These are the latest creations from Jason Freeny, the man responsible for previously posted anatomic masterpieces. The difference is, they’re in 3D. Pretty cool.
Fish are pretty easy to figure out. We’ve all been there, chopped that…
But what about the creepy aliens from Toy Story?
Or Mario?
These Doctor Who posters are cool.
There are 11 in the set (that’s the first six doctors in the image above).
What would it look like if Dr Seuss wrote and illustrated Star Wars? Something like this I guess.
More here. Via Twenty Two Words.
Well. I’ll never look at a game of Pacman in quite the same way again.
Its mysteries have been revealed by these two links – firstly the Pacman Dossier – basically a textbook on Pacman, and secondly, this study of the mechanics, and individual personalities, of the Pacman ghosts – which draws on material from the first.
The ghosts have three movement patterns, each individually calibrated. These patterns are determined by what mode they’re in – chase, scatter, or frightened. And these modes switch based on time cycles in each level. The modes determine what a ghost will do as it approaches an intersection.
“The diagram above shows a simplified representation of the maze layout. Decisions are only necessary at all when approaching “intersection” tiles, which are indicated in green on the diagram.
When a decision about which direction to turn is necessary, the choice is made based on which tile adjoining the intersection will put the ghost nearest to its target tile, measured in a straight line. The distance from every possibility to the target tile is measured, and whichever tile is closest to the target will be selected.”
Here’s what happens in Scatter mode:
Each ghost has a pre-defined, fixed target tile while in this mode, located just outside the corners of the maze. When Scatter mode begins, each ghost will head towards their “home” corner using their regular path-finding methods. However, since the actual target tiles are inaccessible and the ghosts cannot stop moving or reverse direction, they are forced to continue past the target, but will turn back towards it as soon as possible. This results in each ghost’s path eventually becoming a fixed loop in their corner. If left in Scatter mode, each ghost would remain in its loop indefinitely. In practice, the duration of Scatter mode is always quite short, so the ghosts often do not have time to even reach their corner or complete a circuit of their loop before reverting back to Chase mode.
If I were an ice sculptor, a talented ice sculptor, I don’t know how high on the list I’d put “carve a giant autobot” – but having seen this, it’d be up there.
From here.
Scented candles have never really excited me. Until now.
Set the mood for your next breakfast shin dig with these…
From ThinkGeek.
What if Optimus Prime hit earth before the combustion engine was invented. He’d be a steam train of course.
This guy from Encline Designs makes custom Transformers and other toys. Pretty awesome.
I am contemplating making a regular feature of weird single serving blogs on Tumblr. This one features photos of Kim Jong Il looking at things.
It’s odd. And provides some sort of insight into the style of staged Public Relations shoots in North Korea. Somehow the idea that Kim Jong Il looks at things must provide some succor to his legions of loyal, browbeaten citizens. Everything about his reign is stage managed. Which means the oddness is intentional.
How do you thwart a high-tech security system that analyses your fingerprints. In a school. Because all schools need fingerprint scanners… at least according to a school in New South Wales. You stick gummy bears on your fingers.
Yes. Apparently gummy bears can foil most fingerprint scanners. Exciting, no?
From the scientific study of gummy fingers and biometric security systems:
“We also pointed out that artificial fingers can be made not only of silicone but also of gelatin, and examined 11 types of fingerprint systems whether or not they accept the gummy fingers. Consequently, all of these systems accepted the gummy fingers all in their enrollment procedures and also with the rather higher probability in theirverification procedures. The results are enough for us to see evidence that artificial fingers can be accepted by commercial fingerprint systems. The objection will no doubt be raised that it is very difficult to take an impression of the live finger from a legitimate user without the cooperation of her/him. Therefore, we demonstrated that the gummy fingers made from residual fingerprints can be accepted by all of the 11 systems. “
I like this. The white cord raps around the back of the shirt.
Again, via Threadless (though I’m not sure it’s still in print).
Infographics make the web go around. So it was only going to be a matter of time before people started putting together disinformation graphics. So, I give you, Helpful Figures.
This guy is pretty cool. I now plan to spend the rest of the holidays finding photo opportunities for our pet turtles.
Via this Tumblr.
