My friend Maureen shared this clip with me. I’ve seen people carrying little lap dogs around on motorcycles, but this is the real thing. Makes me wonder if Mic and I need a new ride.
Posts Tagged ‘inspiring’
Motorcycle Dog
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Adventure, Animals, Dog, inspiring, Man's Best Friend, Motorcycle on May 17, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Excited about a new kind of photography (video)
Posted in Randomness, Robotics, tagged inspiring, KAP, kite, kite aerial photography, Photography, Robotics, Technology on May 9, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Things that are powered by the wind are fascinating. Especially sailing and flying. Every time we go to gasworks park I think of bringing a kite and lifting my GoPro camera up there to take some cool shots. Looking around the web I discovered this is no new idea, and that people are taking amazing [...]
Recovering submerged debris
Posted in Aquatics, Robotics, tagged diving, inspiring, Ocean, Robotics, trash on March 15, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
You wouldn’t believe what people throw over the side. This film of a couple divers recovering a used car battery is inspiring. It’s a lot of work to bring something that heavy up off the bottom, and they have a clever system for doing it. If only we could get robots to do that…
Nature is crazy
Posted in Adventure, Aquatics, Randomness, Robotics, tagged amazing, Animals, beautiful, birds, canoe, decisions, flocking, inspirational, inspiring, mathematics, nature, Robotics, starlings, swarming on January 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
My advisor shared this one with me. It’s a video of starlings exhibiting an absolutely incredible ability to move together and make collective decisions, quickly, and dynamically. How they do it is a mystery to me, but something we’re getting better at understanding. My advisor, and colleagues have done much to further our mathematical understanding [...]
The work of a local artist (2 videos)
Posted in Aquatics, Randomness, tagged art, beautiful, film, inspirational, inspiring, Seattle, sunset, timelapse, videos on January 16, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Seattle had a gorgeous sunset the other day and it prompted a lot of us to take some cool shots (a few of mine went up here). But one creative and prolific artist (Edvard Brun) captured a beautiful time lapse of the entire event. It is a must see, and I’ll share it with you [...]
The Beauty and Character of Wooden Boats
Posted in Aquatics, tagged Boat, inspiring, Sailboat, wood, Wooden Boat on November 26, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Is something so difficult to convey. Here is an inspiring video that captures some of the life-like characteristics that wooden boats can embody.
Three Inspiring Videos
Posted in Adventure, Aquatics, Randomness, tagged art, diving, inspiring, videos on September 14, 2011 | 3 Comments »
As long as I’m posting random movies today, I ought to put up some short films that I find inspiring. The first is about an old diver who’s lived a fascinating life. The second is about an old-school photographer living in a log home exploring ways to mix old technology with the new. And the [...]
