Check out uber geek, Ronald Jenkees, ‘jam out’ on the piano. You can buy his CD at RonaldJenkees.com. By the way, despite his looks, he is not a savant.
Lots of people make assumptions, but I’m normal and I also don’t take myself (or music for that matter) too seriously. Some also assume I went to school for music but I actually went for a tech-related degree (networking, security). Musically speaking, I am completely self-taught but it was a slow process – I don’t think I was “born to play” or anything but stuck with it. My actual training consists of a few piano lessons (I was a terrible piano student quickly went back to just playing) and one year of marching band during my senior year of high-school.
Listen to his remix of the Rocky song after the jump…
ENESS, a 3D software development firm from Melbourne, Australia, demonstrates their WhiteBoard Pong, which utilizes their physics engine in a game of Pong (which we now call “tennis” in today’s video game world). In a nutshell, a computer is used to detect the “black stripes” which sets up the playing area/level. The physics engine then powers the light (ball) to create the classic game of Pong, keeping within the constraints of the level. Video after the jump.
Using what some may call trash, one’s garbage has been transformed into pieces of creative art — all using a subway station’s escalator and a bicycle wheel. Called the Subway Machine, the sculpture uses the escalator’s moving handrail to rotate a bike tire. The tire then causes a series of gears to also rotate, effectively powering the actual sculpture. It’s sorta like a Rube Goldberg machine.
Other sculptures were also created and scattered thoughout the subway station. Interestingly, the escalator isn’t the only piece of subway equipment utilized to power the arts — think elevator and the subway’s ticket gates. Video after the break.
Created by a french blogger, this probably won’t make sense, unless you’ve played some Street Fighter. I mean, you could of course read up about it, but then, it won’t be as funny.
