Below are 6 looping animations done by Pantograph. Their website is only written in Japanese, but judging from the images and artwork exhibited on their site, these individuals certainly are Creaginators.
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From the Google Blog
Today, we're announcing our second annual Doodle 4 Google contest in the U.S. Google doodles are the special "dressed-up" logos we run on our homepage for holidays and other events, and Doodle 4 Google is an opportunity for one child to have his/her artwork displayed on our homepage as a doodle for hundreds of millions of people to see. This year's theme is "What I Wish for the World," as we really want to tap into not only children's creativity but also what they want their future to look like.
We're very excited this year to be partnering with the Smithsonian's, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Since Cooper-Hewitt is focused on design and education and fostering the brightest design minds of tomorrow, they were a natural partner for Doodle 4 Google. Their partnership also means that this year's prizes not only include having your artwork on the Google homepage for a day, a college scholarship, and a technology grant for your school, but also having your work (and that of all 40 finalists) exhibited at a Smithsonian museum!
Most of this year's contest remains the same as last year's. (For inspiration, you can see Grace Moon's beautiful winning doodle "Up In the Clouds" in our Doodle Gallery). However, there are a few changes. First, we've increased the college scholarship prize for the national winner to $15,000. We've also added a $10,000 prize for the school district that submits the most high-quality entries. Finally, in partnership with Cooper-Hewitt, we'll be celebrating the 40 finalists and announcing the national winner in New York City, to coincide with the opening of the exhibit. Please visit the official competition website for a full listing of all contest rules and requirements.
Only students from registered schools can enter, so teachers, if you want to participate please register your school by March 17, 2009. All doodles must be submitted by March 31, 2009.
So, what do yall think? Is it worth a shot?
Google Mail, Google Video, Google Images, and now... Google Magazines. In a stunningly creative move for the power of the written word, Google officially announced today that Google Books will now include magazine searches.
Obviously, obscure magazines won't be included from the start, but the goal is to include all periodicals from all time. One example of this is "Popular Science". All issues of "Popular Science" are available in some format starting from May 1872 to February 2008 (March - December of this year are presumed to become available in the near future).
One can only imagine the power of archival search this will provide for students, artist, historian, and even the general public.
From May 4-7, 2006 Artichoke Productions showcased more of it's brilliant creativity in the showstopping display of street theater, "The Sultan's Elephant". The show blessed London with an artful arrangement of imagination, excitement, and wonder.
Bloomberg News had the following to say about the production before it arrived in England in 2006:
- An elephant more than twice as tall as a double-decker bus will parade through Piccadilly Circus and London's streets and squares during a four-day visit next month.
The 40-foot (12-meter) pachyderm isn't an escapee from the London Zoo. It's a wood-and-metal puppet that's part of ``The Sultan's Elephant,'' a jumbo piece of free street theater.
The 42-metric-ton model will appear in historical venues such as Horse Guards Parade and Trafalgar Square. As the story progresses, traffic will be stopped and roads closed as the beast trumpets its presence and plods through the streets.
Read the complete article.
"The Sultan's Elephant" was made in conjunction with the Royal De Luxe theater company.
This last September, La Machine hit the streets of Liverpool. Enlivening discussion, stimulating the creative juices of the public, and generally building community awareness of the arts, La Machine acted as a brilliant tool for the active imagination.
Extracted from the La Machine website.
- La Machine has come and gone…
Thousands of delighted onlookers lined the streets of Liverpool, waiting to greet the fifty-foot high spider dubbed ‘La Princesse’ by her creators, French theatrical engineers La Machine. Vast in scale and spectacular in execution, this breathtaking new commission was undoubtedly a highlight of the City’s European Capital of Culture celebrations in September 2008.
From the moment when astonished commuters discovered the giant arachnid clinging to a building next to the railway station, to the spectacular finale five days later, the creature stopped the city in its tracks and captured the hearts of Liverpudlians and visitors alike. Will she ever return?
