Video Essay: Water and Stone: "The Lovers on the Bridge"


An audiovisual essay by A. Martin & C. Álvarez López (vimeo.com/regularlovers) on Leos Carax’s John Cassavetes’ film THE LOVERS ON THE BRIDGE. For accompanying text, visit the Notebook (https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/video-essay-water-and-stone-the-lovers-on-the-bridge). For Study Purposes Only.

Classic commercials for extant products (Part 74)


A quickly put together collection of classic ads for products still sold, including: Log Cabin Syrup, American Express, Crest, Pepto-Bisnol, Eckrich meats, Grape-Nuts, Scope, and a whopping three ads for Cool Whip. At the end are three print ads (’55, ’55, ’61) which I included as a bonus (and yes, I’m aware Verichome and others are gone), hopefully the encoding on YouTube is good enough that you can pause the ads to read them.

GODZILACTUS ATTACKS!


Strap in for the battle scene from “GODZILACTUS”! – A musical motion comic mashup featuring giant monsters, cosmic grooves, aliens and robots. Starring Richard Riehle (Legend of Korra, Office Space), Brett Butler (Sealab 2021, Metalocalypse), Tyrone Finch (SNL’s TV Funhouse), and Luke Y. Thompson (Ding Dong Dead, The Human Race). Best enjoyed in full HD with headphones, high quality speakers or turned way up! ***** DISCLAIMER: This is a not for profit, fan-based animation. The likeliness of any actual characters portrayed solely belong to their respective owners. We are not associated with them – please support their official releases.

What Aristotle Said…


What does it mean to be a “real artist”? Does it mean people have to know your name? Does it mean you have to be featured on a blog? Or have you’re own gallery opening? Or have a lot of likes, shares and retweets? Or is it just about the way you live your life? “What Aristotle Said” is about what it means to commit to a creative life. It’s about Bill Curran; a man with the heart of an artist.

VR Photography Experience


Pokemon Snap style game meets the VR

Rebuilding our lives. Rebuilding our countries. | Asem Hasna | TEDxBerlinSalon


Asem Hasna on “Rebuilding our lives. Rebuilding our countries.” at TEDxBerlinSalon “Migration. Chances. Challenges.” in March 2016 (http://www.tedxberlin.de)

Asem Hasna is a Syrian prosthetic technician and was a paramedic in the Syrian war with a background of studying mathematics for two years. Since 2014, Asem works as a 3D printing expert in Refugee Open Ware (ROW) to employ technologies to help people in crises affected areas. ROW is a global humanitarian innovation consortium whose mission is to employ advanced technology to improve human rights fulfilment of both refugees and host communities in conflict-affected areas – such as 3D printing, robotics, the internet of things, brain-computer interface and virtual/ augmented reality.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Ahmad's Echolocation Device

Breakaway Teaser – (Game Trailer)

Creating partnerships and social change through multimedia tools | Mahmoud Jabari | TEDxTufts


How can video games fuel positive disruption? Listen to Mahmoud Jabari talk about how he and his team used a video game to educate young men and women in the Middle East about equality and gendered violence. Mahmoud emphasizes the need for collaboration to overcome physical and cultural barriers in order to make positive change in the world.

Mahmoud Jabari is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy with a focus on International Business Relations, at the Fletcher School at Tufts University. From 2012 to 2014, he was a Marketing Strategist at the Emergent Media Center at Champlain College where he co-designed the BREAKAWAY Summer Camps Initiative which was implemented in Palestine and in El Salvador. Mahmoud holds a BS in Communications from Champlain College.

This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at http://ted.com/tedx

Quadcopter Outdoor Perching with Opposed Micro-spines


An opposed-grip strategy with micro-spines enables quadcopters to perch on outdoor rough surfaces.