The advent of CGI has allowed us to realize things on-screen we never thought would be possible—from living, breathing dinosaurs , to giant transforming robots . But it's become so over-used that over-the-top practical effects now draw the biggest wows from audiences, like Lexus' use of countless LED-suit clad stuntmen to create one unbelievable parkour run across Kuala Lumpur.
Northlight has been sent an image showing an always covered Canon camera. Apparently this photographer is always in the exact same spot on the side of the pitch. The camera is always covered in the white tarp, while no other camera is. It’s definitely a Canon as you can easily tell it’s a Canon lens.
We have been told numerous times that the replacement to the EOS 7D would be at the World Cup going through professional testing. Maybe that’s what’s under the cover.
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I don't know who would win the race between Optimus Prime, the Batmobile and a DeLorean time machine. Probably the DeLorean, since it can travel to the future and win right away, right? This cool stop motion short by Taiwanese animator Counter656 says otherwise.
There's no denying your car's dashboard is pretty dumb , which is why Microsoft, Apple and Google are all trying to smarten it up. But there's also a new open source source alternative, in the shape of Automotive Grade Linux.
Ah, Old Glory. A symbol of hard-won freedom that we honor by printing on $60 short shorts. It seems eternal, but it's actually gone through dozens of revisions over the years. Would your beer kozies and bikinis have looked better if we'd stuck with the Bedford Militia Men's flag of 1775? You be the judge.
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Many people in the US, even those who don't speak or understand Spanish, have been using the Univision Deportes app to watch the World Cup. To a certain degree, this was due to the fact that Univision's service was completely free for anyone to...
Google has added a menu option inside its Android Hangouts app asking users to "migrate Google Voice to Hangouts," according to a post in the Android subreddit from Tuesday. The dialogue, accessible through debug mode, tells users they can get their voicemail and SMSes through Hangouts instead of the Google Voice app, though it doesn't specify how the feature works with dedicated Google Voice numbers.
As time passes, Google Voice is becoming a Google product that is an increasingly odd combination of dead useful and difficult to use, beloved by its users for its (limited) functionality but long ignored by Google itself. The iOS app's design is still from the dark days of skeuomorphism, and until recently, Google hadn't made any attempts to absorb the service into the Google+ black hole it has been using to knit disparate parts of the company together.
Hangouts seems like a natural place for Google Voice to be absorbed, but so far, there's been little movement. Google integrated SMS into Hangouts in October 2013 and introduced an SMS for Hangouts feature for feature phones that would send Hangouts messages as SMSes.
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Some of the soft drinks we know today originally started as patent medicines in the late 19th century — including Coca-Cola, which infamously contained cocaine. But when Caleb Bradham invented a drink in 1893 he set out to make it free of stimulants. It didn't even contain caffeine. He originally called it Brad's Drink, but by 1898 it would be trademarked using the name we call it today: Pepsi.
The growing inequality between the rich and poor has become one of the key stories of this era. But while the focus is on money, it's really about something much more basic than that: Life. Americans who are affluent already live about twelve years longer than their poor and working class counterparts. And with new technologies on the way, that gap could widen dramatically. The story of the haves and the have-nots could quickly become a story of the haves and the dead. Aeon's Linda Marsa on The Longevity Gap.
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It all started with an email typo. Entering a client's email address last week, a contractor accidentally swapped @gs.com for @gmail.com — so instead of sending to a Goldman Sachs employee, the message went to a random stranger.
Normally, that would just be an embarrassment, but this particular email included private client data, and Goldman Sachs is willing to move heaven and earth to get it back. According to a new report from Reuters, the battle has taken the Wall Street firm to the New York State Supreme Court, pleading with Google to delete the email to prevent a "needless and massive privacy violation," in the company's words.
Kosmas Santosa built this World War II-themed Titanfall diorama complete with several bombed out buildings:
New product categories in 2014: done.
"Android Everywhere" was the theme of Google I/O this year, and one of the new frontiers the company is tackling is the car. That's not a brand-new focus, however — back at CES, Google announced the Open Automotive Alliance, its attempt at getting both automakers and technology companies on the same page. The latest company to join up with the alliance is LG — while a number of companies like Panasonic and Nvidia sit alongside automakers like Audi and Honda, LG marks the first handset maker to put its weight behind Google's initiative.
Google hasn't yet released details on what specific handsets will work with Android Auto — but it seems like a safe bet that LG's future smartphones will work with the new system. And if the company keeps...
Yahoo’s spring cleanings have extended into the summer months, the company announced today, detailing a series of product changes and closures, many of which are nearly obsolete, obscure, or just unpopular. But among the more high-profile of these closures is Yahoo acquisition Xobni, the maker of smart email and contacts management apps that were acquired last summer. At the time of… Read More
If Volvo had to appeal to Van Damme's epic split to sell more trucks, Hyundai just released this insane self-driving demonstration to try to sell their vehicles: A group of stuntmen jump from the roof of moving cars leaving them on their own. It's impressive to see the cars driving and braking without a driver.
