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Two chatbots talking to each other
September 18th, 2011 · No Comments · Fun Stuff, Multi-media, NPR, Public Media
The state of artificial intelligence has really evolved. This video features too “chatbots” conversing with each other after they each learned responses and conversation patterns from thousands of chats with people (you can try that out by clicking here.) The story was profiled on NPR, but ended abruptly when host Robert Siegel couldn’t produce a [...]
Tags:AI·chatbots·Cornell·I am not a robot·NPR·Robert Siegel·robots·unicorn
Teaching with Comic Life
September 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Digital Television, Education, Educational Programming, Filmmaking, Fun Stuff, Illustration - Animation, Multi-media, Public Media, Resources
As I’ve learned from my 7-year old, graphic novels are tremendously appealing to young minds. Here’s a novel way to engage kids in the classroom by creating their own illustrated stories using digital tools. A few years ago I put together a really rudimentary teaching guide to using Comic Life in the classroom. It was [...]
Tags:comic art·comic life·digital comics·digital tools·DIY·Education·Educational Programming·graphic novels·teacher tools
Tom Cruise’s Minority Report computer interface is pretty much here…
September 6th, 2011 · No Comments · Fun Stuff, Multi-media, PBS, Public Affairs, Public Media
This segment is a few months old, but creative hacking is pretty timeless. How ‘gesture technology’ like Microsoft Kinect will change the way we live | Need to Know Here’s a term you may not have heard yet — but we can just about guarantee that you will. It’s called “gesture technology” — using our [...]
Coat Hanger HDTV Antenna!
March 15th, 2011 · No Comments · Digital Television, Fun Stuff, High Definition
via youtube.com I posted this a couple year’s ago, but here it is again… The DIY HDTV antenna that pulls in the cleanest HD signal you can get… over the air! Cable companies squash down the HD signal to cram as many “HD” channels as they can into your wire. Over-the-air is the least compressed [...]
Tags:antenna·cheap·Coat hanger·Digital Television·DIY·HDTV·Low Cost·reception
iPhone HD film-making has arrived!
June 29th, 2010 · No Comments · Filmmaking, Fun Stuff, Future of public media, High Definition, Journalism, Multi-media
Look out – here come’s mobile film-making! No excuses – the editing application is in the phone! via vimeo.com
Tags:filmmaker resources·Filmmaking·Future of public media·HD·hyperlocal journalism·iPhone·mobile filmmaking·Video
“Gravity…” a breathtaking stop motion live action feature film
May 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Filmmaking, Fun Stuff, Illustration - Animation
Tags:Brent Green·feature film·Filmmaking·Gravity was everywhere back then·Independent Filmmaking·low budget·stop motion
Nathan Sawaya: The Art of the Brick
April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · Fun Stuff
via brickartist.com Lego blocks turned creepily postmodern. Got to love this evolutionary step.
Tags:art of the brick·creepy sculptures·Lego blocks·Nathan Sawaya