The Ephemeral Pursuit.

As far as dangerous and dumb experiments in our little Virtual Reality startup R&D space go, this one had surprisingly positive results. →

sfvrcc:

HTC Vive wands jammed into roller skates, 30’ of cable & 20'x20’ chaperoned roomscale VR

This is completely idiotic and i love it. We need people like this in the industry that are willing to try things that others would disregard messing with because of its practicality.

# htc vive virtual reality roller skates

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currentsinbiology: “edge-of-existence-edge: “ The secretarybird is completely unmistakable, with its long legs making it the world’s tallest and longest raptor. The distinctive crest and long tail are slightly longer in the male, the only way to tell...currentsinbiology: “edge-of-existence-edge: “ The secretarybird is completely unmistakable, with its long legs making it the world’s tallest and longest raptor. The distinctive crest and long tail are slightly longer in the male, the only way to tell...currentsinbiology: “edge-of-existence-edge: “ The secretarybird is completely unmistakable, with its long legs making it the world’s tallest and longest raptor. The distinctive crest and long tail are slightly longer in the male, the only way to tell...

currentsinbiology:

edge-of-existence-edge:

The secretarybird is completely unmistakable, with its long legs making it the world’s tallest and longest raptor.  The distinctive crest and long tail are slightly longer in the male, the only way to tell the sexes apart.  Even the bird’s face is unique, with its long, dark eyelashes, and the bright red skin around its eyes.  This red skin only appears on adult birds, with the skin of younger birds and chicks being yellow.

And they can stomp the shit out of snakes with those legs!!

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currentsinbiology:

An MRI Of Opera Singer Michael Voll Performing Wagner

A great opera voice is a learned art, not a natural-born gift like other styles of singing. It takes discipline, physical training, and to truly wow the audience, the performer must be a great actor and athlete as well. “Singing opera is to ordinary vocal activity what distance running, triple-jumping and pole-vaulting are to ordinary exercise,” said Sir Antonio Pappano, music director of the Royal Opera House wrote for the BBC. “Which means that singers and, almost as important, those who teach them are locked in the same kinds of relationship that obtain between elite athletes and charismatic coaches.”

So what goes on inside of the head and throat of an opera singer while they perform? German baritone Michael Volle performed “Song to the Evening Star” by German composer Richard Wagner while inside of an MRI scan to give people a never-before-seen look at how an opera singer produces such a haunting sound. It’s a pretty freaky-looking image, but shows the amazing control these performers must have to hit such powerful notes.

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