While disassembling an engine for repair, youtuber nothingheroek had the brilliant idea to use the reference photos taken and use them to create this stop-frame animation.

Collecting from various sources, filmmaker Michael Marantz has edited together this very impressive inspirational and optimistic video. Recommended stuff.

The future excites me so much, that is why I made this video. We need to be inspired by the immense possibilities of the future and work extremely hard to achieve them. We can do it, we just have to commit.

So, following the release of yesterday’s Meet the Pyro short film, comes the beta announcement of Valve’s video/editing tool: The Source Filmmaker.

Fuck. Yes.

I honestly can’t stop enjoying this musical of sorts…

Just in time for the weekend. Thanks science.

It’s only taken five years since the release of Team Fortress 2 and the debut of their awesome “Meet the…” promo shorts, but “Meet the Pyro” has finally been released and it is oh so darkly funny.

Whilst the music is somewhat of a pretty over-dramatic Inception knock-off (which consequently detracts from the overall message), this video just released from NASA demonstrates the complex multitude of stages that their 890 kilograms Curiosity rover will have to go through in order to land on Mars surface in August. Even ignoring the at times jarring music, this shit looks to be one awesome (and nail-biting) feat of engineering.

Lonesome George Is Dead, and the Pinta Island Tortoises Are Extinct

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And here’s a brief clip from some interview with Marcia whatshername, but the real star here is a plucky audience member who knows just how to work the camera:

Awesome.

Big Picture: National Geographic Traveler Magazine: 2012 Photo Contest

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And because you can never have too much Community related things on the internet: