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July 17, 2017 in Animated

CGI Animated Short Film “Barely There” by Hannah Lee | CGMeetup

CGI 3D Animated Short Film: Barely There by Hannah Lee. Featured on http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/barely-short-film/ Barely There is a 3D animated short film about a baby polar bear searching for his missing mother, while a force much colder than the frozen tundra searches for him. A Film by Hannah Lee : http://www.hannahartlee.com Original Score/Sound Design : Suk Moo Lim Voice Talent : Daniel Cantor Duration: 02:30 Produced at Ringling College of Art and Design @Hannah Lee, 2017 http://www.facebook.com/BarelyThere2017 SUBSCRIBE to CGMeetup for more inspiring content! http://bit.ly/Sub2CGMeetup Watch More CGI & VFX Animated Short Films: http://bit.ly/2DTJARP About CGI & VFX Animated Short Films:

July 17, 2017 in Science & Technology

How Much of the Earth Can You See at Once?

My shirt is from this quarter’s CURIOSITY BOX: http://www.curiositybox.com/ MY TWITTER: http://www.twitter.com/tweetsauce MY INSTAGRAM: http://www.instagram.com/electricpants Thanks to Mitchell for the jack-in-the-box! http://brainvenomstudio.com/ 3Blue1Brown: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYO_jab_esuFRV4b17AJtAw 3Blue1Brown fractal dimension video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gB9n2gHsHN4 Mathologer video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhbuKbxJsk8 Distance to horizon calculator: http://www.ringbell.co.uk/info/hdist.htm Earth curvature calculator: http://earthcurvature.com/ US cross section: https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/22cco7/us_elevation_profile_from_la_to_nyc_oc_1139x442/ Scott Kelly ISS earth pic: https://twitter.com/stationcdrkelly/status/618407818962575360?lang=en names of large numbers: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Names_of_large_numbers Earth’s surface fractal dimension: http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/a129664.pdf Improbable research pancake study: http://www.improbable.com/airchives/paperair/volume9/v9i3/kansas.html State flatness paper: http://www.disruptivegeo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/FlatMap_GeographicalReview_DobsonCampbell_2013Nov.pdf Mental floss article on flat states: http://mentalfloss.com/article/58976/kansas-really-flatter-pancake Lake Islands: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_island XKCD What If? bowling ball Earth: https://what-if.xkcd.com/46/ West Virginia map: https://store.usgs.gov/product/109169 Is Earth as smooth as a billiard ball? https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/10763/is-earth-as-smooth-as-a-billiard-ball