Blue Bottle's New Orleans Iced Coffee, which is cold-brewed with chicory for 12 hours, slightly sweetened with cane sugar, and mixed with organic milk, is now sold at all its New York locations in this cute carton form, which definitely has more than a whiff of grade-school-lunch nostalgia about it. Continuing what's becoming sort of a trend of miniaturizing, the company also just opened its seventh NYC outpost, a kiosk in ABC Home's ground-floor market area. A spokesperson says the brands are birds of a feather — Austrian, in their own ways, both starting "with just a little cart." For now, the spot's only doing pour-overs and selling beans, but will add an espresso component very soon. Blue Bottle's green coffee buyer Stephen Vick will lead a coffee tasting on the spot this Sunday at noon. [BlueBottleRoast/Twitter, ]
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Canon.com has the refurbished Canon PowerShot S100 12.1MP / 5x Optical Zoom Digital Camera (Black or Silver) + 8GB Secure Digital Memory Card for $129.99 with free shipping. Features: DIGIC 5 Image Processor, Full HD 1080p video recording in stereo sound, f/2.0 Aperture w/ 24mm wide angle.
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One of two propane tanks aboard the Feltonville, Pennsylvania-based La Parrillada Chapina truck exploded yesterday while its mother-daughter operators were working inside its kitchen. Olga Galdemez, 42, and Jaylin Landaverry, 17, suffered major burns and were listed in critical condition. Others who were injured included a man who had been sitting on a nearby porch, and a woman emerging from a nail salon down the street whose "whole back got sprayed with debris." Witnesses describe flames shooting hundreds of feet into the sky, and the four-foot propane tank was later recovered in a nearby yard, 150 feet from the truck. Philadelphia authorities are now working to establish the cause of the explosion. The resulting fireball was caught on tape by a camera outside a nearby business, which may prove to be of some help with their determination.
Food truck operators often opt to cook with propane over alternatives like diesel-based generators, which detractors say are noisy and less environmentally friendly. In 2011, the Manhattan-based food truck Frites ‘N’ Meats was carrying twice the legal limit of propane when it collided with another vehicle and exploded. Its operator was later arrested and charged with reckless endangerment after it was discovered he had left the truck's stove on while driving.
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12 Hurt, 2 Critical in Food Truck Explosion [NBC]
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On first view of this clip by Benjamin Dalsgaard Hughes, I was convinced the skewed perspective of the painting was some kind of digital trick on an HD display, somewhat similar to the dancing shadows we saw a few months ago. But then, the sudden disorienting reveal. What! This particular optical illusion is what’s known as reverse perspective painting, where objects (usually rooms) are painted on a physically skewed surface resulting in images that appear in reverse when viewed head on.
The painting above is by Brian Williams and is currently on view as part of a show on 3D art that just opened at The Gallery Ice in Windsor. Perhaps the most well-known artist working with forced perspective is Patrick Hughes. Here he is discussing his own work at Flowers Gallery a few years ago. Love the bit at the end where the entire crowd is squatting up and down to view the painting.
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The writing was on the wall for plasma HDTVs when Panasonic threw in the towel on the technology last year. But the market didn't evaporate entirely with Panasonic's exit; Samsung was left to fill the gap with its F8500 plasma line. Those TVs earned stellar reviews from home theater enthusiasts, but apparently critical praise wasn't enough to keep plasma alive. Samsung has announced it will pull the plug on production by the end of November. Citing "changes in market demand," the company told CNET it will now focus entirely on 4K technology and its curved HDTVs. Samsung isn't saying exactly when its supply of plasma TVs will run dry, but if you're after one we'd recommend buying sooner than later.
As more and more manufacturers flock to...
New York City has one of the best mass transit systems in the world, but there are giant areas that are still inaccessible by subway and underserved by buses. An unofficial system of dollar vans and shuttles sprang up to compensate. The vans can cut commute time in half and serve communities like Chinatown where the residents feel more comfortable communicating in their own language. Some are legal but many are unlicensed. The New Yorker has a beautiful interactive feature on the phenomenon with maps, video, and a history of the dollar vans.
On Tuesday, there was a silver lining to the US men's soccer team losing to Belgium: Tim Howard, the American goalkeeper, had one of the most spectacular evenings you'll ever see. He had 16 saves, more in a World Cup game than anyone in 50 years, and single-handedly kept the US alive for a thrilling conclusion in extra time. He was named player of the game, and congratulated by players on both teams.
And then, according to Wikipedia, he was appointed secretary of defense of the United States of America. Some brilliant Wikipedia editor gave Tim Howard the true credit he deserved last night, though the page was quickly reverted to show that Chuck Hagel, who had exactly zero saves on Tuesday for the US team, remains the secretary of...
As if building an entire neighborhood on top of an active rail yard were not already crazy enough, the developers for Hudson Yards are also planning a 51-story tower that will be constructed on top of and above an existing building. Yup, Manhattan is a crowded mess.
If you've wanted to use the PlayStation 4's (arguably superior) DualShock 4 controller with a PS3, you've so far had to plug it in; that's not easy if your couch and TV are at opposite ends of the living room. It's a good thing, then, that Sony has...