Archive for the ‘entertainment’ category: Page 117
Nov 21, 2015
Admiral Bishop Senate Speech Starring Gary Oldman — Star Citizen Official Trailer
Posted by Sean Brazell in category: entertainment
Check out Gary Oldman’s character Admiral Bishop give a speech to the Senate.
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Nov 21, 2015
Why it matters that you realize you’re in a computer simulation
Posted by Odd Edges in categories: entertainment, futurism, philosophy, virtual reality
What if our universe is something like a computer simulation, or a virtual reality, or a video game? The proposition that the universe is actually a computer simulation was furthered in a big way during the 1970s, when John Conway famously proved that if you take a binary system, and subject that system to only a few rules (in the case of Conway’s experiment, four); then that system creates something rather peculiar.
Nov 8, 2015
New: An elderly couple, revived from cryonic preservation, face the joys and challenges of a second life in the distant future
Posted by Lily Graca in categories: entertainment, futurism
“Critic’s Award for Excellence” for Best Short Film at FilmFest Twain Harte, 2014. Starring Jared Abrahamson, Joslyn Jensen, and Jennifer Lafleur. Written and directed by John Harden. For more information, please visit NewTheMovie.com.
Nov 6, 2015
UNCANNY Trailer (Sci-fi — 2015)
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI
The biggest scientific discovery in human history… is not human!
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The world’s first “perfect” Artificial Intelligence (AI) begins to exhibit startling and unnerving emergent behavior when a reporter begins a relationship with the scientist who created it.
Nov 6, 2015
BB-8 Speaks, Chewie Roars, and Kylo Ren Threatens Rey in New ‘Star War: Force Awakens’ Trailer
Posted by Sean Brazell in categories: entertainment, robotics/AI, weapons
In case you’re wondering…
There IS a big, goofy and stupid smile on my face!
Nov 3, 2015
New Star Trek Series To Premiere In 2017
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: entertainment, space
This is the best news you will read all day: Star Trek is coming back. The franchise will get a brand new series in January 2017, one year after it turns 50.
CBS made an announcement today, stating that Alex Kurtzman, who co-wrote the two latest Star Trek films will be the executive producer for the new series, which will be streamed over CBS’ on-demand online service, CBS All Access. You can watch the premiere on TV, but after that you’ll have to subscribe to the $5.99/month service in order to see more episodes. It’s a clever ploy to bring in subscribers, because, really, who doesn’t want to see the next Star Trek series?
A Star Trek television show hasn’t graced the airwaves since Enterprise ended its four season run in 2005. This news is likely utterly thrilling to fans of the series that have contented themselves with movies and binge-watching episodes from the original Star Trek series, The Next Generation, Deep Space 9, and Voyager.
Nov 1, 2015
Post-Human
Posted by Shailesh Prasad in categories: computing, entertainment, nanotechnology, robotics/AI
Post-Human is a scifi proof-of-concept short based on the bestselling series of novels by me, David Simpson. Amazingly, filmed over just three hours by a crew of three, the short depicts the opening of Post-Human, drawing back the curtain on the Post-Human world and letting viewers see the world and characters they’ve only been able to imagine previously. You’ll get a taste of a world where everyone is immortal, have onboard mental “mind’s eye” computers, nanotechnology can make your every dream a reality, and thanks to the magnetic targeted fusion implants every post-human has, everyone can fly (and yep, there’s flying in this short!) But there’s a dark side to this brave new world, including the fact that every post-human is monitored from the inside out, and the one artificial superintelligence running the show might be about to make its first big mistake. wink
The entire crew was only three people, including me, and I was behind the camera at all times. The talent is Madison Smith as James Keats, and Bridget Graham as his wife, Katherine. As a result of the expense of the spectacular location, the entire short had to be filmed in three hours, so we had to be lean and fast. What a rush! (Pun intended).
Oct 30, 2015
Can Computers Be As Creative As A Human?
Posted by Dan Faggella in categories: computing, entertainment, media & arts, open source
To many people, the introduction of the first Macintosh computer and its graphical user interface in 1984 is viewed as the dawn of creative computing. But if you ask Dr. Nick Montfort, a poet, computer scientist, and assistant professor of Digital Media at MIT, he’ll offer a different direction and definition for creative computing and its origins.
Defining Creative
“Creative Computing was the name of a computer magazine that ran from 1974 through 1985. Even before micro-computing there was already this magazine extolling the capabilities of the computer to teach, to help people learn, help people explore and help them do different types of creative work, in literature, the arts, music and so on,” Montfort said.
“It was a time when people had a lot of hope that computing would enable people personally as artists and creators to do work. It was actually a different time than we’re in now. There are a few people working in those areas, but it’s not as widespread as hoped in the late 70’s or early 80s.”
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