Isabella Rossellini returns this month to the Sundance Channel with a new set of episodes of her Green Porno series, which focuses on the mating habits of the animal kingdom. The very short films are set in a post-Muppet landscape of bright colors, simple sets, and massive paper costumes. The sequences are designed to be simple and punchy, to carry well on the Internet, mobile devices and other iterations of "the third screen." This season moves from the insect world to the water, and includes a whale, a starfish, a limpet, and an anglerfish (although not all at once -- that would break with the scientifically accurate nature of the program).
These are FUN! I've sent the link to all my friends. Come on fellow readers. Are we so hung up on war and gadgets and stuff like that, that we cannot take some time to be amused by this performance genius and her witty, humorous, sexy presentations?
There are model helicopters, and then there are military unmanned aerial vehicles. The Draganflyer X6 is the first hovering craft that fits right in between. This small helicopter, the first to use six horizontal blades for a stable hover and speedy turns, is designed to supply aerial video to everyone from police to hobbyists. The pilot guides it by handheld controller while wearing video glasses that allow him to see what the chopper sees through a camera attached to a vibration-free mount on the vehicle’s belly.
We stray from the realm of science fiction into that of constitutional law and privacy. I do not want these devices in the hands of private citizens or police forces for that matter (I got far away friends who still do some moonshining, but, then again, they'd be using these for target practice. Imagine these in the hands of sexual deviants, peeping toms, and pedoohies. (I shudder at the thought). Perhaps were we to regain our love of liberty and loose some of our puritanical sensibilities, these devices might be less objectionaable. Neat toys though... I want one. (But I'm not getting one.)
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