We spend much of our working lives riding bicycles, but since we never really see them we sometimes take them for granted. Luckily there are clever and talented designers willing to renegotiate our relationship with bikes.
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So, they built a 1:1 scale replica of the RX-78 to protect Odaiba from the forces of pollution? I don't know. I should really be studying. But this is just amazing. Looks like they built it for the upcoming Gundam summer festival - celebrating the franchise's 30th Anniversary starting in July. This monster is almost a 1:1 scale representation of its anime counterpart, and boasts intricate mechanical details reminiscent of Bandai Master Grade model kits for those in the know (not me). Not to mention that the figure features active light signals and limited animatronic functions. How much money do people have these days. I think we need one in Toronto ;]
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Watch it from beginning to end—you won't regret it.
This cover of Stand By Me was recorded by completely unknown artists in a street virtual studio all around the world. It all started with a base track—vocals and guitar—recorded on the streets of Santa Monica, California, by a street musician called Roger Ridley. The base track was then taken to New Orleans, Louisiana, where Grandpa Elliott—a blind singer from the French Quarter—added vocals and harmonica while listening to Ridley's base track on headphones. In the same city, Washboard Chaz's added some metal percussion to it.
And from there, it just gets rock 'n' rolling bananas: The producers took the resulting mix all through Europe, Africa, and South America, adding new tracks with multiple instruments and vocals that were assembled in the final version you are seeing in this video. All done with a simple laptop and some microphones.
via Gizmodo.
Tilt-Shift is a photograph technique used to make images look like miniatures. By blurring key parts of the photo, other objects seem to stand out and look like toys.
