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The Secret Life of Plankton

Administrator — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 08:51:46 +0000

Another great TED-ED video.

Botanicula

Administrator — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:44:29 +0000

Those of you who have enjoyed playing Machinarium at school will be pleased to know that there is a new game from Amanita Design due out on April the 19th – Botanicula.

Questions No one Knows the Answers to

Administrator — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 21:38:40 +0000

A new TED talk by Chris Anderson. Stay curious!

More 3D animated GIFS

Administrator — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 20:44:44 +0000

Dain Fagerholm has used the 3D animated GIF technique on some of his hand-drawn illustrations. See more here

Timelapse – Cities

Administrator — Fri, 02 Mar 2012 09:24:55 +0000

Splendid timelapse video of various American and Canadian cities by Dominic Boudrealt. More of his work here

Victorian microscope slides

Administrator — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 11:03:45 +0000

These are examples of Victorian ‘exhibition’ slides created by arranging the wing-scales of butterfles and insects, diatoms and other parts of microscopic creatures. You can see lots of interesting Victorian slides here

Make animations from stereoscope cards

Administrator — Wed, 01 Feb 2012 21:49:41 +0000

The New York Public Library website has an online program that lets you create animated GIFs from old Victorian and early 20th Century stereoscope cards. Try it here
Here are a couple of examples:

Festive foam near Blackpool

Administrator — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 09:45:56 +0000

It looks like snow, but is actually some sort of foam (probably decomposing algae) blowing in from the sea at Cleveleys near Blackpool.

Rocking around the Christmas Tree

Administrator — Sun, 11 Dec 2011 22:00:02 +0000

Put your face (and your friends faces) into a video of the song! link