He posted a picture today. Check it out.
http://kingpachikazama.blogspot.com/
Thursday, December 8, 2011
Friday, November 18, 2011
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
Monday, August 8, 2011
Big Stop Motion
Gulp. The world's largest stop-motion animation shot on a Nokia N8. from Nokia HD on Vimeo.
Shot from a crane with a cellphone high above a beach.
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
Monday, May 16, 2011
Wednesday, May 4, 2011
Friday, April 29, 2011
How to Summon a Demon
How to Summon a Demon in Five Easy Steps
step 1. Create a wire armature for your Demon. Discard it. Build a better one.
step 2. Build up muscle area with sculpy. The walls may become psychedelic at this point.
step 3. Skin and hair will naturally appear overnight.
step 4. Furnish with clothing from your own wardrobe or that of a friend.
step 5. Your Demon will now be able to travel in time and appear on Victorian postcards...
and star in films such as 1929's "Der Vorhauer"...
and the classic 1968 blockbuster "Sinbad and the Tail of the Demon".
step 1. Create a wire armature for your Demon. Discard it. Build a better one.
step 2. Build up muscle area with sculpy. The walls may become psychedelic at this point.
step 3. Skin and hair will naturally appear overnight.
step 4. Furnish with clothing from your own wardrobe or that of a friend.
step 5. Your Demon will now be able to travel in time and appear on Victorian postcards...
and star in films such as 1929's "Der Vorhauer"...
and the classic 1968 blockbuster "Sinbad and the Tail of the Demon".
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Wednesday, April 20, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Monday, April 11, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Sunday, April 3, 2011
Thought Control
Neural Implant Trials at New Scientist
A long-term goal of the BrainGate research team is to create a system that, quite literally, turns thought into action – and is useful to people with neurologic disease or injury, or limb loss. Currently, the system consists of a “sensor” (a device implanted in the brain that records signals directly related to imagined limb movement); a “decoder” (a set of computers and embedded software that turns the brain signals into a useful command for an external device); and, the external device – which could be a standard computer desktop or other communication device, a powered wheelchair, a prosthetic or robotic limb, or, in the future, a functional electrical stimulation device that can move paralyzed limbs directly.
A long-term goal of the BrainGate research team is to create a system that, quite literally, turns thought into action – and is useful to people with neurologic disease or injury, or limb loss. Currently, the system consists of a “sensor” (a device implanted in the brain that records signals directly related to imagined limb movement); a “decoder” (a set of computers and embedded software that turns the brain signals into a useful command for an external device); and, the external device – which could be a standard computer desktop or other communication device, a powered wheelchair, a prosthetic or robotic limb, or, in the future, a functional electrical stimulation device that can move paralyzed limbs directly.
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
attention deficit hyperactivity disorder
an @gamma counter retweet of @brainpicker via twitter from the lancet via grist
"Dr. Pessler's study is the first to conclusively say that diet is implicated in ADHD. In the NPR interview, Dr. Pessler did not mince words, "Food is the main cause of ADHD," she said adding, "After the diet, they were just normal children with normal behavior. They were no longer more easily distracted, they were no more forgetful, there were no more temper-tantrums." The study found that in 64 percent of children with ADHD, the symptoms were caused by food. "It's a hypersensitivity reaction to food," Pessler said."
"Dr. Pessler's study is the first to conclusively say that diet is implicated in ADHD. In the NPR interview, Dr. Pessler did not mince words, "Food is the main cause of ADHD," she said adding, "After the diet, they were just normal children with normal behavior. They were no longer more easily distracted, they were no more forgetful, there were no more temper-tantrums." The study found that in 64 percent of children with ADHD, the symptoms were caused by food. "It's a hypersensitivity reaction to food," Pessler said."
Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Monday, February 28, 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011
River Tam
Book: "What are we up to, sweetheart?"
River: "Fixing your Bible."
Book: "I, um...(alarmed)...what?"
River: "Bible's broken. Contradictions, false logistics - doesn't make sense." (she's marked up the bible, crossed out passages)
Book: "No, no. You - you can't...
