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io9MoviesWatch Pixar’s Coco Evolve From Pencil Sketches to CG Magnificence
Everybody knows it takes a while to make a CG animated movie. After the storyboards are done, there’s a lengthy process that begins with rough animatics and ends with finely detailed models flowing through a gorgeously lush environment. Pixar’s fantastic Coco is no different. This progression reel details Coco’s evolution from early sketches to its … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsHow to Build an LED Etch A Sketch With a Motion Sensor That Lets You Shake to Erase
The Etch a Sketch toy has gone more or less unchanged for over 60 years, but if you’re handy with a soldering iron you can build an upgraded version that swaps aluminum powder for glowing LEDs. You’re still stuck with the challenge of drawing using just two spinning knobs, but when you screw up, a … Continued
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ScienceHuman HistoryOf Course the Oldest Known Rock Painting in Australia Is of a Kangaroo
Archaeologists have discovered a 17,300-year-old painting of a kangaroo at a rock shelter in Western Australia, making it the oldest known painted figure ever to be found on the continent. Measuring 6.5 feet (2 meters) across, the kangaroo painting—made from red ochre—is located on the wall of a rock shelter in Western Australia’s Kimberley region. … Continued
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ScienceHuman HistoryFound in Alaska, These Blue Beads Could Be the Oldest Evidence of European Goods in North America
European-crafted glass beads found at three different indigenous sites in northern Alaska date back to the pre-colonial period of North America, in what is an intriguing archaeological discovery. Somehow, these blueberry-sized beads made their way from what is now Venice, Italy, to the Brooks Range mountains of Alaska at some point during the mid-to-late 15th … Continued
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Tech NewsGadgetsAirstream’s Travel Trailers Now Include Tiny Offices Because You Can Never Escape Work
One of the many side effects of the pandemic is that it demonstrated to corporate America that employees can effectively work from almost anywhere. This realization could be both good and horrible, but in one case, it’s a little more the latter. Airstream is now putting miniature offices into its travel trailers so you can … Continued
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Tech NewsA 10-Billion-Pixel Scan of ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring’ Captures More Detail Than Your Eyes Ever Could
Visit the Mauritshuis museum in The Hague, The Netherlands, and you’ll have a chance to see Johannes Vermeer’s painting, ‘Girl with a Pearl Earring,’ from maybe a few feet away—depending on the crowds around the famous piece. Or you can explore this website that provides access to a massive 10-billion-pixel scan of the painting with … Continued
