Nine of the best rain-inspired designs on Dezeen
www.dezeen.com: Two unusual umbrellas were popular this week as the rainy season made itself felt across large swathes of the Northern Hemisphere, so we've collected together some of the best rain-related designs from the pages of Dezeen.
How to Build a Dinosaur
sciencefriday.com: The Brachiosaurus lowers its long neck, creased with wrinkles, and briefly surveys the human crowd staring back at it.
“That thing looks so realistic,” says a young voice from the audience.
The dinosaur settles back on its massive haunches and lets out a low bellow, as if saying, “I sure do.”
This dino is a high-tech puppet and one of the stars of Walking With Dinosaurs, a live production that grew out of a BBC television series by the same name and that’s currently on a six-month North American tour.Behind The Scenes With Ray Harryhausen And His Special Effects Models
io9.com: Ray Harryhausen was the stop-motion special effects pioneer behind movies like Mighty Joe Young, Jason and the Argonauts, and Clash of the Titans. And while his creations were impressive on the screen, it's equally remarkable to see Harryhausen creating and manipulating them in his studio.
German town digs innovative new auditorium
www.gizmag.com: Buildings that contain auditoriums generally need to be large in order to fit tiered seating inside. A recently completed concert hall in Blaibach, Germany, however, creates this tiered effect in a simpler way. The whole building slopes down towards the front of the performance space.How Pixar Uses Math to Make Characters Look Perfect
gizmodo.com: It probably won't surprise you that Pixar uses some good old fashioned mathematics in the 3D animation process. What might surprise you is just how much they use math to ensure that their characters look and move perfectly. And Pixar researcher Tony DeRose is great at explaining just that.
Sunday, November 16, 2014
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