This is an interesting video. It’s just what they said on Pink Tentacle:
“A glowing “walk signal” man takes a leisurely stroll through Tokyo at night.”
Tokyo/Glow from Nathan Johnston on Vimeo.
Source: pinktentacle.com
And to all of you with out a lover but still want one…
Stop Motion… There’s good stop motion and there’s bad stop motion. And then there’s this video. Well just watch it, really, it’s a cool video. It’s a cool, mesmerizing video.
““Bad Apple!!” is a magical piece of stop-motion animation made from 6,566 still photos of printed bitmaps.
The creator, Nico Nico Douga user *** says he made the video without using photo-editing software. The images were captured with a webcam, and the effects were achieved by changing the camera position and adjusting the focus, brightness, zoom, exposure and gain.
The original stills and music come from this video for the song “Bad Apple!!” (arranged by Masayoshi Minoshima, featuring vocals by nomico) from the Touhou Project game series.”
Source: pinktentacle.com
*** I edited the japanese characters out of this area and moved the link to the English name of the user.
As Jonathan said…L4D. And we’ll be owning the macho man soon enough.
(if you have l4d and want the mod, it’s located here)
This video is awesome. For HQ click the link below the video.
(autumn) from Samuel Cockedey on Vimeo.
Source: pinktentacle.com
Lately I haven’t offered any posts, but today when checking pink tentacle I found this interesting machine. I’m just waiting to hear a line from Aliens in the video.
“Engineers from Activelink, a Kyoto-based subsidiary of Panasonic, are hoping to turn science fiction into reality with a powerful robotic exoskeleton suit that gives its operator superhuman strength.
(be aware, the video starts out kind of loud)
The so-called “Power Loader” suit — which takes its name from the fictional hydraulic exoskeleton suit appearing in the sci-fi classic “Aliens” (1986) — is built on an aluminum-alloy frame and weighs 230 kilograms (500 lbs). Described as a “dual-arm power amplification robot,” the exoskeleton suit is currently equipped with 18 electromagnetic motors that enable the wearer to lift 100 kilograms (220 lbs) with little effort. In addition, the Power Loader’s simple, intuitive control system employs direct force feedback, allowing the operator to directly feel the movement of the robot while controlling it.
Power Loader exoskeleton suit in “Aliens”
Not unlike the film version of the suit, which was used for carrying cargo around on spaceships and colonies, the Power Loader is being created to help humans with heavy lifting, particularly in construction and disaster relief operations.
The Power Loader is still in the development phase, but Activelink plans to have a marketable version of the suit by the year 2015.”
Source: pinktentacle.com
Meet RIBA, a robot nurse that resembles a friendly bear.
RIBA — short for “Robot for Interactive Body Assistance” — was developed by researchers at Japan’s Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (RIKEN) and Tokai Rubber Industries, Ltd. (TRI). Designed primarily to assist nurses by lifting patients in and out of their beds and wheelchairs (as well as on and off the toilet), the 180-kilogram (400-lb) robot can safely pick up and carry people weighing as much as 61 kilograms (135 lbs).
