I told you that there will be a 720p movie of the planets rendering available soon. And here it
It’s also available through the podcast or directly linked here.
“Taken by Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong, this pan shows lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin unpacking the EASEP which stands for the Early Apollo Scientific Experiments Package, from the side of Lunar Module ‘Eagle’.”
This is only one of several other panoramic views of the moon.
Source: http://moonpans.co.uk/vr/
A couple of days ago I wrote about a website that has some interesting pictures of the planets of our solar system compared to each other in size. The idea was great but the quality of the pictures was bad. So we decided to push our knowledge about 3D tools a bit and render our own high-quality version.
But first a before-after comparision:
Aaaaaand:
Tell us what you think of it!
We will add some more pictures in the next hours, beside that a short movie in 720p is in the rendering process at the moment.
Last time I worked with 3D tools they were called “3D Studio Max 3.0″…which is quite a while ago. 3D Studios current version number is 8… You can grab your own trial version here.
We actually experimented a lot with the tools…look what earth became after just seconds of play:
Source 1: original article and picture
Source 2: 3D Studio MAX trial
“A number of amateur astronomers and Space Station enthusiasts regularly take photos as ISS rises above the horizon in westerly direction and sets towards the East. In response to a recent article on this website, you sent us some of your ISS images. A selection of your photos is presented below.”
…well… any other planet and star…
Yeah I know…the picture is shabby…I’ll maybe create a better looking version…
The americans managed to crack…well they call it different but the fact remains that they cracked the PRN codes of the european global non-military positioning system called “Galileo”
“Because GPS satellites, which were put into orbit by the Department of Defense, are funded by U.S. taxpayers, the signal is free — consumers need only purchase a receiver. Galileo, on the other hand, must make money to reimburse its investors — presumably by charging a fee for PRN codes.”
Source 1: http://www.newswise.com/articles/view/521790/?sc=rsla
Source 2: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_positioning_system
“2001 seconds is a complete re-edit of Stanley Kubrick’s original Space Odyssey from 141 minutes to 33 minutes 21 seconds.”
Have you ever seen the Jetsons? If so, you might remember the vacuum elevators. Well. If you ever wanted to have one of those, you can now:
“It is our self-supporting vacuum elevator; a light and resistant structure built with aluminium and polycarbonate. By simple principles of physics; the difference in air pressure above and beneath the vacuum elevator cab literally transports you by air. It is the vacuum pumps or turbines that pull you up to the next Floor and the slow release of air pressure that floats you down.
Pneumatic Vacuum Elevators are easier to install, maintain, and operate than traditional elevators. They are especially ideal for existing homes due to their compact design because excavating a pit, and hoistway are not required. Air pressure above and beneath the elevator cab are the key to transporting.
The reliability and safety of these vacuum elevators are unsurpassed due to the physics behind the design; it is virtually impossible to get stuck between floors, or freefall.”
Source: daytonyelevators
Virtually silent and vibration free, quietrevolution is ideally suited to both urban sites and exposed locations.
The simple and robust design (patent pending) has just one moving part, maximising reliability and minimising maintenance requirements.”
Vertical-axis wind turbines not only look very sci-fi, but when you add LEDs to the border of the turbine you can use them as a display:
So I leave you with a patent pending revolution which produces power and is virtually silent…whatever that means.
If you not have known yet: Mentos and Cola is a great combination for some explosive fountains.
There’s a short video you shouldn’t miss on that:
Great historical speeches and sounds for free download. Including Thomas Edison, Albert Einstein,Robert Frost,…
Despite focusing on the lies we were told about the PS3 in the last year and months here are the hard facts with the source of the information for backup:
stay tuned for more tales of interest…
Source 1: PS3 press release
Source 2: PS3 controller press release
Hurray!
“This week on Top Gear, the show got a thrilling new look, and so did we. Plus, the boys made a people carrier into an exciting convertible, James enjoyed a new Honda, Jeremy enjoyed a Swedish supercar, and Richard didn’t enjoy a Micra. At all.”
Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/topgear/
If you did not know: You can have a great astronomy picture each day…
“Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.”
Sixt gave me a brand new BMW 320i touring. What a great car! It could use some more bhp but it was fun to drive in every way: Fast and Slow.
Since my GPS logging tool is not working at the moment I just made a picture of the timer that comes with BMWs iDrive. So it’s 9 Minutes 25 seconds for the complete racetrack…very nice.
