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Jupiter in the Moon’s Orbit: Off the Scale
If Jupiter were the moon’s distance from Earth, a changed night sky would be the least of our problems. Continue reading
The Faint Rustle of Power
Harnessing the piezoelectric effect, researchers at Cornell propose a wind-power generator that has more in common with rustling leaves than airplane rotors. Videos after the jump. Continue reading
Scenes from an Event Horizon
Imagery that comes to grips with black holes, places where the equations of the physicists seem to stretch unto breaking. Videos after the jump. Continue reading
Putting Your Rival Up Against the Wall
Gaming culture meets graffiti meets vernacular video insanity. Video after the jump. Continue reading
Seeing See-through
A quiet and surprising short animation that catches the flickering, secret splendor of a colorblind world. Continue reading
Best-yet Wikileaks round-up
There seems no end to reporting and commentary on Wikileaks, from the ravings of Regnery-Press author Marc Thiessen to the thorough round-up Alexis Madrigal is hosting at the Atlantic. But perhaps the best perspective comes from the sober analysts at NMA.tv, who have furnished their customarily-comprehensive coverage of l’affaire Assange. Or whatever it’s called in Cantonese. Continue reading
If design govern in a thing so small
This animation begins with a clinically marvelous evocation of an insect’s perspective of the forest floor. And then it gets odd and unsettling. Video after the jump. Continue reading
Lunchtime vid: Arctic Circle
Just in time for the holidays, a frosty cautionary tale. Continue reading
Video: 1923 AKA Heaven
In tribute to a visionary artist, strobing, massing, fluorescent patterns of technological imagery that have something of the spiritual about them as well. Continue reading
The uncanny GIF
The animated GIF may be little appreciated in the world of Web 2.0—but in the right hands, it plays with the unsettling riddle of our mechanical nature. Continue reading