River: "So we'll integrate non-progressional evolution theory with God's...
creation of Eden. Eleven inherent metaphoric parallels already there. Eleven. Important number. Prime number. One goes into the house of eleven
eleven times, but always comes out one. Noah's ark is a
problem." Book: "Really?" River: "We'll have to call it
early quantum state phenomenon. Only way to fit 5000
species of mammal on the same boat." (rips out page)
River: "Fixing your Bible."
Book: "I, um...(alarmed)...what?"
River: "Bible's broken. Contradictions, false logistics - doesn't make sense." (she's marked up the bible, crossed out passages)
Book: "No, no. You - you can't...
River: "So we'll integrate non-progressional evolution theory with God's...
creation of Eden. Eleven inherent metaphoric parallels already there. Eleven. Important number. Prime number. One goes into the house of eleven
eleven times, but always comes out one. Noah's ark is a
problem." Book: "Really?" River: "We'll have to call it
early quantum state phenomenon. Only way to fit 5000
species of mammal on the same boat." (rips out page)
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Art Archive - Strange Tangents Rejects
These little guys were rejected for being too cute. I shot claymation versions of these guys on 8mm film when I was 12 years old. These are copies made with sculpy.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Augmented Reality Contact Lenses
---from singularityhub.com
To date, Parviz’s team has made some great first steps into proving that the AR contact lens concept is possible. Here’s a quick summary of the accomplishments they list in the IEEE article:
* Parviz has developed several micro circuit components suitable for use on a contact lens. These include: control circuits, power circuits, communications circuits, an antenna, and a LED. That LED was activated to provide a single pixel in the field of vision.
* All of these elements consisted of semitransparent hardware that was embedded onto a polymer or glass that emulated a traditional contact. The AR contact prototype was then embedded in a biocompatible polymer to keep toxins inherent in semiconductor materials from spreading onto the eye.
* The entire structure was tested on a rabbit eye for 20 minutes without ill effect and the LED was lit.
* The team has also developed a simple biosensor that could be used to determine blood glucose levels by monitoring the eye’s surface.
Article
Strange Tangents - Part 1
Years ago I worked on a short film called "Strange Tangents".
I'm writing about that experience and I'll be posting photos over the next while.
These are miniatures I made for the film.
I'm writing about that experience and I'll be posting photos over the next while.
These are miniatures I made for the film.
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Little Cat Zee June 2, 1990 - February 13, 2011
Our good friend Zee passed away early this morning.
She had a good long life and passed in her sleep.
In Loving Memory
Little Cat Zee
June 2, 1990 - February 13, 2011
She had a good long life and passed in her sleep.
In Loving Memory
Little Cat Zee
June 2, 1990 - February 13, 2011
Tuesday, February 8, 2011
Turritopsis nutricula
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Turritopsis nutricula
Turritopsis nutricula, the potentially immortal jellyfish, is a hydrozoan whose medusa, or jellyfish, form can revert to the polyp stage after becoming sexually mature. It is the only known case of a metazoan capable of reverting completely to a sexually immature, colonial stage after having reached sexual maturity as a solitary stage.[2][3] It does this through the cell development process of transdifferentiation. Cell transdifferentiation is when the jellyfish "alters the differentiated state of the cell and transforms it into a new cell." In this process the medusa of the immortal jellyfish is transformed into the polyps of a new polyp colony. First, the umbrella reverts itself and then the tentacles and mesoglea get resorbed. The reverted medusa then attaches itself to the substrate by the end that had been at the opposite end of the umbrella and starts giving rise to new polyps to form the new colony. Theoretically, this process can go on infinitely, effectively rendering the jellyfish biologically immortal,[3][4] although in nature, most Turritopsis, like other medusae, are likely to succumb to predation or disease in the plankton stage, without reverting to the polyp form.[5] No single specimen has been observed for any extended period, so it is impossible to estimate the age of an individual, and so even if this species has the potential for immortality, there is no laboratory evidence of many generations surviving from any individual....
Friday, January 14, 2011
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