You were told that water does never ever flow uphill. But now this is proven wrong…and who did it? A german engineer working for americans…
“When a liquid drop is placed on a surface held at a temperature much higher than the liquid’s boiling point (such as a drop of water in a very hot pan) it hovers on its own vapor cushion, without wetting the surface. This phenomenon is called film-boiling and occurs beyond a surface temperature called the Leidenfrost point (about 200 – 300 ºC for water on flat surfaces, depending on surface quality).”
“This method uses heat to pump liquid, and could therefore be used in pumps for coolants, for instance to cool microprocessors. Such a pump would need no additional power (it’s run by the heat that needs to be removed anyway), it would have no moving parts, and it wouldn’t require a thermostat. Whether this method will actually be powerful enough for applications in, say, a laptop, is not yet known.”
Answer: Nine.
What a game! It’s one of the most relaxing games I’ve played in the last months… going to sleep now
How to Play?What am I suppose to do?
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When it comes to washed-out colors…or green/red/blue tinted displays… try to calibrate them with the help of this great site. Thanks to Kiesow.
“Accurate Image Manipulation for Desktop Publishing (AIM) is devoted for the best possible quality in the desktop publishing workflow. This calls for accurate calibration and correct choice for the working space.
Very accurate monitor gamma calibration charts, CGI simulations for Kodak Q-60 and Agfa IT8 calibration targets, Photoshop plug-ins and much more are available for download. Many evaluations are provided.
The calibration setup that is in use in high-end professional digital imaging, the linear workflow, is explained here in detail as well as the issues of CRT gamma.”
Source 1: http://www.kiesows.de/blog/2006/03/11/kalibrieren
Source 2: http://www.aim-dtp.net/aim/evaluation/cdg/cdg.htm
we are on the road again on our way to CeBIT / Hannover… see you there!
For how long are we told that “photo realistic computer generated images” will sometime be normal daily business… Well it seems that the guys from CG are making giant steps into that direction…WOW!
half real…half virtual
Source 1: http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=233460
Source 2: http://www.ag-systems.net/
It seems that there is a new definitive wallpaper available for your desktop:
Spiral Galaxy M101
It’s even available in a 440 megabyte uncompressed TIF…
Source: http://hubblesite.org/newscenter/newsdesk/archive/releases/2006/10/
That’s a humongous tank isn’t it? And it’s shiny new… hopefully it will prevent more catastrophes.
Source: Nasa.gov
You know those bubble chambers you were shown in physics class? Now there’s a simulated virtual version of a bubble chamber.
I did not write for over a week now – I simply had no time to write – but now I want to give you a short update on what happened the last days:
2. December: the 360 arrives. I had only some time to unpack and testdrive PGR3 – in fact it’s what was promised – the next generation gaming console. (please make a firmware update so that the DVD drive is more quiet).
yes, there’s an apple keyboard attached to the 360.
To raise the pain-bar the desperatly needed XBOX VGA cable is not available anywhere around. I actually have to wait till it’s available again. Until then I am using the 360 via PAL-60 – which is – oh well …
There are some nice and some bad things to say about the 360 – one thing I just found out and impressed me: when you want to type – let’s say in XBOX live – you might want to use the on-screen keyboard. But when you attach a commonly used USB keyboard to the 360 – you can use it for the typing job … I wasn’t expecting that.
late last week I attended the 3rd “Speakers Acting” Training held by Vision Voices Executives Alexandra Schwarze and Martin Marx. As you can imagine it was a fantastic and enriching experience.
And the this weekend it finally happened: SIXT gave me my the first V6 – a Mercedes Benz ML320 – what a … hell of a car.
hmm… a SUV at >220 km/h… hrhr eat this mother nature!
Oh, I almost forgot to tell you what I did with the addictive ML – We took a trip to Berlin to meet with the guys of the Chaos Computer Club Berlin who are organising the 22th Chaos Communication Congress. As things work out we will be in Berlin at 25th of december with 10 people – recording and streaming the whole congress for you. Working closely together with the guys from congress-tv, congress-streaming… I can only cross fingers and hope that everything is going to happen as planned and discussed.
Source 1: http://www.visionvoice.de
Source 2: http://www.ccc.de
Source 3: http://www.ccc.de/congress/2005
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