Ever wondered how a CD-Player, Alka-Seltzer and peanutbutter with honey behave under microgravity conditions?
While Google is great for plenty of stuff, Wolfram Alpha uses built-in models to compute answers to fact-based questions, basically making it an enormous calculator. Endowed with over 10 trillion pieces of data and 50,000+ algorithms encompassing vast areas of human knowledge (science, math, etc), the initial focus is on quantitative information, meaning it can do everything from graph up complicated calculus equations, to pump out historical sports statistics, to map the duration/magnitude of the next total eclipse. The search acknowledges it’s currently limited to hard facts, so don’t bother asking anything subjective.
The one movie for the gaming generation? From the director team of Crank comes this near-future thriller starring Gerard Butler as the champion of an on-line game called “Slayers” which allows humans control other humans in mass-scale, multiplayer online games – Running Man meets Avalon. A test screening critic: “This film is not going to be everyone’s cup of tea. That’s because it’s more like a cup of vodka.” Oh and Dexter’s in it. And some rappers of course.
What the hell is he doing at 01:45?
Danish design company Goodmorning Technology developed a city bike concept for NY’s Park & Recreation: An integrated basket in a handlebar, impossible to get lost or easily stolen. Via
On June 1st David Lynch will launch his documentary series Interview Project, a 20.000 mile roadtrip around the United Sates over 70 days featuring 121 short profiles of different people from all walks of life.
Dark Night Of The Soul is the latest release by Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse, featuring Wayne Coyne, Gruff Rhys, Jason Lytle, Julian Casablancas, Black Francis, James Mercer, Nina Persson and Vic Chesnutt. EMI decided not to release it due to some legal issues. Danger Mouse decided to release it anyway, so there is just a blank CD-R inside the jewel case. You might want to look on your favorite P2P flatform. Or you can listen to it online right here. Via
Coming this September: Director John Hillcoat’s adaptation of the Cormac McCarthy (No Country For Old Men) Pulitzer Prize winner. Starring Viggo Mortensen, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce and Kodi Smit-McPhee.
Hamburg did it once again.
