How do you imagine life as a fantasy pirate? Would there be sword fights on the decks of fast ships? Drinking, feasts and raiding treasure islands in search for hidden gold? Or would life be a bore with weeks at sea with nothing to do except scrub the deck and fight off illness? This summer […]
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Igor Braulio’s Dark Link
Specialising in 2D and digital techniques, Igor Braulio is a Brazlian fantasy and sci-fi artist. His Dark Link is one of my favourites and it shows just how powerful a little colour can be. As you might expect, Dark Link is a character from Zelda. He’s a mysterious reflection of Link himself and as been […]
The little black dress for science geeks
In search of a little black dress for science geeks? Do you need to build out your wardrobe for Christmas party, New Year party and just because party season? Pop over to Shenova’s store on Etsy and you might well find something interesting. How interesting? What about this Periodic Table dress? Product Page Handmade from […]
Short film: Orion
Orion is a fan film, not made for money, by Mario Escudero. Using 3D animation techniques the short follows the New God Orion has he flies into Apokolips. Sound sinister? It should; Apokolips is the machine and fire world ruled by Darkseid. Want to know more about this Orion short? There’s a Facebook fan page […]
The mechanics of this kinetic LEGO Sisyphus sculpture are beautiful
Sisyphus is a character from Greek myth and legends. He was cursed to be stuck pushing a boulder up a hill for all time. Instructions for building the inner workings can be found on JK Brickworks. I was blown away at how graceful the walking motion was on the statue. Hard to believe it was […]
Did you miss the cosplay at BlizzCon 2015?
There’s a mix of professional and amateur cosplay at BlizzCon but you can’t always tell it apart. There’s some really impressive costumes here. Of course, it was Blizzcon that the first Overwatch cosplay appeared as it was last year when the game was announced, and BlizzCon remains the best place to see which of those […]
Holographic Halo 5 and Netflix
Hololens is Microsoft’s augmented reality solution. I imagine it’s easy to say “so what” to tech like that but this little video makes some of the use cases pretty clear. Imagine watching Netflix without having a TV or even a screen handy. Why stop at just watching TV? Why not play a whole computer game […]
Loyal droid or junk? A review of the R2-D2 desktop vacuum
Here’s a safe bet – Star Wars toys will be all the rage this Christmas. I was pondering Star Wars gifts for my godson and his brother but wasn’t sure if they’d seen the films. After all; The Phantom Menace came out in 1999. That’s 16 years ago and neither boy is 16. As it happens […]
Short film: The Brink
The Brink sounds great. This is one of those YouTube short films that recommends the use of headphones for the best sound and I’d agree. In fact, JuVee Productions are using something called AstoundSound and give it a mention in the video’s title, and I wonder whether one of the goals of the film is […]
New Shepard makes space history as the first reusable rocket ship
Sit back and watch New Shepard, 110,000 LBs of thrust, mach 3.72, 100 KM in height and a perfect landing. The company Blue Origin is owned by Amazon’s Jeff Bezos and they’ve just become the first to create a reusable space rocket. The space vehicle (can we call it a spaceship?) is called the New Shepard […]
