Daily Pleasure music edition – aka selected tunes from the HG HQ

Hey, my dear HG readers! Just a short update on my last day of my holiday in Campo Ligure. Lovely small town in Italy, near to Genova. The best place to eat pasta, and the best pesto I’ve ever tried in my life!

Here’s a (quite random) selection of my favourite songs and tunes from the past few weeks. Enjoy, eat pizza and hail Satan!

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The Solar Power Towers of Seville, Spain

Many thanks for the link to Elnar!
Picture sources and VIA: amusingplanet.com

Brain-Machine Interfaces (BMI)

New technology provides interface between humans, computers
Imagine having the ability to control a prosthetic limb with neurological signals, or to play a video game without a controller or motion censor but with just your brain waves. What used to be science fiction is now much closer to reality with skin-mounted electronics, a new technology created by University engineers. (source: dailyillini)

A Kaliforniai Egyetem kutatóinak elsőként sikerült elektronikus tetoválás segítségével, gondolattal irányítani egy okostelefont, és megoldották a gondolatátvitelt is. A telepátia és a telekinézis már nem paranormális fogalmak, hanem technológiai megoldások.

Okostelefont irányítottak gondolatukkal

A csuklóra helyezett, szinte láthatatlan elektronikus tetoválás segítségével, gondolattal irányítottak okostelefont a San Diego-i Kalifornia Egyetem kutatói. A kutatók kísérletükben SMS-t küldtek, csupán gondolataik segítségével.

Az agyhullámokat a homlokra helyezett elektronikus tetoválás fogta fel, és értelmezte, majd egy vezeték nélküli jeladó továbbította a jelet az okostelefonra, amely elküldte az üzenetet – számolt be róla a celon.hu.

Noha a gondolatátvitel és a tárgyak mozgatása sokáig csak a tudományos-fantasztikus irodalom elképzelése volt, ma már valóság. Az elmúlt években számos olyan agyi implantátumot fejlesztettek ki, amely segítségével gépeket vagy művégtagokat lehetett irányítani.

Az agyi implantátumok elhelyezése azonban nagyon komoly sebészeti beavatkozást igényelt, ennek kiküszöbölésére talált megoldást Todd Coleman és csapata az elektronikus tetoválással. (forrás és teljes cikk: celon.hu)

A brain-machine interface is a system comprising a direct communication pathway between the brain and an external device.  Our research group has developed an interpretation of the BMI as a system comprising multiple agents cooperating to achieve a common goal.  This “team decision theory” viewpoint has led us to leverage insights from feedback information theory and control theory to develop direct brain control systems that are easy to use, are theoretically optimal, and attain previously un-attainable performance. (source: coleman.ucsd.edu)

Neural Interaction Lab official project website: coleman.ucsd.edu/lab-research/

Korn – Love & Meth (official music video 2013)

KoЯn – Love & Meth
(from the album “The Paradigm Shift”)

BBC Philharmonic Presents: Nero’s Dubstep Symphony

In June 2011, pioneering dubstep/drum and bass producers, Nero, teamed up with the world-famous BBC Philharmonic. The result is this unique blend between two music genres. Orchestrated and conducted by Joe Duddell (joeduddell.co.uk). Performed live at MediaCity in Salford.

Hosted by BBC Radio 1 (The Zane Lowe Show) and BBC Radio 1Xtra (MistaJam).

** The remastered version of this track can be found on Nero’s new album – Welcome Reality [Deluxe Edition] which is released worldwide on August 15th 2011 **

(c) BBC 2011 (MMXI)

I, Frankenstein (Januray, 2014, official trailer)

200 years after his shocking creation, Dr. Frankenstein’s creature, Adam, still walks the earth. But when he finds himself in the middle of a war over the fate of humanity, Adam discovers he holds the key that could destroy humankind. From the co-writer of the hit supernatural saga, UNDERWORLD, comes the action thriller I, FRANKENSTEIN, written for the screen and directed by Stuart Beattie, screen story by Kevin Grevioux and Stuart Beattie, based on the Darkstorm Studios graphic novel “I, Frankenstein” created by Kevin Grevioux. The story is brought to life by a cast that includes Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Miranda Otto, Jai Courtney, and Aden Young as Victor Frankenstein.

Director: Stuart Beattie
Release: 1/24/2014
Studio: Lionsgate
Websites:
http://www.ifrankensteinfilm.com
http://www.twitter.com/ifrankenstein
http://www.fb.com/ifrankensteinmovie

Starring: Aaron Eckhart, Bill Nighy, Yvonne Strahovski, Jai Courtney, Miranda Otta, Aden Young, Kevin Grevioux

Telekinetic Coffee Shop Surprise (Stephen King’s Carrie movie 2013 promo)

What if telekinesis was real? How would you react? Our hidden camera experiment captures the reactions of unsuspecting customers at a New York City coffee shop as they witness a telekinetic event.

Nature By Numbers – Short movie by Cristóbal Vila

0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, 610, 987, 1597, 2584, 4181, 6765, 10946, 17711, 28657, 46368, 75025, 121393, 196418, 317811, 514229, 832040, 1346269, 2178309, 3524578, 5702887, 9227465, 14930352, 24157817, 39088169…
Fibonacci Number – Golden Spiral – Golden Ratio – Φ

Restate my assumptions: One, Mathematics is the language of nature. Two, Everything around us can be represented and understood through numbers. Three: If you graph the numbers of any system, patterns emerge. Therefore, there are patterns everywhere in nature. Evidence: The cycling of disease epidemics;the wax and wane of caribou populations; sun spot cycles; the rise and fall of the Nile. /Pi

Topsy-Turvy World

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Hawking (official trailer 1080p) 2013

Hawking is the extraordinary story of the planet’s most famous living scientist, told for the first time in his own words and by those closest to him. Made with unique access to Hawking’s private life, this is an intimate and moving journey into Stephen’s world, both past and present. An inspirational portrait of an iconic figure, Hawking relates his incredible personal journey from boyhood under-achiever, to PhD genius, to being diagnosed with Motor Neuron Disease and given just two years to live. Despite the constant threat of death, Hawking manages to make many remarkable scientific discoveries and rises to fame and super-stardom. Hawking – a remarkable man, and a remarkable movie. Written by DSP. VIA IMDB

Official site: hawkingfilm.com