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Time-lapse video filmed in Antarctica, in and around McMurdo Station and Scott Base. Go to antarcticimages.com for a better quality version of this clip; Blog is here .

First person view [explanation] remote control piloting in Brazil (don’t miss the end!):

and NYC (arrests: none):

Without visual cues, humans will always ambulate in a circle — and there seems to be no explanation why. Read the whole article at NPR.

[direct link] Real wingsuit flying, gliding through a gorge in Switzerland.

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From WFMU’s Beware of the Blog. [mp3s] Yep. It’s a Yodel extravaganza. But iffen y’all wants more, here’s a youtube video of an 11-year-old yodelling sensation. [warning: pretty cute.]

[direct link] funniest cat ever.

Climbing robot:

“RiSE is a small six-legged robot that climbs vertical terrain such as walls, trees and fences.”
(more…)

These tips by filmmaker David Sington are part of a Nova special on solar neutrinos (The Ghost Particle). Sington, a veteran of more than two dozen science documentaries, believes there are some simple rules for making any movie, even ones that deal with difficult subjects like high-level science.

A Canadian goose is sucked in by an Airforce Hawk jet trainer during a NATO flight school training session, forcing the pilot and student to eject and destroying the aircraft – all captured on video. Download a .wmv file here, or view the google video version.

Here’s an official crash report (with “after” photo).

Photos (and a video clip) of jets breaking the sound barrier.

Springboard is “a free Windows application for easily and quickly sketching and annotating storyboards for film, video, animation, or other dynamic media”.

Wow! Click the play button below, then read this news article about a giant octopus attacking a mini sub while waiting for the video to load.

(find more Terry Tate/Reebok at Google Video)

Handy dandy cable coiling techniques (video).

“Armed only with a few mirrored spheres and a digital camera, Paul Debevec set out to make a film like no other…”

Gorgeous computer animation set in St. Peter’s Basilica. New Scientist article. Fiat Lux main site.

Water Balloon Bounce. Also see a woman age, and nine more pages of time-lapse/time-speed animations.

From Sheepfilms.
For more fun .gif animations, Start here.

Or check out some clever video shorts.
This one is fun.

Here’s the winner of the Interfilm Berlin Siemens MicroMovie Award for 90-second videos filmed entirely on a mobile phone. (Micromovie Award site, with more winners here). You can find more teeny-tiny films by this guy at (plus lots more) at Undergroundfilm.

Interfilm Berlin Kurzfilm und Verleih (contest entry information page) is accepting entries for short films (up to 20 minutes) until July 15th – no entry fee, it seems. (main site).

Video: The History of the Universe in 60 Seconds or Less.

Link: EagleCam: click through to “MiniCam in Action”.

Link: Colorization Using Optimization.

Absolutely amazing! Try it yourself with a Java applet.

Link: Free-Codecs.com :: Download latest audio codecs, video codecs, codec packs and tools.

The Real Alternative from here is magnifico! "play RealMedia files without having to install RealPlayer/RealOne Player". Perfect. Also,

QuickTime Alternative.

Link: TorrentSpy.com : The Largest BitTorrent Community.

Also, see: Brian’s BitTorrent FAQ and Guide, and Torrent Watcher.