prosthetic knowledge
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Kittydar
Face recognition tech for cats (written in javascript) - online demo allows you to drag a cat photo to be analysed:
Kittydar is short for kitty radar. Kittydar takes an image (canvas) and tells you the locations of all the cats in the image …
Kittydar is best at detecting upright cats that are facing forward.
You can test the demo here - if you want to know more from a programming level, there is more at it’s Github page here
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The Mew Aesthetic
A lot of talk has erupted recently about the contemporary aesthetics blog The New Aesthetic, with very mixed responses.
One Tumblr user thought that there were not many cat-related insights, so created The Mew Aesthetic
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Sphero - a remote-controlled robotic ball controlled via smartphone
Perfect for playing with cats. In the video I saw a feature which looked interesting, in that you could draw a line and the robot would follow that as a path. As it is transparent and has an LED light, there could be some interesting creative uses for it, despite the $130 price tag:
Sphero is the world’s first robotic ball controlled from your smartphone. Weave in and around obstacles or feet, or just try to outrun the family pet. Free downloadable games work on iOS (iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad) or Android devices, and let you test your skills in Sphero Drive, compete with friends at Golf, or catch video of your cat chasing Sphero with KittyCam. When you’re ready for more, you’ll find an ever-growing number of games in the iTunes App Store or Android market.
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Cats in Zero Gravity
An extract from a film on Bioastronautic Research made in 1947, demonstrating the effects of weightlessness on cats in a C-131 (Complete film can be seen here)
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![Supernatural Cats in Korean Cinema via Seen in Seonju
Above - Movie Poster ‘The Cat’ 고양이: 죽음을 보는 두 개의 눈 (Cats - 2 Eyes See Death) [Full Size Image]](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lr0esdSIbf1qav3uso1_1280.jpg)
Supernatural Cats in Korean Cinema via Seen in Seonju
Above - Movie Poster ‘The Cat’ 고양이: 죽음을 보는 두 개의 눈 (Cats - 2 Eyes See Death) [Full Size Image]
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CATEGORIES - From 'Cats on Film' A cat is a cat. Except when it’s not. Here are just some of the narrative functions of CATS ON FILM. Please note: a cat can - and frequently does - belong to more than one category at a time by performing several narrative functions simultaneously.
CATAGONIST: a cat which is one of the central characters or protagonists in a movie. (The Aristocats, The Incredible Journey, That Darn Cat!, The Cat From Outer Space)HEROPUSS: a cat which behaves in a heroic manner - chasing off demons, trolls or vampires, and generally saving lives. (Cat’s Eye, The Mummy, Sleepwalkers, Let the Right One In)
CATZILLA: a badly behaved or downright evil cat which causes embarrassment, destruction, pain or even death. (The Uncanny, Team America, Inferno, Lady and the Tramp, Hausu, Eye of the Cat, The Incredible Shrinking Man, Cats & Dogs, Cats & Dogs: The Revenge of Kitty Galore, Stuart Little, Pet Semetary, The Sentinel)
The cat birthday party in The Sentinel. This cat may look cute, but it’s Evil.
CATPANION: a cat, usually domestic, which keeps a human character company, and provides them with a pretext to talk out loud when there are no other humans in the vicinity. (The Net, The Specialist, Bright Star, The Long Goodbye, Little Women, Bell, Book and Candle)
Abbie Cornish and cat read John Keats’s poetry together in Bright Star.
PUSSILLA: a hybrid of CATPANION and CATZILLA, a feline familiar or companion of a villain, often (but not always) a WHITE CAT OF EVIL. (You Only Live Twice, Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery, The Three Musketeers (1948), Night of the Demon, The Godfather)
“Did you bite the man? Oh, shame. I don’t keep you as a watch-cat.” Niall MacGinnis and Graymalkin in Night of the Demon. -
“So you know, cats are interesting. They are kind of like girls. If they come and talk to you,it’s great. But if you try to talk to them it doesn’t always go so well.”
coulda:vgculture:(via geeksarefoxy):aladycreeper:
Thank you, Miyamoto. XDDD;;
