Artemis | Spaceship Bridge Simulator
This is extremely nerdy, but I’d be a liar if I didn’t want to get some friends together and play this simulator.
From the website:
What is Artemis?
Artemis is a multiplayer, multi-computer networked game for Windows computers.
Artemis simulates a spaceship bridge by networking several computers together. One computer runs the simulation and the "main screen", while the others serve as workstations for the normal jobs a bridge officer might do, like Helm, Communication, Engineering, and Weapon Control.
Artemis is a social game where several players are together in one room ("bridge") , and while they all work together, one player plays the Captain, a person who sits in the middle, doesn’t have a workstation, and tells everyone what to do.
Artemis is a software game for Windows XP, Windows Vista, and Windows 7.
My favorite bit from the FAQs:
Q: Why can’t my crew play over the internet, using some voice chat software?
A: I always wanted the players to be in one room together, just like a spaceship bridge. I want the captain to be able to push the helmsman aside and shout "Full power, DAMN you!!!" BUT, as a veteran game developer, I recognize that players play my game the way THEY like, not the way I like. V1.1 optimized the network code, and a server option that lets you adjust the network update speed, so Artemis plays across the internet just fine.
Artemis | Spaceship Bridge Simulator
via @pomorales
World’s Smallest V-12 Engine
What an amazing feat of handcraftsmanship!
via BoingBoing
Photography Themed Rube Goldberg
I’m a sucker for elaborate contraptions—especially ones that involve themes that are near and dear to my heart.
Enjoy!
iSleight of iHand
Great use of technology, timing, and sleight of hand, though I wouldn’t exactly label it as “magic.”
via Woot
Leica Lenses Sliced in Half For Science!
Pictured above is a Leica Tri-Elmar-M 28-35-50mm lens cut neatly in half. Call it death of a lens. I call it an interesting display on the intricate mechanical workings of a camera lens.
These were actually made by Leica students as a graduation project and boxed as a “cutaway model” of the lens.
This also gives you a good mental image of what you can potentially break if/when you drop your lens.
Thanks for the link, David!
via PetaPixel
Doodling Infinity Elephants
Vi Hart is my hero. This is how you make math fun to learn.
Her YouTube videos went viral and now she is being featured in the New York Times.
Bravo, Vi… Bravo.
via Vi Hart
A Practical Flying Car
This is the most feasible implementation of a flying car that I’ve seen to date. I’d say this might be of practical use in the bay area or down in the Los Angeles area, but only if I was the only one to have it. Most drivers have a hard enough time with the XY-axis… adding a Z-axis is potentially disastrous. 
Nice find, Tim!
via EAA
Light Field Photography with a Plenoptic Camera
I’ve been keeping my eye on plenoptic lenses since I saw this Stanford Research paper on the topic back in 2005. In layman’s terms: with a Plenoptic Camera, you’ll never take an out-of-focus image again. Using a special lens composed of an array of micro-lenses, more information is captured than your usual camera setup (see image below from Laptop Magazine):
Special software takes the above image and resolves it into a traditional photo. The kicker is, though, the user can choose where the focal point is during this post-processing step. It’s pretty amazing and will revolutionize photography as we know it. Here’s a video demo:
Light Field Photography with a Hand-Held Plenoptic Camera [Stanford University]
Never Take an Out-of-Focus Picture Again: Adobe’s New Plenoptic Lens Tech [Laptop Magazine] via @AngeloAlcid
Monster Chess
From io9.com:
It took four guys one year, more than 100,000 legos, about $30,000, and a love for robotic awesomess to create Monster Chess. Keep watching, because it gets more and more impressive as it goes.
via io9.com
Time For a Workstation (Desk) Upgrade
If you feel that your computer workstation needs a little “flair”, you might want to give these workstations a shot.
Thanks for the link, Daniel!
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