Once again, Congress is making plans to fix the tax code
“What happens if a big asteroid hits Earth? Judging from realistic simulations involving a sledge hammer and a common laboratory frog, we can assume it will be pretty bad.” – – Dave Berry
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Jamie Beck, a New York city based fashion photographer and Kevin Burg, a master in animations worked together to create some amazing animated Gif photographs. Animated Gif Photography is a source of adding life to photography.
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Rolling through the Bay
Artist Scott Weaver started working on an insanely complex kinetic sculpture thirty five years ago. He continues to modify and expand his sculpture, Rolling through the Bay, even today. (Pics)
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Generating extra buzz around marketing campaigns worldwide is 3D projection mapping, a relatively new technology that animates stationary objects with 3D video. With added sound effects and music, the result is a remarkable and immersive experience.
“Projection mapping can provide a great double whammy if used right, because you get a great live event, followed by a compelling video and PR opportunities. But, if that’s the aim it’s important to think about the film when planning the projection — the sense of scale you get live won’t be replicated on YouTube,” cautions Matt Smith, director of strategy for The Viral Factory.
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When Dr. Seuss came up with the idea, this wasn’t what he had in mind
“The only difference between a taxman and a taxidermist is that the taxidermist leaves the skin.” – – Mark Twain
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Digital billboards that display different ads depending on who is looking at them were once only found in Minority Report. But a recently launched startup aims to make targeted billboard advertising as ubiquitous as targeted online advertising.
Immersive Labs introduced its smart billboard technology at TechStars‘ Demo Day in New York on Thursday. The software combines video analytics with environmental factors and Twitter and Foursquare information to decide what the best ad to display at that moment is…
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Hmmmm. What is it that makes this photo so special? You can see the answer after the jump.
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Marks on a clay tablet fragment found in Greece are the oldest known decipherable text in Europe, a new study says. Considered ‘magical or mysterious’ in its time, the writing survives only because a trash heap caught fire some 3,500 years ago, according to researchers…
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Crystal Smith of The Achilles Effect blog looked at the words from TV commercials for toys and used to present the stark gender bias in toy advertising in graphic form…
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Sapientia University has created a series of online videos that illustrate different sorting algorithms using folk dances:
What you have to do is just check that they are in fact implementing the algorithm correctly. The dancers have numbers stuck on their front and they do seem to look down and examine the value on another dancer before performing the dance routine dictated by the algorithm…
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Costumes are so last year. Now the latest way to show that you have a truly geeky head is to have a truly geeky haircut. Some of the haircuts are so cool that you might want to get one for yourself the next day. Some of them are so funny that you can’t help ROLF-ing. But whatever the case is, if you have any of these 17 crazy haircuts, you’ll definitely get people’s attention wherever you go.
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Electric vehicles are far easier to repair. Just flip and fix
“You don’t have to worry about the world coming to an end today. It is already tomorrow in Australia.” – – Charles Schulz
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By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
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