I've just realized that I seem to like posting about swings. So why break the cycle! The UpSwing, a simple portable swing that comes with the ropes and hooks you need to setup a playground anywhere you want. As long as you have a sturdy object above you, you can hang the UpSwing on it. I would love to go to a park in the summer and relax on this thing underneath a tree!
WOW! Check out these super fun and funny videos created at last Saturday's Start-Animation Project!
The Nature Research Center in Raleigh, North Carolina is home to the extremelly impressive Patterned by Nature installation. The piece is 10 feet wide and 90 feet in length, it's also made up of 3,600 transparent glass "pixels" that change their opacity to simulate events in nature. There are twenty programs the ribbon cycles through, ranging from clouds, raindrops, birds flying, and more. The piece even plays an eight channel soundtrack to go along with the content being shown.
I see and work with books everyday, but never really think about the creation process. This video titled, Birth of a Book, directed by Glen Milner, shows the development of traditional book-making from start to finish at book binding company, Smith-Settle Printers in Leeds, England.
To view more of Glen Milner's work click here.
Here's a video from our first DIY program! Last March we created popsicle stick bombs in the Teen area and this month we'll be meeting again on April 14tth to create duct tape wallets. Keep an eye out every month for the next program in our new series of DIY programs.
UPDATE: If you missed this program you can still download and print the instructions!
People have been talking about Google's latest concept, Project Glass. The glasses basically have the same functions as a smart phone, like look up information, use social networks, etc. One of the biggest discussions is, would anyone actually wear these goofy looking things? If it ever gets off the ground I'd be interested to see how they work in the real world. Check out the video demonstration below.
Have you heard about this movie?
It's an award winning documentary about the world’s largest teen slam poetry competition known as "Louder Than a Bomb." Every year, more than 600 teenagers from over 60 Chicago-area schools take part in the slam. This movie follows four of the slam teams - Whitney Young, Oak Park/River Forest, Northside College Prep, and Steinmetz as they prepare for the 2008 event.
We are screening the film on Friday, April 13 at 7pm in the Hendrickson Room for middle and high school students. Afterwards, you can perform your own poetry or listen to others share theirs.
Watch the trailer, register for the event, and we'll see you on the 13th!
With 95% of his vision gone, the man in this video, Steve, is beyond being considered legally blind, and he's driving a car. Google's self driving car, first announced in 2010, is a technological wonder. The car has already clocked 200,000 miles by using a series of cameras and a scanning laser to determine it's route. All you have to do is tell the car your destination it and will plot a route for you, taking into consideration speed limits and traffic patterns. Watch as Steve takes a trip out for some Taco Bell.
