Master storyteller Malcolm Gladwell tells the tale of the Norden bombsight (1/2 the cost of the Manhattan Project), a groundbreaking piece of World War II technology with a deeply unexpected result.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MIE_XXmGUg]
part of The Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz Memorial Lecture @ UC Berkeley. In it
Thomas E. Ricks a Senior Fellow at the Center for a New American Security (CNAS) that concurrently with his duties at CNAS, Ricks writes an online blog for ForeignPolicy.com called, "The Best Defense," and serves as contributing editor for Foreign Policy covers the drastic changes implemented by Richard Marshall (general) and present situation regarding command structure and selection.
a circular bullet time array of 48 Chronos 1.4 high speed cameras, capable of recording 68 gigapixels per second - 720p at 72000fps! Video shows footage taken of experiences.
Neil Thapen is a game developer who's been working this in-browser simulator (dubbed "Pink Trombone") since 2015. You, the user, are given fine control over every important part of the human vocal tract; in theory, you should be able to make all sorts of sounds. In practice, having such fine grain control is really, really hard to manage. The results are simultaneously impressive and hilarious.
by Edward de Bono. "There is a story of a man who painted half his car black and the other half white. He said he did this because he loved to hear the witnesses dogmatically contradict each other whenever he was involved in an accident. A wife tries on a new dress and loves it. Her husband who is with her dislikes it. She is looking at the colour and shape - he is looking at the price."
science fiction film shot in Denmark. The film's ideas of astronauts exploring outer space only to confront their inner mindscapes and memories precede the similar-themed Solaris by a full decade (Although the novel Solaris precedes this film by a year). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_to_the_Seventh_Planet
a consumer group that stands up to powerful interests whenever they threaten our health and safety, our financial security, or our right to fully participate in our democratic society.
a nonpartisan, nonprofit advocacy organization founded in 1970 by John Gardner as a vehicle for citizens to make their voices heard in the political process and to hold their elected leaders accountable to the public interest.
a co-production of Les Armateurs,Trans Europe Film, Studio O, France 3 cinéma, RTBF and Exposure in France,Odec Kid Cartoons in Belgium and Monipoly in Luxembourg, drawing from elements of west Alkebulan (Africa) culture. It was animated at Rija Films' animation studio in Latvia and Studio Exist in Hungary, with backgrounds painted at Les Armateurs and Paul Thiltges' animation studio,Tiramisu,in Luxembourg, digital ink and paint and compositing by Les Armateurs and Odec Kid Cartoons in Belgium and voices and music recorded in Senegal.
video takes you through the process from start to finish, including all of the components you'll need to make your own: the mixing bowls, the fan motor, the propane torch, and of course, the sugar.
The Lenna (or Lena) picture is one of the most widely used standard test images used for compression algorithms.'lena' or 'lenna' is a digitized Playboy centerfold, from November 1972. (Lenna is the spelling in Playboy, Lena is the Swedish spelling of the name.) Lena Soderberg (ne Sjööblom)
a free recorded digital edition of pianist Kimiko Ishizaka of Bach's Goldberg Variations produced by Anne-Marie Sylvestre.
(http://musescore.com/opengoldberg/goldberg-variations)