Tag: video

Fastest Human on a Bike

Mueller-Korenek mounted a specially equipped bike with a massive gear and tethered it to a race car, which then accelerated to 100-plus kmh-the velocity necessary for the rider to turn over the cranks on her own volition. Then she unhooked from the car and stayed in the slipstream, smashing the pedals around to hit the highest speed possible under her own power. Her speed on her final mile on the Bonneville Salt Flats was 296 kmh. This short film from WSJ shows how Mueller-Korenek became the world’s fastest human on a bike.

Brainstorm

35 years ago, a fantastic movie came out that starred 4 Hollywood legends, 3 of whom were Oscar winners. It was directed by one of the most important and influential visual artists in film history, and the plot foretold the invention of virtual reality decades ahead of its time. The script was written as a showcase for a new technology designed to change the way we see movies. One of the Hollywood legends died before the movie was finished, a mysterious death, and this ended up being her last movie—And you’ve never heard of it.

Disabled Avatars

In December of 2018 I visited a temporary robot cafe, but it’s not the type of Japanese robot cafe that comes to mind to most. Rather than a robotic show, this was a cafe where the robot waiters were in fact avatars for people with disabilities, who remotely controlled them from their homes.

Raging Rudolph

In its December 16, 1995 episode, MADtv aired “Raging Rudolph”, which also parodied Martin Scorsese’s films. In it, Sam The Snowman narrates in a Joe Pesci-like voice how Rudolph and Hermey got violent Mafia-style revenge on their tormentors. This was followed by 2 sequels: “The Reinfather”, spoofing The Godfather trilogy and “A Pack of Gifts Now”, spoofing Apocalypse Now.