A 1 minute meme on derivative art. >> a must see in full screen<< less then 3 minutes All Creative Work Is Derivative, by Nina Paley Message: All Creative Work is Derivative. Why: Copyright control extends not just to verbatim copies, but to “derivative works.” This has led to censorship on a grand scale. For example, [...]
‘Editing is Cool’ Bubbles & Cheesecake Production Take ! …love AlleeWillis.com ! .
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Richard Box, an artist-in-residence at Bristol University’s physics department, was one of the first people to discover the phenomenon. He describes it below: A fluorescent tube glows when an electrical voltage is set up across it. The electric field set up inside the tube excites atoms of mercury gas, making them emit ultraviolet light. This [...]
Solar Dynamics Observatory Launch, Feb 11, 2010 A sun dog is a prismatic bright spot in the sky caused by sun shining through ice crystals. The Atlas V rocket exceeded the speed of sound in this layer of ice crystals, making the shock wave visible from the ground. The announcer can be heard in the [...]
[viddler id=c433a7fb&h=370&w=437] Al Seckel, a cognitive neuroscientist and master of visual illusions, explores some of the perceptual illusions that fool our eyes and our brains. Running through example after example of images that buck our expectations, he asks why such tricks make us so happy. He even creates some of his own illusions, challenging our [...]
[viddler id=da8eb996&h=370&w=437] Angela Yuan built this amazing Etch-A-Sketch Clock. It uses the Arduino computing platform to control the knobs, which twist to sketch the time, every minute. The Etch-A-Sketch rolls to erase the numbers before starting all over again. It’s messy, and it probably took way too much work. I love it. Angela’s website: http://angelayuan.com/build.htm
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