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NASA Engineers Built an Insanely Complex Bullet-Time Rig For Fun

Posted December 05, 2013 12:27 PM

From Gizmodo:

Back in May, our friend and ex-NASA JPL engineer Mark Rober, figured out a way to shoot "bullet time" videos on the cheap, with a ceiling fan, a pair of flashlights, and a GoPro. Pretty damn creative, but the rig had its limitations. So Mark set out to find a way to create a similar set-up, this time using a high-end Phantom camera. Thank goodness.Read more...

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12/06/2013 8:08 AM

Apparently the bar for the term "Insanely complex" has been lowered considerably.

Personally I would call the Large Hadron Collider a insanely complex design and this thing they made a good weekend or two type project.
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12/08/2013 1:30 PM

Personally I would call the Large Hadron Collider a insanely complex design

Nah, it's just a big donut with stuff in it right, well that's if you go by what the media report.

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