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animestudio lets you shoot your own animations: no computer required

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I finally got a chance to see Coraline a few weeks back, and was completely blown away by the incredible things that could be done with miniature models and stop-motion animation. While you probably won’t be able to live up to Henry Selick’s amazing work with this little desktop toy, you can at least…


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February 10th, 2010 comments stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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a.d. animated zombie flick: the unstoppable godfather of all zombie films

A.D. Zombie

That’s what creator/screenwriter Haylar Garcia hopes A.D., his animated zombie short film will become. Will they succeed?

Watch the teaser and see if you’re feeling it…


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February 4th, 2010 comments stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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3d projection mapping demo has a cameo by pac-man

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I guarantee you this is the coolest video you’ll see today. All I can say is that it was pulled off at a “super-secret” festival in the Northeast of England, and that it involves a building, a projector and Pac-Man.


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September 16th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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make your mark on the dsi with flipnote studio

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Flip Notebook has been in this space before, only then it was Moving Memo Pad, and it was limited to the Japanese Nintendo DSi. Now, however, the free animation app for DSiWare is suddenly available, outside the regular release schedule. Someone had to know how much we wanted it!

Perhaps the best part of…


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August 13th, 2009 comments stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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iron man and wolverine anime coming in 2010: the wolverine one’s looking very japanese already

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Topless Robot posted the trailers for the upcoming Iron Man and Wolverine anime. According to Mania, both features will be shown on Animax in spring 2010. Both of them will be produced by super studio Madhouse, responsible for classics like Ninja Scroll, Vampire Hunter D: Bloodlust, Trigun, Millennium Actress, The Girl Who Leapt Through


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July 30th, 2009 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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the latest in hamster-based video game technology

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I’m not sure how I missed this great video clip when it first hit the Inter-tubes. Maybe I was too busy playing video games. The clip involves a hamster shimmying his way through a maze of dark jagged tunnels in search of an exit (and no, Richard Gere had nothing to do with this).…


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February 13th, 2009 comments (2) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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ruben & lullaby opertoon – strangest iphone app (so far)

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Ok, how’s this for a concept? Take two moody lovers on a park bench. Put them inside your iPhone or iPod Touch. Shake them vigorously. Watch the sparks fly.

Yep, that’s the idea behind interactive artist Eric Loyer’s new iPhone app, Ruben & Lullaby. By jostling your iPhone, you’ll make the lovers angry. Give…


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January 15th, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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sony style ad: chocolate covered electronics

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With all the insanity of the recent holidays, I somehow missed this tasty advertisement that Sony Style was running for the recent shopping season.

Created by the CGI mavens over at Tronic Studio, the ad envisions larger-than-life versions of Sony gear, poured from chocolate. The animation seamlessly melds the gigantic candy electronics with the…


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January 2nd, 2009 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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wooden wall-e: how many trees had to die?

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Disney commissioned UK-based sculptors and a group called Morpheus Prototypes to build this wooden sculpture of Wall-E as a gift for Pixar/Disney Chief Creative Officer John Lasseter.

Here’s a closer look:

I don’t know anything about woodworking or sculpting, so I’ll leave it up to you guys to think of how long it could…


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January 1st, 2009 comments (6) stumble it! digg it! author: lambert v.

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moving notepad brings shared user content to dsi

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Nintendo is launching the DSiWare store for the latest iteration of their DS handheld next week in Japan, and in celebration, they’re offering Ugoku Memo Chou (Moving Notepad), a notepad and animation flipbook, completely free! Of course, we won’t get the DSi until next April in the U.S., but for those lucky few who…


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December 19th, 2008 comments (7) stumble it! digg it! author: alisha k.

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persistence of vision led clock gets a major upgrade

This amazing wall clock can display intricate animations thanks to the optical phenomenon known as persistence of vision (POV). Using a small spinning “blade” covered in red, green and blue LEDs, along with sophisticated microcontroller circuit, this clock can dynamically change its look with just the push of a button.

The clock comes with…


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November 16th, 2008 comments (1) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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space invaders get animated

Check out this wacky Space Invaders animated video that Taito recenly put together for their Game Station arcades in Japan.

The Anime-style video tells the story of a little girl and her encounter with those pesky Invaders. My favorite part has got to be the Vocoder-processed lyrics“We are Space Invaders. Here we come to


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November 6th, 2008 comments (3) stumble it! digg it! author: technabob

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