DREAMORAMA REMIX by SNA-FU Grand Désordre Orchestre (by SNAFUGDO)
Lasse Gjertsen’s - ‘Consoul’
Lasse Gjertsen’s Consoul is a video that tells the story of one person’s life and death using 8-bits video game sprites. It’s a clever little video with a nice soundtrack as well. It also demonstrates how you don’t need snappy 3D effects to tell an affective story… even though there actually is a little 3D in the video. But it’s there for a reason. Check out the actually video mentioned after the bump.
University of Calgary succeeds in building a neurochip out of silicon, human brain cells
Scientists at the University of Calgary have teamed up with the National Research Council Canada to put a network of human brain cells on a microchip — in effect creating a (tiny) brain on a chip. Until now, when scientists wanted to monitor brain cells, they could only monitor one or two simultaneously, but with this new neurochip, large groups of cells can be placed on the chip and observed in detail, as they go about their business “networking and performing automatic, large-scale drug screening for various brain dysfunctions,” according to PhysOrg. But that’s just the beginning! This sort of advance could someday lead to neurochip implants for driving artificial limbs, treatments for strokes and brain trauma, and more. The Globe and Mail even mentions the possibility that living neurons could be combined with silicon circuits to create an “organic computer.” From that point it’s only a matter of time before you’re jacking into cyberspace with your Dixie Flatline ROM.
(via engadget)
We no longer have to be jealous of our Francophone pals who get to read awesome books about game history and culture. Publisher Pix’n Love has announced plans to translate some of its works into English, starting with The History of Nintendo, Vol. 1, (part of a series Eastern Mind’s Bruno de Figueiredo called “must have”) which will be released August 25. It covers “the forgotten past of Nintendo, from its origins in 1889 until the early 1980’s.”
Upcoming translations include volume 2 of the same series, about Game & Watch, and an English translation of the French translation of the Takahashi Meijin book!
The books will sell for $25 each. The History of Nintendo, Vol. 1 can be pre-ordered right now. Thanks to all the kind readers who alerted us to this news!
hehe finally ! go for it english friends ;)
