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Is technological connectivity mankind’s next evolutionary step?
“We created computers as an extension of our brains, and now we’re connecting through those computers and the Internet cloud as a way of expanding them,” - Tiffany Shlain, Filmmaker & Webby Awards founder
In her new documentary, Connected, which premiered at Sundance this year, Shlain sees digital connection as the next step in harnessing our collective brainpower—as long as we don’t lose our ability to relate to each other.
Animated GIFs Capture Stanley Kubrick’s Most Immortal Shots.
Part of Kubrick’s genius was in crafting moods, not just scenes — a mastery on full display in these animated GIFs created by Gustaf Mantel. In a single gesture, they capture an indelible moment in film history in a way no film still possibly could. See more
One does not simply walk into Mordor. Today’s infographic is a minute-by-minute plotting of the various scenes and parallel plots in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film trilogy.
This one is almost as good as our Inception contest winner.
Infographic Of The Day: The Lord Of The Rings Trilogy, Plotted
It’s Friday! Donnie Darko and Easter rolled into one. What could possibly go wrong?
Behold this sprawling chart retells the greatness of Star Wars in icon form! Enjoy the greatest story ever told with fresh eyes. All 63 scenes are illustrated. Click to see life-sized version!
Kill it with fire!
Originally created to surmise why certain kinds of humanoid robots freak people out, the concept of the uncanny valley has acquired new relevance in the business of character design for films and video games, where techno-driven “realism” has become an obsession. The basic idea is simple: for many reasons (possibly including, but not limited to, our hardwired revulsion toward dead bodies and other disease vectors), anything that simulates the look and feel of a real human in a close-but-no-cigar manner will tend to have a major ick factor; whereas something that acts human but doesn’t come anywhere close to looking human doesn’t bother us at all.
Click through to see more pictures of the undead, and a skin crawling video of a freakish robot-man. You have been warned.
