Nov 5th, 2009
by Nar Williams.
Everett Bradford has created a device that aspiring superheroes and supervillains alike will be drooling over: The Prometheus Device. Put simply, it allows you to cast fireballs from your hand. This is the kind of thing I expect Mickey Rourke to be sporting as Whiplash in Iron Man 2.
From Everett’s YouTube page:
Prometheus is version 3 of the Pyro [...]
Apr 27th, 2009
by Nar Williams.
If you’re scared of this photo, you’re paranoid.
Via Hey Okay
Sep 2nd, 2008
by Nar Williams.
If Darth Vader, dark lord of the Sith, were a high school math teacher, this is probably how he would explain the Pythagorean Theorem. Remember, class: “Do not underestimate the dark side of the triangle.”
Aug 20th, 2008
by Nar Williams.
Last week I wrote about the latest in 3D facial animation and how I thought it still had a long way to go to eliminate the creep factor. Well, apparently, “long way” = “one week” these days. As commentor eksith pointed out, I was experiencing the uncanny valley, a hypothesis that when robots, CGI animation, and [...]