Sony Pictures has released the trailer for Quentin Tarantino‘s 9th film entitled Once Upon a Time in Hollywood (previously) in which a television actor Rick Dalton (Leonardo DiCaprio) and his stunt double Cliff Booth (Brad Pitt) try to break into the strangely unfamiliar film industry. The storylines of other characters, both famous and infamous, are…
Robotic Robot Rock Band Compressorhead Performs the Classic Nirvana Anthem ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’
The robotic band Compressorhead (previously) played a truly heavy metal cover of the classic grunge anthem “Smells Like Teen Spirit” by Nirvana. The footage was taken during a 2014 show in Moscow.
The History of the Disappearance and Reappearance of San Francisco’s Original 49 Mile Scenic Drive Signs
Filmmaker Bradley Smith delved into the wonderful history of the iconic signs for San Francisco’s 49 Mile Scenic Drive. These signs were designed for a contest by gift store owner and artist Rex May in 1954. For his efforts, May received $100 and bragging rights for years to come. Unfortunately, these signs began disappearing from…
A Unique Clock That Uses a Sequence of Colors Rather Than Numerals to Tell the Time
Oxford, UK design firm Clark and Steel has created The Color Clock, a novel device that uses specific sequences of color rather than numerals to tell the time. The clock is available either as in large for wall hanging or small for desktop. Designed and hand assembled in England, these clocks are built to last….
‘Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse’ Animator Shares Her Reference Videos for Several Scenes From the Film
Animator Emma Shih shared the reference video she used while working on the film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. The video shows Shih imitating the characters in several different with great detail, allowing her to gain insight into subtleties involved in each movement. Here’s Shih’s animation reel from the film. I have this inkling Stupid Twitter…
A Flip Cup Fluid Art Tutorial Using 24 Paints Resulting in a Gorgeous Landscape of Cellular Color
The resident artist of Arts and Crafts Studio demonstrated the fascinating “Flip Cup” fluid art technique using a cup, acrylic paint, floetrol, and silicon oil. The artist carefully layered 24 shades of acrylic paint into the cup, treated the canvas and then literally flipped the cup over. The paint immediately formed a gorgeous landscape of…
Deepfake of Bill Hader Morphing Into Al Pacino and Arnold Schwarzenegger While Impersonating Them
Slovakian video editor Ctrl Shift Face has quite seamless (and somewhat disturbingly) employed deepfake software to morph comedian Bill Hader‘s face into those of Al Pacino and of Arnold Schwarzenegger as he was doing vocal impressions of the two legendary actors during separate interviews with Conan O’Brien. The Al Pacino impression and first Arnold Schwarzenegger…
Testing Out a Drone’s Obstacle Avoidance Recognition Using a One Way Game of Dodgeball
Researchers at the University of Zurich Department of Neuroinformatics played a unique one way game of dodgeball with a drone that was mounted with an event-based camera and flying above them in the lab. This unique test is part of their effort to understand how artificially intelligent machines respond to unstable environments. The team specifically…