Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-13 Thread Jeff Reynolds
The eames version was the grand daddy and still holds up decades later http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0fKBhvDjuy0 shows the true genius of the eames that their work is just as solid and gorgeous today as it was when it came out. they still amaze me. cheers jeff On Dec 13, 2010, at 7:25

Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-13 Thread Colin Holgate
On Dec 13, 2010, at 1:08 PM, Jeff Reynolds wrote: The eames version was the grand daddy and still holds up decades later One bit of trivia, the powers of ten idea was sent to the Natural History Museum on the 1920s, and the one I did was based on that original suggestion. I'm not sure if

Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-13 Thread Jeff Reynolds
Colin, yes the idea has been around for a long time and done quite a bit in all sorts of ways. The eames version was commissioned by IBM as part of a traveling exhibit at the time and based on the 1957 book by Kees Boeke. yours is a very nice interactive, and i think i may have played with

Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-12 Thread Colin Holgate
On Dec 12, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Completely off any topic, but it's Sunday, so... http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/primer/java/scienceopticsu/powersof10/ Here's something related, a screen recording of a museum kiosk I programmed ten years ago, for the planetarium in NYC:

Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-12 Thread Pierre Sahores
Colin, Links seems to be out of date there (error 404). Best regards, Pierre Le 12 déc. 2010 à 20:50, Colin Holgate a écrit : On Dec 12, 2010, at 2:08 PM, Mark Wieder wrote: Completely off any topic, but it's Sunday, so...

Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-12 Thread Colin Holgate
On Dec 12, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote: Colin, Links seems to be out of date there (error 404). Thanks, I forgot that I was exporting them as MP4: http://xfiles.funnygarbage.com/~colinholgate/video/planetarium/SS.mp4

Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-12 Thread Pierre Sahores
Amazing, Thanks Colin ! Pierre Le 12 déc. 2010 à 20:58, Colin Holgate a écrit : On Dec 12, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote: Colin, Links seems to be out of date there (error 404). Thanks, I forgot that I was exporting them as MP4:

Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-12 Thread stephen barncard
Absolutely beautiful UI ! WOW. On 12 December 2010 11:58, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: On Dec 12, 2010, at 2:53 PM, Pierre Sahores wrote: Colin, Links seems to be out of date there (error 404). Thanks, I forgot that I was exporting them as MP4:

Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-12 Thread Pierre Sahores
;-) Einstein's Dream, Unification, String Theory http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h4_uFU-fKTM Ce Qu'Einstein Ne Savait Pas Encore 1/3 http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xhzi7_ce-qu-einstein-ne-savait-pas-encore_news Le 12 déc. 2010 à 21:33, Richard Gaskin a écrit : And for those who haven't

Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-12 Thread Colin Holgate
On Dec 12, 2010, at 7:01 PM, Terry Judd wrote: Really nice Colin and they don't look at all dated. Are they still in use? I'm not sure. It's a few years since I was there, and at that time the size scales ones were still in use, on four screens in this area:

Re: OT: Powers of Ten

2010-12-12 Thread Terry Judd
On 13/12/10 12:14 PM, Colin Holgate co...@verizon.net wrote: The kiosks were done using Director 7, and the animations made mostly with After Effects. I made the spiral galaxy using 50,000 sprites in Director, and some of the forming of planets were done using Director too. Wow! Director