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Objectified Review
3:00AM John Mahoney | Do you ever stop to realise that another human being carefully conceived and designed every object you will touch today? It’s a pretty amazing thought, and after Objectified, you’ll be thinking it more often.
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Turbo: A Vistually Striking Video Game Movie, Shot For Under $US100K
8:20AM Mark Wilson | The short film Turbo doesn’t just capture how we imagine playing video games in 10-20 years. It’s a piece that could only look this good through modern, inexpensive movie making technologies. More »
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MacHeads Documentary Now Available on iTunes/Amazon
6:20AM Mark Wilson | If you were interested in checking out MacHeads, a documentary that looks a lot like Trekkies with Apple products, it’s now available for rental and purchase on iTunes and Amazon VOD. AU: Doesn’t look like the Australian iTunes Store has it yet… [iTunes and Amazon] More »
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The World’s Best Gadget Designers Speak in Objectified
12:15AM John Mahoney | As he did for Helvetica’s namesake typeface, Gary Hustwit gathered the world’s top designers for his forthcoming documentary Objectified, telling the story of the magic behind the objects we use every day. More »
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NASA-TV Streams HD Film to Celebrate 50 Years in Space
10:45PM Kit Eaton | 50 years ago this month NASA rocketed into existence, and to celebrate this fact NASA-TV is streaming its special retrospective show “50 Years of Exploration: The Golden Anniversary of NASA” in HD format today at 1pm and 8pm EDT (and again tomorrow at 10am and 2pm). Check it out: it’s presented by none other than Neil Armstrong, and it’ll remind you how frickin’ astonishing the achievements of the Agency are, despite its recent rockety woes. [NASA-TV] More »
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