CLOUD EIGHT

2012-08-25

Toy Soldiers - Tilt Shift Time Lapse of Paris

This is a stunning piece of film. The city of Paris is gorgeous from any angle - and

this short film sees it tilt shitfed and time lapsed to the extreme.

There were four cameras used on the day, however most of the footage is from two

that the film makers had positioned on top of a building on the Champs Élysées

The film follows a military march - perhaps Bastille Day? It is amazing how you can

see the swarm movements of the soldiers: around the three minute mark you can see

waves propagate in the group because the front row suddenly stops. Extremely cool.

It was shot using Canon 5DMKII cameras, set on continuous mode. It is surely one of

the best examples of the technique that I have ever seen. Bravo!

Rory Sutherland: Perspective is everything

The circumstances of our lives may matter less than how we see them, says Rory Sutherland. At TEDxAthens, he makes a compelling case for how reframing is the key to happiness. (Filmed atTEDxAthens.)

Rory Sutherland stands at the center of an advertising revolution in brand identities, designing cutting-edge, interactive campaigns that blur the line between ad and entertainment.

Rob Legato: The art of creating awe

Katowice - Cool Time-Lapse Video

Time is Nothing: Around The World Time Lapse

Romance

White + Black = Red

2012-08-24

Heather Knight: Silicon-based comedy

In this first-of-its-kind demo, Heather Knight introduces Data, a robotic stand-up comedian that does much more than rattle off one-liners -- it gathers audience feedback (using software co-developed with Scott Satkin and Varun Ramakrishna at CMU) and tunes its act as the crowd responds. Is this thing on?

Heather Knight runs Marilyn Monrobot, which creates socially intelligent robot performances and sensor-based electronic art. (and she helped build the amazing Rube Goldberg machine for OK Go’s “This Too Shall Pass.")

Eric Giler demos wireless electricity

Eric Giler wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. Here, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT's breakthrough version, WiTricity -- a near-to-market invention that may soon recharge your cell phone, car, pacemaker.

As the CEO of MIT-inspired WiTricity, Eric Giler has a plan to beam electric power through the air to wirelessly power your laptop or recharge your car. You may never plug in again.

2012-08-18

Vilka är Pussy Riot?

Rättegången mot Pussy Riot. Pussy Riot kom inte från ingenstans. Gruppen har starka band till ett av de två konkurrerande ryska konstnärskollektiven med namnet Voina (Krig). Kulturnytts Fredrik Wadström träffade en av huvudpersonerna i Pussy Riot-fallet.

2012-08-16

Jon Ronson: Strange answers to the psychopath test

Is there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With a hair-raising delivery, Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test, illuminates the gray areas between the two. (With live-mixed sound by Julian Treasure and animation by Evan Grant.)

Jon Ronson is a writer and documentary filmmaker who dips into every flavor of madness, extremism and obsession!

Capitalism, at its most remorseless, is a physical manifestation of psychopathy.” (Jon Ronson)

Kirby Ferguson: Embrace the remix ( Some GIFS And RUMI TOO-KEEP READING )

Nothing is original, says Kirby Ferguson, creator of Everything is a Remix. From Bob Dylan to Steve Jobs, he says our most celebrated creators borrow, steal and transform.

Kirby Ferguson explores creativity in a world where "everything is a remix."

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2012-08-15

Once Upon a Trickle Down - The Rise and Fall of Supply Side Economics - Mark Fiore

Move over "Trickle Down," there's a new game in town. It's an economy that begins

with the middle class.

Produced by the Center for American Progress (http://www.americanprogress.org/)

and Mark Fiore (http://www.markfiore.com).
After thirty years of an economy geared toward the wealthy, the rest of us are

waking up to the fact that a strong middle class is critical for robust economic

growth.

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Internal Dread - Don't kill the fly - Tom Hofvander

2012-08-11

RSA Animate - Superfreakonomics

Tan Le: A headset that reads your brainwaves

Mark Applebaum Aphasia

Composer creates a metaphor for expressive paralysis with "Aphasia."

Stanford music professor Mark Applebaum performs his piece "Aphasia,"

a composition for hand gestures synchronized to prerecorded sound.

Reggie Watts disorients you in the most entertaining way

Reggie Watts’ beats defy boxes. Unplug your logic board and watch as he blends poetry and crosses musical genres in this larger-than-life performance.

Reggie Watts creates unpredictably brilliant performances on the spot using his voice, looping pedals and his giant brain.

A sense of humor about Afghanistan? Artist Aman Mojadidi shows how

Afghan-American artist Aman Mojadidi calls himself “Afghan by blood, redneck by the grace of god.” Playing off his two identities, the TED Fellow's bold, funny, thought-provoking artwork explores jihad, gangsterism, consumers and corruption in modern Afghanistan.

Kirby Ferguson: Embrace the remix

2012-08-05

This Week - NASA, July 27, 2012

Hidden Magnetic Portals Around Earth

A NASA-sponsored researcher at the University of Iowa has developed a way for spacecraft to hunt down hidden magnetic portals in the vicinity of Earth. These gateways link the magnetic field of our planet to that of the sun, setting the stage for stormy space weather.

The Hubble Legacy - Exoplanets

EPA-traktor från 1947

Bröderna Elofssons farfar byggde EPA-traktorn på en Ford Model A med Hupmobileframvagn, växellåda och bakaxel från en Fordlastbil, bakhjul från en Dodge Weapon Carrier och bogserad hästplog. Detta var år 1947, och hela bygget, inklusive arbetstid, kostade 402 kronor.

Nu är Hampusgården borta

Ett år i Hedemora - Höst och vinter

Erik Johansson: Impossible photography

2012-08-04

Neil Harbisson: I listen to color

Mark Applebaum: The mad scientist of music

Mark Applebaum (born 1967 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American composer and professor teaching at Stanford University.^[1] He received his Ph.D. in composition from the University of California at San Diego where he studied with Brian Ferneyhough, Joji Yuasa, Rand Steiger, andRoger Reynolds. He received his bachelors degree from Carleton College where he studied composition with Phillip Rhodes and completed a senior thesis where he interviewed Conlon Nancarrow in Mexico City.^[2]