The application is intellectual, but the results are truly stunning. Christopher Warnow has demonstrated a technique of procedurally painting light onto a scene by using a projector, distance sensor, and long-exposure camera. What you get is something that looks very cool and futuristic. It works by utilizing the distance sensor to change the image that is being projected on the fly, and that, in turn, is rendered visible by the camera. It is almost exactly like a holographic animation that is captured with the long-exposed camera. At least, that is how I think it works. Regardless, the end…

This year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES) is going to bring along a new wave of consumer HDTVs that feature what is being called ultra wide-screen displays with 21:9 aspect ratios. What does this mean? It means you’re going to be seeing a whole lot more than you ever have before on your television. But will anyone be able to afford it? Vizio will be the first company to bring ultra wide-screen televisions (called “Cinema HDTVs”) to the U.S., and while the pricing and availability is still relatively unknown, the prospects are quite high. This is yet another huge development in HDTV technology…

It is ironic that this piece of video and creativity takes place within the confines of a library — especially when considering how the Internet has replaced visits to libraries for many — but this one happens to be awesome. Seriously, who wouldn’t want to have a few million books at their disposal to do something crazy? Wait… was there really a person playing a guitar, too? Aw snap!…

I was really sorta worried about Google Instant. I thought I was gonna hate it. I thought it would be as bloody irritating as that drop-downy-thing Firefox does before you turn it off. Autocomplete my searches? Get bent, Google. But actually, Google Instant has been the freaking bomb, all live-updating my results n’ junk. Truly, the feature I never knew I wanted. Google, though, isn’t the only service to have been ‘instantized’ in the past week, though. Taking a page from The Goog, programmer Feross Aboukhadijeh decided YouTube could use a lil’ instant, and got to work on exactly that. “My roommate…

Most publications are beginning to accept the death of print media. Magazines had a good, what, 100-year run or so? With all these iPads and Kindles and gadgets and things, it’s just time to move on. The future is paved in pixels. But not Successful Farming. Successful Farming is hardcore. Successful Farming looks on at all these namby-pamby ‘high-tech’ publications like Wired, and Popular Mechanics, and scoffs as they fall back to the internet. Sissies. Successful Farming is a hair-chested, steak-eating MANgazine that plays Guitar Hero 2 on Expert and murders thousands of trees to present…

Video and the web go together like oil and water. Users want simple, accessible video on all their devices. Providers want.. well, money, lots of it, and historically they’ve been unwilling to budge. Well, the working group determined to create a consumer-friendly media network finally has a name and a logo. The name is UltraViolet, and the group, comprised of big names such as Microsoft, TimeWarner, Sony and Intel are hoping that by 2011 their product will be on computers and in living rooms around the world. The group, also known as the Digital Entertainment Content Ecosystem (or DECE) is missing…

No one ever said YouTube didn’t run interesting contests. If someone did say that, they’re clearly being ridiculous. Following up YouTube’s artsy-fartsy Guggenheim contest, the site has now courted director Ridley Scott , who will be executive-producing a project called Life In A Day. If you’re unfamiliar with Scott, he’s the guy behind Gladiator, Blade Runner, and the upcoming Monopoly. Ridley Scott’s Monopoly. I swear that’s a thing. Anyway, the ‘Day’ in question is July 24th, and YouTube wants you to participate by recording that day. It doesn’t have to be special or fancy (though I’m going…

Adobe has (at last) introduced a version of Flash it swears is suitable for mobile devices, Flash Player 10.1, and in an attempt to prove it isn’t sitting alone whistling its multimedia software’s song, claims HBO, Sony Pictures, Turner, USA Network, Viacom, Warner Brothers and others are already creating Flash Content for MObile. Adobe promises the software — which we all know has been heavily-criticized by Apple CEO Steve Jobs — offers performance and mobile specific features. If you’re on a Windows Mobile, Symbian, Palm or Research In Motion smartphone, I’m afraid you’ll…

Even more exciting than American Beauty director Sam Mendes at the helm is the news that at least one of the new iPhone 4 commercials will be demonstrating a video chat component. Engadget has declared that this is not a rumor anymore. A trusted source dropped the ball and confirmed that the new front facing camera spied in those photos from Vietnam will be used in a commercial featuring a mother and daughter having a video chat conversation. Posts on Twitter are now popping up as celebrity actor/actress hopefuls prepare to go for auditions with the award-winning director. While these details of…

There are two trends that the first half of 2010 will be remembered for: Apple’s iPad and privacy invasion, care of Facebook and Google. Surely the killer trend would be the one that combines them both? An iPad controlled video blimp is a wonderful thing. BreakfastNY has modified a “BlimpDuino” and added a camera and built an iPad app to control the whole shebang. You can even control the blimp by tilting the iPad, a nice touch. For some reason, the creators also built in some augmented reality, with faces of people seen through the video camera being displayed as Munny characters. No instructions…