Pictures with movement

The ‘cinemagraphs’ look like still photos but actually feature a subtle area of movement designed to grab your eye and keep you looking.

The effect is slightly eerie - but utterly captivating.

The final example with the taxi cab reflection is my favorite.

And here are more examples.

I like it.

single prehistoric African mother tongue

Write up on last weeks study with some data and a nice graphic.

* 500 languages traced back to Stone Age dialect
* The further away from Africa a language is spoken, the fewer distinct sounds it has
* English has around 46 sounds, while the San bushmen of South Africa use a staggering 200
* Study finds speech evolved 'at least 100,000 years ago'

Great Expectations on Vacation

Might as well visit a place with class or history when you travel.

Grim's Dyke Country Hotel, once the home of W.S. Gilbert aka half of Gilbert and Sullivan.

It looks marvelous.

Flying quadrocopters - meet your future overlords

SKynet here we come...
Flying quadrocopters herald rise of the machines

Aussies are already using similar technologies to film surfing competitions, while a German company has developed quadrocopters for traffic surveillance and crowd monitoring.

Aggressive Maneuvers for Autonomous Quadrotor Flight shows there might be
applications in urban environments.

the generator is 3.5 times more fuel efficient than typical combustion engines

New Car Engine Sends Shock Waves Through Auto Industry

This looks pretty big...cheaper, lighter, more efficient, less pollution.

However, researchers at Michigan State University have built a prototype gasoline engine that requires no transmission, crankshaft, pistons, valves, fuel compression, cooling systems or fluids. Their so-called Wave Disk Generator could greatly improve the efficiency of gas-electric hybrid automobiles and potentially decrease auto emissions up to 90 percent when compared with conventional combustion engines.

The Golden Age performed by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

Hear music on a commercial and wonder who the artist is?
TV Commercial Songs
For TV commercials with great songs is a nice place to look for new music or answer audio mysteries..

One example is
The Golden Age performed by The Asteroids Galaxy Tour

The Asteroids Galaxy Tour are a soulful psychedelic pop band based in Copenhagen/ Denmark. Formed in the summer of 2007 by Mette Lindberg (Vocal) and Lars Iversen(Bass) the band released their debut album 'Fruit' in September 2009 through their own label Small Giants Records and BMG Rights. The album was written, recorded and produced in Lars' small home studio and received great critical acclaim.

The Asteroids reached instant global exposure when their song Around The Bend was featured in an Apple iPod Touch advert in late 2008. Their music also appeared in US hit TV series Gossip Girl, CSI Miami as well as Chucky.

Flintknapping: Making Primative tools

Have you ever wanted to know how early man and prehistoric people made their survival tools?