Dystopian Landscapes / Simon Stalenhag
Simon Stalenhag creates surreal imagery of a dystopian Swedish countryside. The images shown here exist in the late 80’s where robots and hovercrafts are the norm while a few mutant dinosaurs are on the loose. Simon Stalenhag is also the second half of Pixeltruss, which recently released the 16-bit platform game, Ripple Dot Zero. You […]
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Keloid Trailer 2 / Big Lazy Robot + Aaron Beck
In a not too distant future, societies of all countries come to rely on an intricate network of artificial intelligence devices designed to bring efficacy to man’s life. Yet, man continues to devour himself in useless wars. A strong political hierarchy now divides all powers into three factions, and A. I. devices rapidly gain ground […]
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Pacific Rim (Spoiler-Free Reaction)
In this day and age, it’s easy to get caught up in the culture of hype. As a person who is reviewing a work or giving a recommendation of some type of material, there is always the risk of overselling. People stop heeding what you have to say after a while if you make a […]
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ABE (Science Fiction Short Film) / Rob McLellan
ABE is a short film directed by up-and-coming director and VFX artist Rob McLellan. The film depicts a serial killer robot who was programmed to love. It is a smart and compelling sci-fi work. All the CG animation was generated and crafted by the director himself. –@s_iravani Written and Directed by Rob McLellan Cinematography by […]
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OREO Separator Machine #1 (OSM) / David Neevel
It’s a basic human desire to separate an OREO cookie. Humans love either cookie or creme. And sometimes a man just needs to invent a machine to do the hard work of separating the two. Today, that man is physicist and cookie-part preferrer David Neevel. Watch him operate the machine he created that separates OREO […]
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KURATAS / Suidobashi Heavy Industry (Kogoro Kurata & Wataru Yoshizaki)
Japanese electronics company, Suidobashi Heavy Industry, has unveiled, over the past weekend at Tokyo’s Wonder Festival (in Makuhari just outside Tokyo), a 13 ft super-robot which can be controlled by any smartphone. This mind-blowing mecha robot is equipped with a weapons system, a gatling gun capable of shooting 6,000 BB bullets a minute; the guns fire when the […]
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Chevrolet Sonic / Jeff Soto
Chevrolet teams up with street artist Jeff Soto to create this crazy and ridiculous collaboration. Using a paint spraying robot, artist Jeff Soto creates a breathtaking piece. The Sonic has also been used in the OK Go‘s video, Needing/Getting. –@s_iravani (Hat tip to Naz for the find) Some behind-the-scenes footage:
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Flight Assembled Architecture / Architectures Volantes
Too often, architectural experiments within academia have been restricted to explorations of form or theoretical arguments
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Archetype / Aaron Sims
Check out this rousing sci-fi short film made without any budget whatsoever. As Aaron Sims has put it, “This has been a labor of love on a budget of $0 with personal expense on my part and no funding. It makes it all worth while when we see other poeple responding to it.” Archetype is […]
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