July 19, 2008 by alikat.

“In Radiohead’s new video for “House of Cards”, no cameras or lights were used. Instead, 3D plotting technologies collected information about the shapes and relative distances of objects. … ” watch the video

The Making-of “House of Cards” video

“Learn about how the video of “House of Cards” was made and the various technologies that were used to capture and render 3D data.” watch the video

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July 19, 2008 by alikat.

“The small world experiment comprised several experiments conducted by Stanley Milgram examining the average path length for social networks of people in the United States. The research was groundbreaking in that it suggested that human society is a small world type network characterized by short path lengths. The experiments are often associated with the phrase “six degrees of separation”, although Milgram did not use this term himself.” more

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July 19, 2008 by alikat.

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“Definition (Wiktionary lookup) of any word, in any language right under your mouse pointer:)

1. Highlight any word or idiom with your mouse.
2. Move mouse pointer just a bit, still holding it over selected word.
3. Wait half a second…” download here

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