Main Sequence http://mainsequenceblog.com music, science, experiments, etc. Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:16:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 en MOSS EXPLOSION AND THE SWINGING ROBOT http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/08/16/moss-explosion-and-the-swinging-robot/ http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/08/16/moss-explosion-and-the-swinging-robot/#comments Tue, 17 Aug 2010 01:16:01 +0000 admin http://mainsequenceblog.com/?p=225 My latest science video round-up for New Scientist is online now. Check it out here. The song is one I repurposed from a while back.

Here’s another recent New Scientist piece on teaching virtual characters to walk.

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Here’s my latest video project for New Scientist. It was fun to put together, especially making custom music timed to the narration. The original can be found here.

]]> http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/06/21/web-science-video-round-up/feed/ CONSIDER THE SOURCE http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/06/16/consider-the-source/ http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/06/16/consider-the-source/#comments Thu, 17 Jun 2010 01:57:51 +0000 admin http://mainsequenceblog.com/?p=219 Consider the Source, the first album from my long time friend and collaborator, Uncanny Valley, is out!

Think deep crates, meticulously chosen samples, perfectly blended live instrumentation, clever programming and arranging, and strong attention to audio details that even bats and whales would miss*.

Instupituous!

<a href="http://uncannyvalley.bandcamp.com/album/consider-the-source">The Gyres by Uncanny Valley</a>

Yes, even astronauts need bicycles.

*Bats and whales being examples of creatures with better hearing than Homo sapiens.

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monome mlr

]]> http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/05/30/trial_run/feed/ IDLE ARGUMENT http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/05/10/idle-argument/ http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/05/10/idle-argument/#comments Mon, 10 May 2010 20:00:39 +0000 admin http://mainsequenceblog.com/?p=214 Stoked that “Consider the Source”, by my long time friend and collaborator, Uncanny Valley is due soon.

Here’s a taste, a big-drums-psyche-organ-guitar-stream-of-molten-lava straight into your brain:

Download it for free here.

Idle Argument

]]> http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/05/10/idle-argument/feed/ BEHIND THE SCENES AT WILLOW GARAGE http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/04/28/behind-the-scenes-at-willow-garage/ http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/04/28/behind-the-scenes-at-willow-garage/#comments Wed, 28 Apr 2010 19:39:52 +0000 admin http://mainsequenceblog.com/?p=213 My latest video for New Scientst, original here.

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http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20627546.200-paralysed-limbs-revived-by-hacking-into-nerves.html

Bird feathers don’t just attract mates:

Flies on auto-pilot:

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]]> http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/02/23/moar-videoz/feed/ OPERATOR WEEK TWO http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/02/07/operator-week-two/ http://mainsequenceblog.com/2010/02/07/operator-week-two/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 04:56:18 +0000 admin http://mainsequenceblog.com/?p=209 My friend lent me his sweet 24P video camera this weekend, so I took it out to Golden Gate park. Here’s a taste, combined with one of this week’s sounds:

FLOWERS_TEST from Main Sequence on Vimeo.

And here’s this week’s batch of Operator patches:

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