the matrix
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2:40AM Mark Wilson | Anyone who’s a fan of Jorge Cham’s PhD Comics should enjoy this first of what looks to be Cham’s new series called R.O.B.O.T Comics. [Willow Garage via BotJunkie]
The Matrix Put A Bit Of Doubt In All Of Us
2:40AM Mark Wilson | Anyone who’s a fan of Jorge Cham’s PhD Comics should enjoy this first of what looks to be Cham’s new series called R.O.B.O.T Comics. [Willow Garage via BotJunkie] 
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4:00PM Nick Broughall | I have no idea whether this clip of a Bollywood adaption of The Matrix is real. I have no idea whether it’s actually part of an Indian version of the film, or just some clip that wound up on YouTube. But dear god it’s addictive. Like heroin laced candybars. More »
You’ve Never Seen The Matrix Like This
4:00PM Nick Broughall | I have no idea whether this clip of a Bollywood adaption of The Matrix is real. I have no idea whether it’s actually part of an Indian version of the film, or just some clip that wound up on YouTube. But dear god it’s addictive. Like heroin laced candybars. More »
Gadgets
Toshiba Advances Bullet-Time to Next Level In Ad Filmed By 200 Camcorders
1:45AM Kit Eaton | Toshiba’s new “timesculpture” advert takes The Matrix’s Bullet Time film technique one bizarrely cool step forward by animating within the freeze-frame. It was filmed with 200 Gigashot camcorders arranged on a special rig, recording a mahoosive 20 terabytes of data from which the ad was composed. Check it out—it’s like a weird moving Bullet-Time ballet, and then check out the making of clip to learn how it was made. More »
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What if The Matrix Ran on Windows?
1:20AM Adam Frucci | The crew at CollegeHumor have outdone themselves with their latest short, The Matrix Runs on Windows. The concept is pretty self-explanatory: the movie The Matrix if the construct was run on Windows XP. It’s incredible that content shot for the web is reaching the quality of the movies that it spoofs. Seriously, how good does this look? [CollegeHumor] More »
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Ultimate Matrix Collection On Blu-ray October 14
6:39AM Jason Chen | The previously DVD and HD DVD-only Ultimate Matrix Collection is headed to Blu-ray October 14, which will be pretty much the same as the HD DVD version. It’ll have 35 hours of extras, picture-in-picture commentary and a price tag of US$130. If you were that big a Matrix fan to spend US$130 on this, you probably already own it on HD DVD. [high Def Digest] More »
Science
Scientists Working on Matrix-esque Brain-Computer Interface
10:20PM Gizmodo US Edition | A team at Caltech is working on a MEMS-based robot probe that will be able to slowly creep electrodes into your brain to connect up to specific neurons. Creepy indeed, but with potential uses for advanced control of prosthetic limbs, Luke Skywalker-style. But the idea has greater potential for “state-of-the-art experimental techniques for electrophysiology.” according to team-leader Michael Wolf. And that’s just got me picturing the neural probes of The Matrix. More »
Gadgets
FrogConcept Facemask Makes Any Dystopian Future a Happy Funtime Land
4:00AM Gizmodo US Edition | When the future goes to crap in the next 10 years or so, and anarchy rules as humanity falls into a deep, dark pit of despair, this alternate reality mask concept from Frog Design will be there to soften the blow. Invoking mental images of cowed sheep, Aldous Huxley’s soma and even the Matrix, Frog Designs describes its FrogConcept mask as an escape for the doomed people of the future, complete with a “re-skinned” reality. More »
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