the cutting edge fox 8 news indy 500 angelina jolie leg daytona jeff gordon artie lange
Saturday, April 28, 2012
People Test Toilets Using Fake Poop? [Wtf]
Patterned by Nature: it's big, blocky and earth-approved (video)
Quick quiz: which consumes more power, an "energy-efficient" 55-inch LED TV, or the 90-foot "Patterned by Nature" video installation at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences? It's actually a trick question, because the sculpture does eat less power -- just 75 watts -- but then it only has a fraction of the TV's pixels. Each of its 3600 "dots" is in fact a 6-inch glass pane which can vary its transparency, a decidedly more lo-fi approach than similar tech we've seen before, but no less arresting as a result. As the video shows, it combines an eight channel soundtrack with twenty Mario-like animations on its serpentine skin -- ranging from bacteria to flocking geese -- to bring mother nature to the viewer without sapping her energy.
Patterned by Nature: it's big, blocky and earth-approved (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:50:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Permalink
The Verge | 
Prosthetic Knowledge | Email this | Comments
ufc 144 fight card ufc 144 results acura nsx all star weekend 2012 giada de laurentiis howard hughes nationwide race
Friday, April 27, 2012
Wiz Khalifa And Mac Miller Ham Up Rap Beef On 'RapFix Live'
The Pittsburgh pair refuse to look at each other in their first joint interview.
By Rob Markman, with reporting by Sway Calloway
Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller on "RapFix Live"
Photo: Natasha Chandel/ MTV News
Call them hip-hop's odd couple. Though they both hail from Pittsburgh and are signed to local indie label Rostrum Records, Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller absolutely hate each other — well, not really. On Wednesday's "RapFix Live," the 'Burgh's finest appeared together for their first joint interview.
Rather than play things straight, the pair decided to have a little fun on set.
"Why is he here?" Wiz asked, throwing his hands in the air after host Sway Calloway brought Mac onto the "RapFix Live" set.
"I'm getting hated on on this couch, man; can I get my own couch?" Mac responded.
Sway tried to play peacemaker, but Wiz and Mac weren't having it. The two were cordial enough to sit down on the red couch together, but refused to face each other.
"I haven't seen you in a while man, you looking good," Khalifa said, looking away from Miller trying to break the playful tension. "Thanks, wish I can say the same for you, man," Mac responded, trying his best to hold in his laughter.
A beef between Pittsburgh's two biggest rap stars would be quite problematic, considering that the duo are planning to hit the road together this summer on the Under the Influence of Music tour. Khalifa and Miller will be joined by Taylor Gang's Chevy Woods as well as TDE's Kendrick Lamar and Schoolboy Q on the nine-show run.
Though they remain good friends, Wiz and Mac have built their own careers separate from each other. There are only a few low-key collaborations between the pair, but they plan to record together again soon. "Me and Mac are gonna collaborate together because that's what I want to do, it doesn't matter what he wants to do. What I say goes," Wiz said in character. "We're gonna do a song, because we've had a plan this whole time," Mac revealed.
"Actually I need Mac. I'm trying to use his success to boost my album because it's about to come out," Khalifa joked.
Will you be attending Wiz Khalifa and Mac Miller's Under the Influence of Music tour? Tell us in the comments!
Related Videos Related Photos Related Artistsportland trailblazers will kopelman casey anthony leann rimes dakota fanning casey anthony video diary joe johnson
Stunning Time-Lapse of One World Trade Center Construction [Video]
dog the bounty hunter tacoma narrows bridge weather nyc open marriage department of justice doj dept of justice
Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze Jr. Expecting Second Child!
Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze Jr. Expecting Second Child!
Acting couple Sarah Michelle Gellar and husband Freddie Prinze, Jr. have their second child on the way. The couple, who met on the set of [...]
Sarah Michelle Gellar & Freddie Prinze Jr. Expecting Second Child! Stupid Celebrities Gossip Stupid Celebrities Gossip News
platypus platypus overboard east of eden weather radio indiana autoimmune disease
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)