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Mainframe's film is a lighthearted take on the future of environmentalism, focusing on ideas about the recycling and reclamation of energy. As science strives to harness the power of nature in order to derive cleaner sources of power, the short animation highlights the idea that society already produces enormous quantities of energy merely as a by-product of everyday life. About the artist: Mainframe is a creative production studio, specialising…
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The Retrocycling Robot is a new system for recycling garbage. Instead of reusing trash to create something new, the robot returns rubbish to its original state, thus curtailing pollution and unnecessary consumption. As a result, the Retrorecycling robot not only cleans your mess but also teaches you not to pollute or over-consume. Be advised: if you don’t understand this concept you too could be returned to your original state! ABOUT THE ARTIST:…
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This is a short video for the event Challenge your world (http://www.challengeyourworld.com/), in Montreal the 19th of November 2009. Made in three weeks with a mix of 3d and 2d... Directors/animation/rendering : Yann Benedi & Celine Desrumaux Sound : Jean-Francois Leroux you can visit our blogs : http://groovythesushi.blogspot.com/ http://www.yannbenedi.blogspot.com/ http://www.celineyann.blogspot.com/ selection : PICTOPLASMA festival 2010…
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People hike, people dance, people run! The average person walks around 6000 steps per day. That adds up to about two million steps each year, which is a huge amount of force created by a basic body movement. With Step-O-Tron, a shoe-system with an integrated newton-generator, we can capture this energy and store it on a built-in power card. This energy can then easily operate any electrical appliance using the Step-O-Tron Add-On. Now you can power…
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About the video: Thiago's imagination of a perfect world was the inspiration for his machine. It transforms paper back into trees (the reverse process performed by humans). Flying hands would come and collect the paper to feed the machine and plant the trees in the earth – doing the manual work for us. In reality, we need to do our part and help the environment by using less and recycling more. About the artist: Thiago Maia is a Brazilian director,…
Challenge Your World 20/20
Challenge Your World and Motionographer present 20/20: a vision of a better world. Twenty video artists create twenty wild, whimsical, and unconventional machines that solve environmental issues. If we're going to transform the world, we have to push ourselves to think differently. These videos reject the status quo, explore crazy ideas, and blast beyond boundaries.
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