Theo Prins is an artist who creates digital paintings with some real depth to them. His illustrations, obviously inspired by travels in Asia, have a sort of post-apocalyptic feel about them. Bazaars and shops set up in the shadows of …
Continue ReadingIf you paid to see The Lion King 3D at a movie theater, this is your fault. Partly, anyway. Due to the huge box office receipts from the film — about $80 million in the U.S. alone at the time …
Continue ReadingAs I write this, I am just getting home from the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 2 midnight showing. While there will be many reviews of the movie itself, I thought I’d talk about my experience at my local theater’s midnight premiere. A local radio station had an event that started at […]
Continue ReadingI’ve grabbed all the chances I could over the last few months to try out Nintendo’s latest handheld console, the 3DS. But I knew having a few minutes on a device tethered to a PR representative or in a crowded …
Continue ReadingWith the dust settling on the 3DS features, it’s time to start looking at the games we are likely to see making the most of all this sparkling tech. Although it’s a little odd that the launch lineup is still …
Continue ReadingWe’ve been sitting through a barrage of product announcements from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) over the last week, and I’ll admit, I’m starting to get numb. Our old DLP rear-screen projection box is starting to look a bit dim …
Continue ReadingFrom roughly the next twelve days, I’m going to be highlighting one awesomely geeky gift per day. Most of these gifts are items I’ve been able to personally review, so you’ll get hands-on suggestions for giftgiving as we propel at light speed toward the holidays. I mean, really? Where does the time go? First up […]
Continue ReadingYou’ve probably heard by now of George Lucas’s plan to re-release all six live-action Star Wars movies in 3D, starting with Episode I in 2012. One could argue that there are few things one could do to the prequel trilogy …
Continue ReadingThe Witches of Oz 3D is an upcoming movie and potential TV series based on the famous books by L. Frank Baum and loaded with geek-friendly actors: Sean Astin, Billy Boyd and Christopher Lloyd as a steampunk Wizard of Oz. …
Continue ReadingMy kids, my wife and I have been saying “Release the Kraken” for months now, ever since we saw the commercial for the new Clash of the Titans movie. At baseball games when the boys are batting, we yell “Release …
Continue ReadingSo, this 3-D thing is kind of a big deal, right? Change the world! Bring you into the movies! Feel like you’re right there! Happy fifty-seventh birthday, House of Wax. Yes, on April 10, 1953, Warner Bros. unveiled its “NEW …
Continue ReadingIf you are so inclined, you can watch tonight’s NCAA Championship game at movie theaters around the country in eye-popping three-dimension ($25). Next weekend, you could watch Tiger Woods’ return to the PGA in life-like-ish 3-D. Let’s not forget, NVidia …
Continue ReadingWhy, really, did the 3-D movie trend start? Does anybody remember, before the trend began, thinking “You know the problem with movies? They’re too two-dimensional?” We didn’t think so. 3-D is so entrenched in the movie industry now that commercials …
Continue ReadingFor many of us, Toy Story is the movie that started our love affair with Pixar and a new era of CG movies. With the current success of Avatar bringing the potential of modern 3D into full fury, the idea …
Continue ReadingLast year I wrote a post on Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories’ project CandyFab, an open-source 3D printer that specializes in printing in sugar. The big news at the time was that it was finally able to print food-grade shapes. Well, …
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