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Archive for August, 2007

Animated flashlight film

Posted by countlazarus on August 3, 2007

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“..Takeshi Nagata and Kazue Monno made this wonderful animated film titled ‘Pika Pika 2007′ by taking long-exposure photographs of people waving flashlights and stitching the photos together..”

(Via Boing Boing.)

Posted in media, movies | 2 Comments »

Gene tunes

Posted by countlazarus on August 3, 2007

Genome Technology Daily Scan

If a Patented Gene Appears in a Song, Who Gets the Royalty?

“..Sure, genetic music was the out-of-left-field offshoot of the Human Genome Project, but we can’t deny that the field — such as it is — has shown surprising longevity. If you have a free minute, check out this newly issued patent. It covers ‘music generated by decoding and transcribing genetic information within a DNA sequence into a music signal having melody and harmony,’ according to the abstract..”

(Via Genome Technology Daily.)

Posted in meta, music | 2 Comments »