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Zoom and Enhance: Incredibly Close-up Insect Images

By prawn1 March 9th, 2010

Word around the scientific cooler is that the Scanning Electron Microscope (or SEM) can magnify images 250 times better than a light microscope. The expensive bit of kit valued up to 500,000 pounds blasts materials with a high-energy beam of electrons and the messages sent back build up a super-detailed image.

Retired scientific photographer Steve Gschmeissner gets to play with this high-tech toy and has produced some amazing close-up images of insects. Check out some of his shots after the jump.

Official “Tron Legacy” Trailer is so Very Sexy

By prawn1 March 9th, 2010

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Official “Tron Legacy” Trailer is so Very Sexy

Our man Macross is on holiday somewhere in the United States and is a big fan of Disney’s 1982 attempt at the sci-fi computer animation. I don’t want to put words in his mouth, but I’m think he would have jizzed in his pants upon seeing the official teaser trailer for Tron Legacy. It looks awesome to say the very least – check it out below.

You can watch the high definition trailer at program-glitch-esc.net.

Tron Legacy is a sequel to the 1982 film Tron, with Jeff Bridges and Bruce Boxleitner reprising their roles. Here’s the synopsis:

Sam Flynn (Garrett Hedlund), the tech-savvy 27-year-old son of Kevin Flynn (Jeff Bridges), looks into his father’s disappearance and finds himself pulled into the same world of fierce programs and gladiatorial games where his father has been living for 25 years. Along with Kevin’s loyal confidante (Olivia Wilde), father and son embark on a life-and-death journey across a visually-stunning cyber universe that has become far more advanced and exceedingly dangerous.

It’ll be the first feature film from director Joseph Kosinski and electro-pop duo Daft Punk will do the score. Tron Legacy will be shown in 3D starting on December 17th, 2010 in U.S. theatres. Word has it that it’ll reach South African shores on December 31st.

[via GeekTyrant]

Hellofreaks

By prawn1 March 5th, 2010

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Hello! this is my past self saying hello to you on this glorious Friday morning. I’m in Yzerfontein and in all likelihood boiling my butt off but thanks to the awesomeness of Wordpress’ scheduled posting thingamajig, I am able to bring you another mindless post. It’s OK, there’s no need to thank me. Today we take an in-depth look at the works from French graphic design studio Hellofreaks, and by in-depth, I mean nothing but images

Have a look at some of the funky illustrations after the jump.

Trololololololololo!

By prawn1 March 4th, 2010

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I’m on leave for the next couple of days and that makes me really happy. This little clip is just the icing on the cake.

Sing with me – trololo tro ro trololo! Trololo tro ro trololo!

[via Danneville]

The State of the Internet

By prawn1 March 3rd, 2010

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We love infographics as moving images, and in “The State of the Internet”, a creative agency by the name of JESS3 has lovingly made a visualization about you, me, and people around the world contribute to the present state of the Intertubes. The figures are staggering. Have a look at the video below.

[via Laughing Squid]

BONUS: If you liked this, you may also like Did You Know 4.0.

The Darksiders Competition Winners

By prawn1 March 2nd, 2010

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Our Darksiders competition has finally come to an end. In case you missed the action, we started off the competition asking people to toss a turtle as far as they could. Many productive work hours were lost in the process, and in the short space of two days, some of the entrants had klapped the game so hard that they surpassed the theoretical maximum score! So an update to the competition was required, and we went into a sudden death round, where a score over 10 million guaranteed the entrant a place in the next round.

Six persistent entrants made it into the sudden death round and we asked them to play one of my favourite indie games from last year, Adam Atomic’s Canabalt. They had 24 hours to submit their scores. That time has expired and we have now arrived at the official winners announcement. Find it after the jump.

Miniature Meals by Kim Burke

By prawn1 March 1st, 2010

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Artist Kim Burke hails from Minnesota, United States, and loves miniatures. Drawing inspiration from cookbooks and pastry shops, she makes mouthwatering miniature meals out of polymer clay.

For someone who claims to be a newbie, the level of detail shown in her work is absolutely amazing. Have a look at some of her tiny treats after the jump.

Dolph Lundgren Sings Elvis, Breaks The Ice

By prawn1 February 25th, 2010

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Dolph Lundgren Sings Elvis, Breaks The Ice

Dolph Lundgren is man of many talents. None of them were known to me previously, but from this video it seems he can dance like Fred Flintstone, sing like Elvis (if Elvis decided to sing like Dolph), and do a fair bit of karate. Watch in amazement as the actor does “A Little Less Conversation” and breaks the ice at the Melodifestivalen in Örnsköldsvik, Sweden. It’s, erm, yeah, I’m speechless.

Word has it that the flamboyant performance won over Swedish audiences and snagged top spot in the TV ratings, beating the Swedish version of the Antiques Roadshow into second place.

[via Screen Junkies]

Mui-Ling Teh’s Ever So Tiny Origami

By prawn1 February 25th, 2010

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I haven’t met Mui-Ling Teh, but I can assume she has the most dexterous fingers.

The 23-year old Canadian artist has always been a fan of paper craft and in 2008, she began creating origami on a truly miniature scale. She folds the 15×15mm paper with her fingers and only uses tweezers for the last few folds. Her paper art is millimeters in size and usually captured with a hand-held camera in super macro mode, or shot through a magnifying glass. Her smallest work to date is a crane folded from a 3×3mm piece of trace paper.

Have a look at some of her incredible miniature origami after the jump.

Procrastination

By prawn1 February 23rd, 2010

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I’m a master procrastinator (I had a great teacher in Lucy furr). In fact, I had meant to post about this yesterday

London-based illustrator, Johnny Kelly created a quirky video for his graduation project at the Royal College of Art all about procrastination. It’s worth a watch if you have other pressing work things to get to but don’t quite feel like it.