Make your own comic strips

Here are a couple of sites where you can go to make your own animations. We have been playing around with them for days at SH. They require next to no prior knowledge of this sort of stuff. They work quite simply on a drag and drop system allowing novices and experts alike to create what they want.

Go Animate

Strip Generator

Brainwave Controllers

SH found these whilst having an amble through the recesses of the internet the other day.

I reckon they could step beyond Kinect and Wii by making the brain the controller rather than the body.

More importantly they are also being developed so that paralysed patients are able to control sensors, computers and the like without having to commit to complex surgery inside the skull.

Now there is a realistic possibility of the technology becoming more commonplace allowing people with reduced mobility and those with muscular conditions to improve their quality of life.

Aeroplane Concepts

The following are a number of aeroplane concepts developed by companies such as Eads, Aerion and Airbus. These concepts could be the future of long distance travelling - though will they match the luxury of Concord?

VITALIC : Second Lives

Both a cracking piece of music and a wicked video to boot, WARNING this is the uncensored version. To see some more ace videos from this band catch the jump, Enjoy.

Film of the Week : The 6th Day

2000, what a year, and this is why. How many flims have had the same concept as this now, not one but two of our beloved Arnold Schwarzenegger. Can Arnie [Adam Gibson] stop maniacal clones taking over the world, I think we all know the answer. But it is great fun watching how he does stop them, you guessed it, diplomacy. Enjoy the trailer especially the very last quote of it, oh the declarative nature of things.

The Gerber Steady : As Advertised by Bear

The Gerber Steady its a tripod with a knife attached, or a knife with a tripod attached, or a ....

Either way despite the practicality and terrifying advertising in the form of Bear Grylls, check out the Gerber site. Frankly I'm amazed they have a "Essential" knives section.

Good idea it may work out, but I'm still scared by the fact someone joined these two items.

Da Feng's Flake

Now we are getting somewhere. Whilst this is essentially impossible it and the BMW GINA are a step in the right direction. Beautiful modular vehicles, my passion for this, TRON has a lot to answer for. Da Feng congratulations sir, a fantastic concept. Whilst the video render is not as good as the concept art, lovely idea, Enjoy.

To catch some more images hit the jump.

A robot that can fly like a bird

Is this the beginning will razorbeak be here soon?

TED State "Plenty of robots can fly -- but none can fly like a real bird. That is, until Markus Fischer and his team at Festo built SmartBird, a large, lightweight robot, modeled on a seagull, that flies by flapping its wings."

Nikon & Canon Chess set

This is really a missus of what Nikon Canon intended. But this little advertising stunt by LensRentals is just brilliant probably not the most expensive chess set you could buy but its defiantly up there.

LensRentals stated at the end of their article, "well we figured we might as well plug it in to our rental model and price it: You can rent the Lensrentals Chess set for just $9,221.00 per week."

Schleeh Design

These paper structures are the work of Schleeh Design founded by Colin Schleeh and Rachael Schwarz in 2001. Schleeh was born in Montreal in 1955 and is the son of Sculptor Hans Schleeh.

Schleeh Design create a range of limited edition pieces and accessories as well as making these damn interesting note pads.

Concept Art from Tinfoil

Tinfoil or Daniel Dociu produces digital concept art. Stunning works of both technical genius and visual beauty. Catch Tinfoil's personal statement after the jump. The use of the media and just fantastic imagination of some of these works really does make it all worth at look. After the Jump there are also some more of his images. Just a simply beautiful collection of work.



Tinfoil's statement on his website, www.tinfoilgames.com, states

The Peugeot EX1

The Peugeot EX1, The official Peugeot website states " The project is to create an exceptional vehicle to celebrate Peugeot's 200th anniversary quickly allied itself to another goal: mobilizing itself to all the historic skills devoted to electric motors" visit the Official Peugeot site. On top of looking stunning this car also won a number of awards, check out the video of it in action or click the jump for some more images of the car, Enjoy.

Bill Stone : Deep Sea Exploration, Autonomous Robots & Lunar Mining

Bill Stone on Deep Sea Exploration, autonomous robots and lunar mining. This really is what we need to be doing. Although at this point NASA had not just stopped going to space so forgive some naivety on his part, its just these modern times. Enjoy.

Dylan Cole Studio

Dylan Cole Studio website states "Dylan Cole is an art director, concept artist, and matte painter who specializes in film, video games, and commercials. The southern Caliornia native always had a love for drawing. Inital interest in comic book art gave way to matte painting and concept design after he saw the Art of Star Wars books. Dylan attended UCLA as a fine art major where he continued to draw and paint traditionally."



"A summer internship at ILM opened his eyes to the digital world that he had been avoiding. Within a year and a half of graduating from UCLA, Dylan was off to New Zealand to be a senior matte painter for Return of the King. Since then, Dylan has contributed art to over 50 films including Avatar, Alice in Wonderland, and Tron Legacy."



For more images from Dylan Cole either visit his website, www.dylancolestudio.com or catch the jump for more images and a showreel, Enjoy.

Cardboard Bike Helmet

This helmet can allegedly take 4 times as much punishment as its plastic counterpart.
It was designed by Anirudha Surabhi and has also apparently survived five repeated tests and still passed the British Standard (EN 1078) test.

This post is just a quick topical "glad you are OK" to Aran Prior of SH. I found this and thought of you buddy.

Minimalist Decepticons

This little image sprang up on facebook and was spotted by Mr James Schofield. Minimalist Decepticons see if you can name them all, Thanks for the find James.

Freshwater Factory Skyscraper

The Freshwater Factory Skyscraper recieved a special mention at the 2010 eVolo Skyscraper Competition.

It was designed by the Design Crew for Architecture.

The tower is made of circular tanks filled with brackish water. These tanks are sheltered in spherical greenhouses. Tidal powered pumps bring the water up the structure. The structure would create its own fresh water to be used for irigation on surrounding arable land.

Seascraper Concept

I found this whilst researching yesterday's post. This is a concept design looking at the reapplication of oil rigs as sustainable living spaces.

This design by Young Wan Kim, Sue Hwan Kwun, Jun Young Park and Joong Ha Park recently recieved an honourable mention at the 2011 eVolo Skyscraper competition.

The structure also through a process of distillation would make its own drinking water.

Nam June Paik Bridge: Seoul

This is a concept for a bridge planned for Seoul. It is based on the work of the artist Nam June Paik.

The 1080m megastructure would a multi use structure; acting as but not limited to a park, meeting space, shopping centre and museum.

As well as adding new green space to the city, the whole bridge would be covered with solar panels so generating its own energy.

Cheap Car Modifications

I was looking for a follow up post to my Hummer post of a few weeks ago and I admit I failed to find anything that I could honestly one up those beasts with.

Therefore I present to you a one downing. There is more chance of winning the Gadget show prize than getting these monsters insured I feel.