La Macine comes from the creative brain of Artichoke Productions
This coming Saturday and Sunday, Maker Faire will be hosting over 300 "Makers". Here's just some of the commercial exhibitors from the Maker Faire website (not that I expect you to read every single one of these, but just skim the list, you'll some pretty notable and interesting names):
Groups and associations include:
Austin Alternative Photographic Group
Center for Community Based NonProfit Organizations at Austin Community College
Finally, for those of you with insanely fast internet connections you can watch the following promo clip entitled, "Maker Faire Austin in the 21st Century (The movie!)".
For up-to-date info visit the Maker Faire blog. This is the kind of stuff nerds get pumped up about. This is the kind of thing that when ordinary people attend, they discover that they're secretly nerds. Unless you have some really good excuse not to be there, then you should go. This is the now.
The world of science and technology is an exciting one. It is filled with wonder, excitement and discovery. Because there aren't any boundaries, there are no limits. The very field itself would not exist if it were not for the fact that there are still unknowns in our world today. To be honest, that's partly why it's so appealing to so many, yet a bit intimidating to others.
It's that challenge of the unknown that makes some pause, and in the end turn back and look for an alternative that while more predictable, at least is more stable. But for others, the allure of facing the great "unconquered" is what their child-hood dreams are made of.
So we some to the realization that while scientists and engineers are stereotypically classified as "nerds", "geeks", "weirdos", "introverts", etc., they are really the ones who will change the world. For example, ask an ordinary American on any street who Douglas Fairbanks was and odds are that they won't have the slightest clue. But ask them who Thomas Edison was and an overwhelming majority of them will know.
Douglas Fairbanks at his time was one of the greatest movie stars in the 1920s. But now he's sunk into relative obscurity. Why? Because he didn't conquer any great unknown, unless you count acting in front of a camera. But he knew what cameras were and what they did. There was nothing "unknown" about that.
Thomas Edison on the other hand, conquered many unknowns. He made the light bulb, the phonograph, and the first movie camera and movie stage. In fact, everything that he did is what made it even possible for Douglas Fairbanks to have a career.
In their time Fairbanks very well might have had more fame and notoriety than Edison, or he might not have. What we do know is that he was very, very popular on-screen. But today, 80 years later, who do we remember? The movie star, or the engineer? The one who who pursued a glamorous life-style, or the one who sacrificed status and wealth and went out on a limb?
The next time we see or hear the public make a fuss about Johny Depp, Paris Hilton, Orlando Bloom, Britney Spears, or some other pop culture figure, just ask yourself, "In 80 years from now will humans remember any of those 4, or will they remember Frederick Sanger, Dean Kamen, Stephen Hawking, and Tim Berners-Lee?"
You may not know who those men are now, but you definitely either will benefit, or already are benefiting from their contributions to society. Frederick Sanger discovered DNA sequencing, Dean Kamen created the Segway and is the founder of FIRST Robotics, Stephen Hawking is arguably the smartest man currently on the face of the planet and has done extensive work in theoretical physics, and Tim Berners-Lee created the internet,. They have impacted our generation, and countless generations to come for the better.
These are men who have taken risks, adventured out into the unknown, and conquered what they did not see.
Maker Faire is coming to Austin for the second time ever! For those of you who have ever been inspired by science, technology, robots, do-it-yourself projects, metal arts, crafts, art cars, fire, music, or... or.... basically anything that's cool, then Maker Faire was made just for you.
The Travis County Expo Center will host Maker Faire on October 18 and 19. Maker Faire only occurs twice a year, once in the San Francisco Bay Area and once in Austin. Exhibitors and attendees have literally come from across America, and even the world to attend Maker Faire.
Watch the best parts of Maker Faire 2008.
Maker Faire robots!
Maker Faire vehicles!
Maker Faire robots!
Maker Faire vehicles!
For more about this amazing, science and technology fest visit makerfaire.com.
