Mad Quickies 8.15

• Curiosity Rover: Martian Day 2. An interactive panorama. Found at: Colossal.
• Extraterrestrial hobo nickels. {via Maria}
• The Spatio-Lumino-Chronodynamic Towers & Sculptures of Nicolas Schöffer.
• Remembering Von Freeman, legendary jazz saxophonist. {via Smashley}
• Introducing: the Thomas Kinkade Drinking Game.
• “Excuse me, Professor- Sorry, I don’t believe in revolution.” {via Steve D}

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• PacMan meets VanGogh. {via Maria}
• Artist Denis Medri reimagines Star Wars as an 80s teen movie.
• $15,000 and change will get you a Space Invaders watch.
• Russ Garcia and his Space Age pop music.
• Dan Chung scales back: Binoculars and iPhone give pro cameras competition at Olympics.

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Water-powered jetpack turns man into sea monster
in Thomas Giddings’ futuristic short
Icarus

Read more about the film here.

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As The LEGO Group celebrates its 80th Birthday, we take a look back at its history with this short animated film.
The LEGO® Story

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An award-winning and prescient PSA:
Students on the internet

from the page
This Public Service Announcement (PSA) was produced in 1995 by the 5th grade students at Ray Bjork school in Helena Montana. The production equipment was made available by the Myrna Loy Center. Cindy Gaffney mentored the students in all phases of production and she also wrote the script. All the Internet possibilities mentioned in the script are today a reality. The production won a local ADDY Award in 1996 for Best PSA.

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Featured image is a screenshot of Curiosity’s interactive panorama by the folks at EDS Systems.

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