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Physics from Video?

August 22, 2016 — Leave a comment

Gotta love out-of-the-box thinking mixed with great math!

Check out this MIT research on how to learn how something moves just by watching video of it.

If you miss the days of playing Pong with old-school dial controllers but would rather not track down a vintage console or arcade cabinet, today’s your lucky day. Daniel Perdomo and crew have built a real-world Pong machine that replicates the pionee…

via Real-world ‘Pong’ might just beat the video game — Engadget RSS Feed

 

 

 

Emmy’s Hope

May 25, 2016 — Leave a comment

Very proud of my daughter Emmy and her Dog Rescuing.  Been a fun week, Kleenex made a video about Emmy’s Hope

 

Then yesterday the Orange County Board of Supervisors gave her an award.

 

A big THANK YOU to the team at MoPro for making this video for Emmy.

 

Emmy’s Twitters: @EmmyPerryXO  /  @

 

Gracious Films have done a meticulous job of revealing the history of the Commodore Amiga.  I’m a big supporter of projects like this that document the history of the video game industry before a lot of the pioneers pass away.

It’s very low cost to watch the (over two hours long) movie when compared to the amount of work and passion that Anthony and Nicola have clearly put into it.

Enjoy!

Procrastination

March 20, 2016 — 2 Comments

If you suffer from procrastination, this is the video for you, thanks to Tim Urban.

 

It’s fun to find some research that is technically very cool, but that will also (no doubt) generate a ton of really funny YouTube videos in the future.

Warning: Very “tech”.  (So it’s OK to skip to see the progress they have made.)

This is a really interesting talk about betting on design.  Can you solve what sounds impossible through design?

 

St. Patrick’s Day

March 17, 2016 — Leave a comment

Firstly, happy St. Patrick’s day!

I’m at an event for Irish technology entrepreneurs.  (Silicon Valley 50 Global Awards.)

Forbes has covered the afternoon here: CLICK HERE

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Joey Scoma put a lot of work into showing you how movies cut and transition.

It’s just under 12 minutes.  If you’re into movies or make video, you’ll enjoy it.

It’s from the Rocket Jump Film School.

 

Uber

March 5, 2016 — Leave a comment

This was a surprisingly enlightening talk by the CEO of Uber (not a sales pitch).  Worth a cup of coffee, enjoy.