Meet Scanadu Scout, the world’s first medical tricorder

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By Low Lai Chow in Video on Monday 3 June 2013

We are officially living in the future. A medical tricorder is now being developed by a startup team of MDs, data scientists, mathematicians, coders, molecular biologists, mechanical, electrical engineers and biophysicists based in NASA Research Park, Moffett Field. The sensor-packed scanner is designed to read your vital signs in a fuss-free way; leave it on [...]

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Life without Internet: a video by Paul Miller

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By Jake Sheridan in Video on Friday 31 May 2013

A year ago, blogger Paul Miller exiled himself from the Internet. Disconnected from the web for 365 days, he hoped to become more productive, taking a journey to discover himself, free from the distractions of Facebook and funny cats. Watch what actually happened.

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It’s Not About the Nail: new video from Jason Headley

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By Nini Baseema in Video on Friday 31 May 2013

Dear men, please have a look, listen and learn. I bet most of you have been in a situation like this before. Jason Headley from San Francisco teaches a valuable lesson on male and female communication and behaviour patterns.

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No arms, no legs, no worries

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By Jack Larbalestier in Video on Friday 31 May 2013

We live in a very saturated, advert rich world. There are all sorts of people telling us what we should wear, what we should look like and how we should act, eventually making us incredibly insecure. And that’s never a good thing. Hopefully, this video will change your perception, or at the very least, bring [...]

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Feathers, shaken and stirred like snow: Installation art by Tokujin Yoshioka

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By Low Lai Chow in Video on Tuesday 28 May 2013

Wow, Tokujin Yoshioka staged his installation work Snow a few years back as part of the Sensing Nature exhibition at Mori Art Museum, and we’re now looking at the video footage and swooning over the rapturous visual feast. Originally conceived as a window display for Issey Miyake in 1997, the work was expanded and staged [...]

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Never Seen Burnham: a short film by Richard Broomhall

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By Lost At E Minor in New Film on Monday 27 May 2013

While the majority of the British public are lamenting the loss of Summer from the seasonal calendar, Anthony Garratt is experiencing a proliferation of painting subject matter. ‘In a world where we are seemingly obsessed with ownership and control, it is humbling and important that we are reminded to respect the weather, sea, hills and [...]

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Terrifying sea creatures from Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait

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By Low Lai Chow in New Film on Saturday 25 May 2013

Shark Bay Films shot this fascinating five-minute vid featuring some strange, strange, strange real-life sea beasts from Indonesia’s Lembeh Strait you don’t ever want to mess with. The hideous-looking brainless and blind worm that drags fish underground is the stuff of nightmares, and I can see how Aphex Twin’s Richard D James, whose face has [...]

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From single-celled organism to obese kid in less than 4 minutes

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By Low Lai Chow in Video on Friday 24 May 2013

Now this is an oldie but goodie. Scientific American recently reminded us of this fantastic creation by Hammer & Tongs’ Garth Jennings and Nick Goldsmith that condenses human evolution — from a protozoa to an obese kid — into the tight space of FatBoy Slim’s ‘Right Here Right Now’ music video Most of the creatures [...]

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One Week of Art: a project by Japanese art collective Rinpa Eshidan

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By Sara Halas in Video on Friday 24 May 2013

One Week of Art is a project by Rinpa Eshidan, Japanese based artists who over the course of 7 days paint and re-paint a wall, shifting from black and white designs to vibrant and colourful ones. The opening scene is futuristic, making way for more nature based images before moving back into the future. The [...]

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Funny advertisement for safe sex

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By Anna Dowsland in Video on Friday 24 May 2013

What can I say: this is simply a funny advert for safe sex done by Yaw Boadi. It’s a very smooth and entertaining animation with bouncing condoms.

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Through The Door: new music by We Aeronauts

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By Anna Dowsland in New Music on Friday 24 May 2013

They went to France for a week and came back a band. The description for their sound is a shoegaze/post-rock origins with lush harmonies. Emerging from the Oxford music scene with a hauntingly beautiful video. This song has been stuck in my head for weeks.

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Like Mirrors Like Brothers: music by The Cooling Pearls

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By Anna Dowsland in New Music on Friday 24 May 2013

The Cooling Pearls make original folk that is sung and played with heartfelt honesty and warmth. Their sound is awash with violin, acoustic guitar, baritone, haunting harmonies, drunken poetry and a host of other musical trinkets.

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New Music City: a short film about Nashville’s music scene

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By Francis Andrews in New Film on Friday 24 May 2013

London-based director Ben Strebel, the man behind this award-winning music video, recently dug deep into the Nashville scene and came up with this beautifully shot, insightful film short about one of America’s musical heartlands.

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Monstrosity: a brilliant new animation by Anitos

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By Anna Dowsland in Video on Thursday 23 May 2013

Illustrator and animator Anitos has made a stop-motion animation that will make you chuckle. Using the classic song by Ray Cathode, aka George Martin, called Time Beat, it tells a story about a monster being born and trying to figure out its surroundings.

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Proof that the Japanese are really creative

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By Low Lai Chow in Video on Wednesday 22 May 2013

When I was a kid, I used to look forward to catching this Japanese variety show, Masquerade or 超級變變變 on TV every week. On it, contestants vy to perform their most creative illusionary skits with old-school techniques — like guys clothed entirely in black and shifting objects about. They almost always some up with the [...]

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