Things I Think Are Kinda Cool

The birth of electronic music can be traced back to the EMS (Electronic Music Studios), a group of forward-thinking musicians in England who experimented with sounds and techniques to create a completely new genre.  ”What the Future Sounded Like” is an excellent documentary that profiles the group and the stunning achievements they made.  If you’re a geek like me, you’ll love seeing all the vintage computers and mixing equipment which must have seemed incredibly futuristic at the time.

It’s fascinating how most of the music they created is timeless and could still hold up today, decades later -

-via Metafilter

***Click here for Part Two and Part Three of the documentary.

Check out this cool ‘Equinox’-clock designed by Bram Knaapen…it trashes standard clock hands and replaces them with LED lights around the edges.  Nice.

-Link via The Daily What

Flamethrowers and ducks – a match made in 8-bit heaven:

-Link via @TechZader

A photo of NYC on a recent summer night, taken from the Space Station about 220 miles above earth…I love New York:

-via @NewYorkology

You might not be geeky enough to notice or care, but the SS Enterprise’s warp drive has really evolved throughout the years. Check out this video which shows the warp effects from the first ‘Star Trek’ movies all the way to the most recent. Oddly enough, it’s been a boring evolution, starting out as a sparkly rainbow disco-tunnel in 1979 and ending up as a bland, undramatic blip in JJ Abram’s latest film. Engage:

-via Geeks Are Sexy

I usually don’t like making grand overstatements, but this might be the best escalator on the planet.  Mmmm…

-via 9gag

Don’t cross the Legos!

-via Neatorama

Click here for more Lego artwork by Bill Ward.

Another stunning example of 3D Projection Mapping technology in action…this time in Russia:

-Fly on over to Amsterdam for another amazing 3d Projection Mapping display.