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Picture This Campaign to Connect Film and the Environment
The Picture This Festival purpose is provide a platform for filmmakers to share their stories and insight on successful skills or actions that could lead to a more environmentally safe climate. The festival has noted that eight participating network groups will accept entries from countries in their territories, which will be evaluated by a panel of judges. Participating regions include the U.K, Spain and Portugal, Russia, South Africa, Latin America, Asia, the U.S. and Central Europe. Winners will be chosen based on the power of their storytelling and their illustration of the Picture This campaign: Picture a Better World. Crackle
Elon Musk Lays Out Tesla Motors Plan for the Future
Develop a Self-Driving Capability that is 10X Safer than Manual via Massive Fleet Learning Elon Musk and Tesla Motors have laid out their upcoming plans for the company. These upcoming plans include: trucks, safer self-driving automobiles, producing solar panel roofing and hopefully creates a system to allow Tesla vehicles to make money for consumers. Solar City, a company focused on producing solar panel technology, has recently been in talks with Musk about merging together with Tesla Motors. Despite the company taking a financial hit after a fatal crash car involving their self-driving technology, Tesla Motors and the company has bounced
The Augmented Reality Revolution with Pokémon GO
Motion Graphics in a Filter Form Nintendo, Niantic and The Pokémon Company released Pokémon GO, a smartphone app that augments reality, (with a motion picture filter) to display digital creatures in with a live setting. Recently, smartphone users that have download Snapchat, may have noticed the filters that the app uses. They have a motion graphic for a tongue, and various other filters. Pokémon GO is utilizing the motion graphic filter method, but they are also taking it a step further with gameplay centered around geography. The new app has had some technical difficulties, but users have been highly engaged
iTunes Sales Are Down, and Now Apple Wants to Block Video Recording at Music Events
The Fall of Rome Went Better Than This If television killed the radio star, Apple wants us to believe that YouTube and filming live performances killed the iTunes star. CNN reports that Apple plans to use the technology to stop illegal filming in movie theaters and concert venues. In many cases, I agree with it blocking people from filming movies and comedic acts, but disagree that all artists feel the same way about being advertised for free by their fans via online video. Apple seems to not want to invest in research and development that will empower users, but instead, they
California Adds 20,000 New Jobs in 2015 for Solar Power
Solar Power In 2016 Solar power is one of the most common sources for renewable energy. In 2016, we take a current look at the jobs being added to the solar power industry, the kilowatts and gigawatts being produced, and how different states and countries are transitioning to clean, renewable energy. In an era of increased carbon emissions, the progressive minds of the world continue to work together to help reduce the damaging effects being caused by climate change. In an article from The Guardian, they report that: the US solar industry expects to install 14.5 gigawatts of solar power
Google Project Bloks Connects Hardware Production with Online Education
Research and Develop the Future of Technology Google Project Bloks is reshaping the way we see physical programming and provides insight on how to build skills in hardware production. It works as as open source platform for designers and researchers to communicate and share ideas. Check out a photo from Google Project Bloks of the Base Board they plan to use. The project is still in active research, but IDEO’s Coding Kit will be available for kids to play with at the Exploratorium in San Francisco, CA and at the Science Museum in London, UK. The website notes that the
VidCon 2016 Celebrates Seventh Year in Anaheim, California
Experience the Action from #VidCon2016 VidCon 2016 has just wrapped, and the event has live streams currently available to view on YouTube. Recap all the keynotes, presentations, and interactive media from the Anaheim Convention Center. This year, VidCon released a new trailer for an upcoming channel The Rock plans to produce with YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=etkRvX9JZBg The event also showcased new material from the YouTube Red catalog. Users that subscribe to YouTube Red will be able to skip ads, as well as stream the latest music on Google Play, and watch original content on YouTube. Escape the Night is a recent show to premiere,
Amazon Steamrolls in Dallas, New York City & Online Streaming
Prime Now, Fire TV, and Amazon Video Direct Amazon continues to expand at an exponential rate. In the first quarter if 2016, their operating income was $1.1 billion in the first quarter, compared with $255 million in first quarter 2015. That is almost an increase of four times the income they brought in a year prior. The tech company started off in 1994 providing an option for online shopping. Over the past twenty years, the company has begun to work with cloud computing, retail, delivery, consumer electronics, streaming original content and additional items on AmazonBasics. In an era of disruption, Amazon
Tesla Motors Fine Tuning the HEPA Filtration System
Model X Creating a Cleaner World Tesla Motors continues to pave new roads, and now is rebuilding the air quality worldwide. The Model S and X have been equipped with the HEPA filtration system, a filtration method where the vehicles clean the air before it enters the cabin. In an era of traffic jams in major cities being a norm, this new system helps gives drivers a break from breathing in unhealthy emissions from other vehicles. "The HEPA filtration system had scrubbed the air in Model X, bringing pollution levels from an extremely dangerous 1,000 µg/m³ to levels so low
SXSW 2016 Recaps with Tony Robbins and Anthony Bourdain
Discover Film, Culinary Art and Insight with Industry Leaders SXSW 2016 has recently released interviews featuring Tony Robbins and Anthony Bourdain. SXSW Film debuted I Am Not Your Guru, a documentary by Joe Berlinger, focused on the experience of witnessing a Tony Robbin's seminar. "I want people in the middle, people like me. People who had no real real knowledge, and walked in cynically, and came out with some tools. I'm not expecting people to run and go sign up for seminars. That's not the point of the film, but if you could spend the two hours of this screening time thinking about your own
The Picture This Festival purpose is provide a platform for filmmakers
Develop a Self-Driving Capability that is 10X Safer than Manual via Massive
Motion Graphics in a Filter Form Nintendo, Niantic and The Pokémon Company
The Fall of Rome Went Better Than This If television killed the
Solar Power In 2016 Solar power is one of the most common
Research and Develop the Future of Technology Google Project Bloks is reshaping
Experience the Action from #VidCon2016 VidCon 2016 has just wrapped, and the
Prime Now, Fire TV, and Amazon Video Direct Amazon continues to expand
Model X Creating a Cleaner World Tesla Motors continues to pave new
Discover Film, Culinary Art and Insight with Industry Leaders SXSW 2016 has