Short Film: There's Only One Sun

There's Only One Sun

Written and Directed by Wong Kar-Wai

Gorgeously garish lighting accentuates this sci-fi piece by renowned auteur Wong Kar Wai. Agent 006 is undercover to catch the mysterious, charismatic “Light”, but wrestles with her own feelings in doing so.

Wai, the premier arthouse writer/director of Hong Kong, decided in 2007 to team up with Phillips to do an online film promoting the electronic giant’s Aurea Ambilight Televisions. The result manages to admirably traverse that tricky ground between art and commerce, being a worthy addition to the director’s oeuvre while simultaneously an effective commercial. We as audiences are simply treated to an online film of an impressive artistic and technical caliber.

Link Round-Up: June 13, 2011

"Starry Night Over Mordor"
Via: Freakonomicon

I like to think that Van Gogh would have been a Tolkien fan

The 25 Geekiest Google Doodles

Augmented reality has come to advertising. Holograms are being used on the catwalk. And, reminiscent of Star Trek’s holodeck, Japanese scientists are working on making projected light touchable. 

Brian Wood is a comic book writer, best known for his subversive DMZ, which explores the city of New York in the aftermath of a second American civil war. He is now offering a 132-page artbook entitled "Public Domain 2" in its entirety as a free download on his site. 

Decorating with Robots

A Doctor World: A beautiful mashup of Doctor Who and A Softer World.

"Erik`s first... oh, wait." is a cute illustration of baby Magneto that looks like something out of Pixar's Incredibles.

Why you should always sleep with a Teddy bear

Merchandise: Thing-O-Matics

MakerBot Industries is now offering fully assembled custom MakerBot Thing-O-Matics, available in the MakerBot Store. Price: $2,500

The Custom Fully Assembled MakerBot Thing-O-Matic 3D Printer is the premium Makerbot, and the latest in cutting edge personal manufacturing technology. Includes the new StepStruder™ MK6 Plus Complete, and Generation 4 Interface Controller!

Sculpture: Doctor Who Symbols

Timelord Symbols 2

These etched PCB Time Lord symbols were made by George Hadley, who was inspired by the Gallifreyan artwork used on the artifacts and relics on Doctor Who. (Most recently seen on the mysterious baby cradle in the episode  "A Good Man Goes to War") Hadley writes:

The main good time-traveling race in the show is called the Time Lords that live on the planet Gallifrey. The Gallifreyan artwork used on the artifacts and relics of the Time Lord race is some of my favorite, so I set out to recreate some of the artwork, using PCB etching as a medium.

Video: Interactive Play Sculpture

Invoxicated from PlayDesigner

Created by Karl-Johan Ekeroth as his graduation project at the University of Gothenburg, Invoxicated is an interactive sound effects sculpture that lets children experience the pure joy of playing with sound effects in the public space.

Short Film: Thursday

Thursday
Directed by Matthias Hoegg of the Royal College of Art

In the future, technology may change, but the patterns and routines of daily life stay constant—until we disrupt them. It starts as just another Thursday in a not-so-distant future where we meet a regular working man who begins the day with the typical routines of daily life: morning alarm, coffee, work. The point is made clear that, though this future may have new technology, day to day life doesn’t stray far from today. And though we humans can set routines for ourselves, nature can always disrupt it as it does when a bird pulls a cable that cuts power to city workers. One worker, a woman, arranges to meet the man for an evening date. The two enjoy an elevator ride miles up to an orbiting observatory where they observe the city’s beautiful display of traffic patterns.

There’s a great interview with Matthias on Motionographer where he discusses more of his process.

Video: Kinect Graffiti

Kinect Graffiti™ from Jean-Christophe Naour

Jean-Christophe Naour used openGL, SimpleOpenNI, openNI and primeSense libraries to built a graffiti-making tool that uses the Kinect as a drawing medium.