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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