Electric Sheep in HD (2-hour 1080p Fractal Animation)
NO MUSIC! (On purpose… You can choose your own :-)
Link to very high quality mkv video in description.
Electric Sheep in HD is an high-definition rendering from the Electric Sheep project by Scott Draves.
You can find more about it at electricsheep.org/
Scott's website is at scottdraves.com/
You can find more information about this video, plus a torrents of a high-quality mkv version, or looping blu-ray iso image at blog.highlyillogical.org/electric-sheep-in-hd/
This work is released under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial license: creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
For more information on re-using content from the Electric Sheep project, see electricsheep.org/reuse
'Sheep' are fractal animations that can be designed by humans, generated by computers using a genetic algorithm, or a combination of both. This animation used the top 256 'best' sheep (by number of votes) from the Electric Sheep server, rendered into a continuously-looping animation.
Several sheep used in this animation were provided by the following users:
brood: electricsheep.org
BrothaLewis
Cirno-chan
coppercat: www.coppercat.us
cqfd93: sylvie.gallet.free.fr/index.html
drunkenbutterfly: rintrahroars.blogspot.com/
freakiebeat: www.freakiebeat.com
harmsc12: harmsc12.deviantart.com
Jack
kward1979uk
llamamama: www.caballera.com
mitey
perisarc
phoenix0: phoenix0.110mb.com
Phssthpok
sajrty: sajrtygmail.com
Randomized0000
Randomizer
ReFa
Ursitti: www.trainstationstudio.com/
The project was rendered in HD by Simon Detheridge, using Flam3 by Scott Draves (http://flam3.com/) and Ffmpeg (http://ffmpeg.org/), and a bunch of Ruby scripts to organise the rendering.
Energy Investments Dialogue | Bill Gates | Global Energy Forum
Declining prices for devices to generate and store renewable energy are great, but not nearly enough to save the world from climate change, according to Bill Gates.
Gates talked about overly optimistic thinking, natural gas, a carbon tax and the responsibilities of developing economies vs. developed economies. He was hopeful, however, that the power of research and innovation could meet rising energy demand globally while addressing climate change and other environmental challenges.
News article from the Precourt Institute here: energy.stanford.edu/news/cheap-renewables-won-t-stop-global-warming-says-bill-gates
The astonishingly real virtual baby that laughs, cries — and learns | Mark Sagar | TEDxChristchurch
This talk was given at a local TEDx event, produced independently of the TED Conferences. In this jaw-dropping talk, Academy Award winner Dr. Mark Sagar demonstrates his Baby X: a virtual baby that laughs, cries, and learns, driven by a complex series of brain, neural and somatosensory models.
Academy Award winner Dr. Mark Sagar is the director of the Laboratory for Animate Technologies at the Auckland Bioengineering Institute, where his interest is in bringing digital characters to life using artificial nervous systems to empower the next generation of human computer interaction. His laboratory is pioneering neurobehavioral animation that combines biologically based models of faces and neural systems to create live, naturally intelligent, and highly expressive interactive systems. Mark previously worked as the Special Projects Supervisor at Weta Digital and Sony Pictures Imageworks and developed technology for the characters in blockbusters such as Avatar, King Kong, and Spiderman 2. His pioneering work in computer-generated faces was recognized with two consecutive Scientific and Engineering Oscars in 2010 and 2011. Dr. Sagar holds a Ph.D. in Bioengineering and is a recipient of the University of Auckland’s 2012 Distinguished Alumni Award.
About TEDx, x = independently organized event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organized events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organized events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organized TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organized.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)