The Official Google Blog on the making of Radiohead’s latest music video; House of Cards:
In this new video, there were no cameras on set. Instead, two scanning technologies were used to capture 3D images. Geometric Informatics scanning systems produced structured light to capture 3D images at close proximity, while a Velodyne LIDAR system that uses multiple lasers was used to capture large environments such as landscapes. In the video, 64 lasers rotating and shooting in a 360 degree radius 900 times per minute produced all the exterior scenes.
The video and a making of documentary can be found on the video’s homepage: http://code.google.com/radiohead.
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Looking for something a bit less ‘energetic’ than PodRunner?
Then have a look at my favourite two streaming music websites… Afternoon Delight and Bedtime Tunes; prefect for those lazy afternoons/evenings and when you need a little pick-me-up during the day.
About 7 months ago I moved house and - as expected - things got in the way and I stopped my regular exercise sessions. Ever since I’ve been meaning to get back into a serious exercise regimen and today is when I do.
I play squash regularly and love to swim and cycle… but I can’t run to save my life! I’ve decided this has to change, and through a bit of lucky Google searching I found a couple of running websites I read a long time ago.
I present to you:
With the above two resources (and a good pair of running shoes), I should be back to my old fitness level in no time.
How did this one sneak in under the radar?
The UK’s Music Business Group is requesting that a tax be levied on technologies that allow ‘format shifting’. To you and me that means that if you can transfer or copy your music from it, to it, or using it, it should be taxed. The reasoning behind this? Let’s have the BPI explain:
Enormous value is derived by those technology companies and manufacturers who enable consumers to copy. UK creators and rights owners are legally entitled to share in this value - as they hold the exclusive right to reproduce their music - but are currently excluded from the value chain.
Hands off Ctrl-C / Apple-C, pay up now!
via BBC dot.life