Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
24/10/2009
23/04/2009
Hajime Yatate - Votoms (1983)
The relationship between man and machine is a complicated one. Computer controlled components are alawys liable to break, succumb to the trials of time, or just degrade from overuse. Some things may not work at all and some work better than planned or expected.
Created by Hajime Yatate and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi, the technology of 1983's VOTOMS isn't the idealized, perfected hollywood technology as is seen in many other science fiction & fantasy works of the 80's. It is real, Earthly technology. The machines of VOTOMS are only capable of doing what current scientific knowledge and data allows them to do. Like all other machines, they have major malfunctions, break down, stop working, and degrade. At times, however, with the expansion of human knowledge - they can have some amazing suprises.
Series' such as VOTOMS remind us that the machines we use are not ever pefect, bringing a 3rd dimension to 2 dimensional cartoon mecha.
Created by Hajime Yatate and directed by Ryosuke Takahashi, the technology of 1983's VOTOMS isn't the idealized, perfected hollywood technology as is seen in many other science fiction & fantasy works of the 80's. It is real, Earthly technology. The machines of VOTOMS are only capable of doing what current scientific knowledge and data allows them to do. Like all other machines, they have major malfunctions, break down, stop working, and degrade. At times, however, with the expansion of human knowledge - they can have some amazing suprises.
Series' such as VOTOMS remind us that the machines we use are not ever pefect, bringing a 3rd dimension to 2 dimensional cartoon mecha.
18/04/2009
Nobutoshi Kihara - Sony Walkman (1979)
The original blue-and-silver Walkman model TPS-L2 went on sale in Japan on July 1, 1979. In the UK, it came with stereo playback and mini headphone jacks, permitting two people to listen at the same time (though it came with only one pair of MDR-3L2 headphones). Where the Pressman had the recording button, the Walkman had a "hotline" button which activated a small built-in microphone (the Pressman), partially overriding the sound from the cassette, and allowing one user to talk to the other over the music. The dual jacks and "hotline" button were phased out in the follow-up Walkman II model.LINK: Source & Pocket Calculators Walkman Museum.
10/04/2009
スーパーカミオカンデ
5万トンの大型水チェレンコフ宇宙素粒子観測施設スーパーカミオカンデは1991年から5年間にわたる建設期間を経たあと、1996年4月より観測を開始 しました。スーパーカミオカンデは東京大学宇宙線研究所神岡宇宙素粒子研究施設を中心に、日本、米国、韓国、中国、ポーランドからの32の大学、研究機関 との共同研究で行われています。
08/04/2009
Electronic Music Studios - Spectre (1974)
Video Synthesizer produced by EMS in 1974. For more detailed information and manual visit audiovisualizers.
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