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Cinematic special effects have come a long way since Jason and the Argonauts. What once required dedicated and labor-intensive filming sessions can now easily be generated in near-lifelike quality by modern CGI. But Luma Pictures, an animation studio responsible for some of the biggest blockbuster movie effects of the last decade, has come full circle and incorporated 3D printed analog modeling into its design process.
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The residents of Wenzhou, China, woke up last Thursday to discover that the inner city river had turned blood-red. Everyone is puzzled, as this has never happened before and nobody knows the cause yet. China Radio International reports:
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There are a lot of great applications for materials being developed that display extreme water repelling properties, inspired by nature and particularly desert life. This video doesn’t explain any of them and that’s fine—I just like to watch all those crazy water droplets doing crazy stuff.
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Last week we told you about the Kickstarter campaign to fund a genius gadget that lets you fill 100 water balloons in one minute
. It’s perhaps the greatest summer fun time invention since, I dunno, the Super Soaker. We caught up with it’s creator Josh Malone to find out more.
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Scientists have found two new mysterious giant holes in Siberia, like the one that appeared in Siberia
two weeks ago. The new craters are smaller than the first but they share a similar structure. Scientists are still puzzled by the origin of these formations. Here are all the details:
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37-year-old Spanish physicist and electronic engineer-cum-chef and ice cream master Manuel Linares has invented an ice cream that changes color. The formula is a patent-pending secret but he claims it’s "entirely made with natural ingredients." He calls it Xamaleón.
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The Bike Design Project is a huge effort to push urban cycling into the future: Five teams across five cities designed what they believe to be the best urban bike for their respective home towns. So what does a bike designed specifically for San Francisco, Seattle, New York, and other major American cities look like? Cool as hell, for starters.
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