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.