Machinimania

So you want to make an animation. Really? Are you mad? It takes ages. Plus all the work has gone abroad. It’s not a proper job anyway. Immediately stop reading this and whip yourself with birch twigs until you feel very, very sorry. Still reading? Good. Forget the naysayers, we’re only here once, so let’s do something creative.

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If you liked Iron Man 3 you have to see this. :-)

Star Wars Rebels will reportedly focus on the impending Jedi rebellion against the Empire.

 The updated version of the free app is available on on iTunes, although you will need an associated account (with updated password info) with unlocked videos to get any use out of it.

Google launched a new layout for its social networking service Google+ recently that introduced several interesting features but also a Pinterest-like layout that I think does not really work well when the emphasize is on text and not images. Here is how to costumize it -

Very interesting news.

Lead author on the paper Baoqing Sun said: “It might seem a bit counter-intuitive to think that more information can be captured from a detector which uses just a single pixel rather than the multi-megapixel detectors found in conventional digital cameras.

However, digital camera sensors have a very limited sensitivity beyond the spectrum of visible light, whereas a single-pixel detector can easily be made to capture information far beyond the visible, reaching wavelengths from X-ray to TeraHertz.

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This year we are going to "Version 2" of 3d printing and it will be on the Christmas list for thousands of ordinary people.

 A short animation that was recently posted on the Internet has been attracting attention around the world for its amazing quality and more significantly, for the fact that it’s the work of a single student. But don’t take our word for it — see for yourself how impressive the short film is!

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Sometimes changes and invention is good, - sometimes -

Some studios have apparently been asking Google to remove links to a movie for which none of these studios holds the copyright, and which just happens to be about file-sharing mega-site The Pirate Bay.

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Creepy music but awesome work :-)

The Full Movie -

Based on a true story. Liz Murray is a young girl who is taken care of by her loving, but drug-addicted parents. Liz becomes homeless at 15 and after a tragedy comes upon her, she begins her work to finish high school

For those who haven't seen it yet, it's awesome work -