Loosely Assembled

(Via dmtr.org . dimitre lima / GlitchBrowser.)

Ok, you ended up with iMovie 09 somehow, but need to get your movie onto a miniDV tape. How will you do this? 09 seems to have dispensed with the “export/save to camera” option that older versions had.

After a bunch of trial and error, here’s how I was able to get the job done.

1. Export your movie as a DV Stream (your_movie.dv)
2. Move that .dv file to a Mac that has a different version of iMovie (HD is what my friend had)
3. Create a new iMovie project that is compatible with the camera you plan to export to (I think iMovie HD was defaulting to an HD format, which my (borrowed) camera didn’t support, so I had to do this twice).
4. Import your_movie.dv into the new project, and make sure it’s in the timeline. (this step was much slower than I expected, for a 1 minute video, it took ~ 7 minutes, so anything significant might be painful)
5. Save/Export to camera…

Always double check that the tape has the video, and that it’s formatted properly, audio, aspect ration, etc.

The Apollo suit had to be relatively light so that astronauts could move around in the Moon’s gravity and weighed about 180 lbs.

(Via Gallery: The evolution of the spacesuit – Image 5 – New Scientist.)

via: youtube

wow, so hackable, so rad

also, his blue bag video is well worth watching, if you feel like letting your anxiety level rise

(Via worms.)

Follow that thing here

(Via MAKE: Blog: Tweet-a-watt – our entry for the Core77 & Greener Gadgets design competition.)

Dear Friend and Participant of Prix Ars Electronica,

The 23rd Prix Ars Electronica – International Competition for CyberArts is open for entries now!

We kindly invite you to submit your latest projects! If you know any further interesting works we’ll be happy to get your recommendation!

Prix Ars Electronica 2009
Online Submission Deadline: March 6, 2009
Contact: info@prixars.aec.at
Total Prize Money: € 122.500,-
Categories: Computer Animation / Film / VFX; Digital Musics; Interactive Art; Hybrid Art; Digital Communities; [the next idea] Grant; Media.Art.Research Award; u19 – freestyle computing

More details about all categories and online submission are available only online at: http://prixars.aec.at

DIGITAL COMMUNITIES

The Digital Communities category is open to political, social and cultural projects, initiatives, groups and scenes from all over the world that display contentious commitment in coming up with smart, successful ways of deploying digital technologies to solve social problems. Particular emphasis is placed on a project’s degree of community innovation, its sustainability and its use of technology in a way that makes good sense and is attuned to the needs of the people meant to benefit from it. Digital Communities projects should make it easier for people to access technology, networks and the Digital Commons. We explicitely encourage community-related net.art projects to submit.

Please feel free to forward this to all interesting/ed parties.

With best regards,
Bianca Petscher on the behalf of the Prix Ars Electronica 2009 Team

Bianca Petscher
Producer Prix Ars Electronica
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going beyond what i can say, abnormal behavior child is making a great something!

Just have to love it when animals use tools.

via new scientist

We are fast approaching a time when human intelligence will be incapable of interacting with the rapidly occurring events in the physical world. The associative system of the human mind is far too simple to handle and put to practical use the voluminous information needed to operate a highly technical and advanced world society. The processing required would have to handle trillions of bits of information per second, far too complex for human systems to handle, particularly with the infusion of nanotechnology.

The Venus Project calls for a cybernated society in which computers could replace the outmoded system of electing politicians that in most cases represent the entrenched vested interests. This new technology will not dictate or monitor individual’s lives, as in The Venus Project this would be consider socially offensive and counterproductive. Books such as 1984 and Brave New World, and motion pictures such as Blade-Runner and Terminator 2 have spawned fear in some people regarding the takeover of technology in our society. The Venus Project’s only purpose is to elevate the spiritual and intellectual potential of all people, while at the same time providing the goods and services that will meet their individual and material needs.