Eclectic junk from the four corners of the ‘Net. And pictures too!
This is looking like a better idea all the time…
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A Fantastic Opportunity
The look and feel of this short film is gorgious. I remember as I was building my pinhole camera I was wondering if a movie camera could be modified to take pinhole images. Looks like it can be done. Neat.
Nick Shuval-Sergeev has created what he believes to be the first “motion picture” made with a zone plate. The short film, called “Eve”, is made in black & white and 20 seconds in length. It is very striking, taking advantage of the glow produced by strong contrast through a zone plate aperature… “I made it with a zoneplate on a Smena 8M camera, (about 30 frames, then assembled on the computer).”
A very very clever idea. Goes to show you that all you need is a light proof box with a tiny hole in it and you have a camera.
I saw some video of this in action and it kicks but. Seeing the critter roam around in guard mode is pretty cool. I suppose you could add an image stabalized camera on it for sending video back to a central location. The top of the robot moves quite a bit (it uses its top mounted battery pack as a counter balance, like balancing a broom on your finger) so any video you watched would make you kind of sea sick.
BalBots.com – Balancing Robots Made Easy
Once you put aside the fact that the ants are living in their food, its pretty neat. This has ‘Father’s Day’ gift all over it!
This miraculous gel, derived from a NASA Space experiment, serves as both habitat and nutrition for your ants – allowing you to watch in awe as they turn a brick of aqua-blue gel into a fascinating colony of tunnels. Never before have you been so capable of watching these awesome creatures at work.
AntWorks – Space Age Ant Habitat
Ed Bishop and Michael Billington who played Commander Ed Straker and Colonel Paul Foster in the Gerry Anderson sci fi series UFO died within days of each other.
Ed Bishop also provided the voice for Captain Blue in Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons. Other credits include Diamonds Are Forever, 2001: A Space Odyssey and numerous television appearances including The Professionals, The Saint and Out of the Unknown.
Michael Billington appeared in The Prisoner, The Onedin Line, Fantasy Island and Hart to Hart.
More information on the life of Ed Bishop and Michael Billington (read his essays on acting, they are pretty good).
BBC – Cult Television – UFO RIP
(Thank you Eugene for this info)