Personally, I believe multimedia is most successful when it allows you to use your mind. What I mean by that is that I really enjoy videos that make people think about themselves, life, etc. For my video project I wanted to create a video like this but I feel as if it was not as successful as Neil Degrasse Tyson.

Game Developers In Prison

I thought this article was rather interesting. Apparently two employees were arrested in Greece for their development in ArmA3. The Greek police ended up stating that they were being arrested for their involvement in Espionage. In addition, the two individuals were visiting their for awhile. I believe they were visiting so that they can get the proper detail for the island for their game. Greek police say otherwise, they are sentenced for 20 years in prison. The new news now is that they are being accused of taking photos of Greek military installations. Which the two deny, either way, I believe they did nothing bad and were probably trying to improve their game.

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A new way of capturing cells

This sort of news really makes me happy when I see research becoming revolutionary. Anyways, researchers in the Netherlands are undergoing the development of micro pyramids to capture living cells. The great thing about these cells in the pyramids is that it will allow us to see these cells in 3D, as well as enable our ability to study the microscopic world. Overall, I am really excited to see where this research takes us and also makes me wonder about all the possibilities that will come from viewing a three dimensional cell.

Game Play as an Art

Evan Roth, an artist, had recently put up an installation that captures the movements throughout Angry Birds. Now I am not really a fan of the series but I thought it was interesting to see an artist take advantage of an interactive game and create something. I also think it is interesting because you get a sense of the repetitiveness of these types of games by visually viewing the motions. It is something different in the fields of art and technology.

United Kingdom as an Anime

I thought this take on art was very interesting. What happened here is an artist designed the UK to appear as a person. It surprises me that they were successful in this. I thought about posting this because it shows a mix of multimedia art from geography and art put together to create something interesting. Note: I was unable to find the artist name who designed this, but I have a link below to see how he created this piece.

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No Orbiting

Astronomers have recently found a planet that is roaming but not orbiting any star. They call this planet CFBDSIR J214947.2-040308.9. The great thing is that this planet is the first lone planet that has been found. I am really excited to hear about such planet because I am wondering what may be found on their. This related to science so I decided to post about this topic.

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DIY Camera

A man by the name of Dominique Vanken wanted a camera from 1907. These cameras are known as "Autochrome Lumiere", which used potato starch to create a color filter. Now back to modern days, Vanken decided he did not want to buy one (They are Pricey), so he decided to create one on his own...out of LEGO's. When Vanken completed this project he had a fully function LEGO camera that was put together by cardboard, duct tape, and of course, LEGO's. I thought this was really interesting way of using innovative technology to recreate a valuable piece of technology. I personally want to know how he put everything together and maybe get a functional camera as well.

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Latte Artist

Personally, I am not a person who likes coffee, although Kazuki Yamamoto sure does. Yamamoto makes his art out on a small latte cup. I do not know how exactly he manages to add plenty of detail and so fourth but with precision. Nonetheless, it still looks great! I really enjoyed how he makes icons in his art, but I believe it must be really hard since you have to make sure not to ruin the design. I thought it was interesting seeing how artist use different mediums to attract their audience. Overall, I think this artist is successful in presenting his work.

Human Whiskers

The Weizmann Institute in Israel has been found to be researching the humans secret sensor. The reason is because researchers realized that other mammals have the ability to use their whiskers to tell what is around their surroundings. So with that, they want to bring this concept to life for humans by blindfolding them and putting bionic whiskers that are attached to the finger. Nonetheless, this was a successful experiment and participants were able to increase their ability with the whiskers as trials went by.

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Nanolaser

Northwestern University have just accomplished the creation of the smallest laser. this laser is about the size of a virus. This is a HUGE benefit for researchers as this will open the door to improved research in microbiology. In addition, researchers will also be able to improve optical devices with this small laser. I am really excited about this accomplishment and I hope to find out what happens next with the laser. The name of this device is, "Plasmonic Bowtie Nanolaser Array, great name for a new discovery in science and technology.

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Tales from Dunwall

Here is a chapter series on "Dishonored: Tales from Dunwall". The reason why I decided to share this is because I feel these videos have great animation and storytelling. I also enjoyed that the videos were deep and interesting. "Dishnored" is a videogame but the amazing concept of these videos is that it creates a story for characters not even in the game. It makes me think how everybody is living their lives, good or bad. I thought these videos are a great example of cinematography.

Dishonored - Chapter 1 from Psyop on Vimeo.

Dishonored - Chapter 2 from Psyop on Vimeo.

Dishonored - Chapter 3 from Psyop on Vimeo.

Water Installation

I really thought this video was interesting. This is an installation by Grzegorz, what he did was use water to create a 3D effect of a hologram. I thought it was really brilliant. In addition, he also used video editing to create the animations for the hologram. The animation is based on the beginning, to modern man.

BEGINNING / Water projection from Grzegorz Nowiński on Vimeo.

The Alphabet of Gaming

I thought this video on gaming was fantastic. This video focuses on game titles and runs down the list from A-Z. What I also enjoyed was the music and the nostalgia of gaming scenes. I thought this was an interesting video, in relations to multimedia, because it correlates with video design. Video can range from fiction and non fiction, and people can just make a video out of digital design as well.

Alphagames from Evan Seitz on Vimeo.