Future Science Preserves Past Scientific Triumphs

We here at SP have no particular affinity for any one time sphere or any one eventuality, but hold dear all eventualities and the triumphs of science in all points in space time. Because of this respect for all scientific victories, advancements, and ventures, it is always a pleasure to show a mixing of the old and new. As most seekers are unable to move through spacetime at will, much less manipulate eventualities to coax desired outcomes, it is often difficult for the successes of the past to be preserved into the future.

Believe it or not, someone who has a firsthand knowledge of this decay of greatness far too extensive to imagine is one Jay Leno, who has given his life to preserve some of the most crowning achievements in automotive technology from past generations. His vast array of collected automotive transports includes Maseratis, Lamborghinis, and Ferraris, but some of the most brilliant jewels are the ones that would be all but forgotten without his vigil. The Stanley Steamers, the Duesenbergs, and the Morgans. Now future science has made this vigil easier to maintain, and the same science may make movie prop replica creators giggle with delight also.

Popular Mechanics brings us this month a glimpse into the complications of attempting to savor and resurrect classic motorcars, and a new tool to alleviate some of those complications. The goal of the tool itself is not new, but the portability and affordability are. Its a new 3D Scanner from NextEngine, allowing anyone to scan anything they wish, provided that it will fit into the scanning array, and produce a 3D model with 1 million points in a couple of minutes. Jay Leno can use this new tool to create auto parts that have not been produced since the turn of the century, and as a matter of fact, does. This tech is also invaluable to video game developers, 3D artists involved in film making, or anyone who wants to reproduce an item with stunning accuracy in a 3D environment. Once the 3D model has been created, it can be imported into a vast number of applications, including being printed, again, in 3D. The "printer" that was used in the demo at Jay Leno's garage was a marvel in itself, as it uses plastic filament strategically injected into points to recreate the model. This is amazing in itself, but when you find out that it can produce fully functioning 3D plastic recreations of almost any object, and without assembly, your MYND will surely blow. Think about making a wrench (again, as seen in the embedded video). Typically you would have to produce the handle and the smaller clamping end separately, as the cogs and tiny parts could never be created assembled. Not the case with Dimension's 3D printer, scan the wrench with the scanner, import the model into the printer, and out pops a fully functioning wrench.

We salute NextEngine, Dimension, Popular Mechanics, and Jay Leno for their hunger to find new solutions to problems once thought to be insurmountable. Not to mention that it could really save Adam Savage some time in making 3D Maltese Falcons.

The Future of Science as I understand it...

Welcome again, seekers! Adept followers of SciencePatrol.net know that we here at headquarters report on all manner of findings retrieved from various timespheres and eventualities; be they factual, fictitious, or merely fictive. But seldom do we report on the goings on of the ones behind the machines, our own corporeal avatars in this timesphere, here on our native eventuality. They are known by different names, and consist of matter and mass which we lack; nonetheless we here at SciencePatrol are born of their ideas.

Know then, that this is Lance Cardigan reporting from in the field. In this very dimension. Right now.
Today I attended an orientation session for acceptted transfer students at Drexel University's Westphal College of Media Arts and Design. I will begin my studies proper there in roughly three lunar cycles in the Digital Media Bachelor of Science program. Visiting the labs today has inspired me to share some of the work already underway at the college by students other than myself. I hope to bring you much more news of my own experiments in the coming future, but for now I invite you to enjoy the work of those that have gone before me. May my own muse shine as brilliantly as their's.
Below are images from the 2009 Digital Media Review, which showcases student work from the Digital Media program. Looks like I will be in league with some excellent talents, as well as some worthy adversaries. I look forward to 2010(tywmc).
As per usual protocols, I share only a tantalizing fragment of the entire showcase. Intrepid Junior Science Patrollers know that to make breakthroughs, they must preform their own research. We at SP merely give you the tools.


Again, the entire show is just a click away.

In the Dark Future....

Seeker! Do not adjust your monitors. What you behold are the latest abstractions and deviances from the foundry of Imperious Leader "Lucky" No.5. No. 5 frequently defiles the sanctity of what we know to be a generally chaos-free universe and timesphere, however this latest abomination he has unleashed is of a particularly sinister nature. Be warned that prolonged exposure to these feeds is untested and subsequently not recommended by SciencePatrol analysts. However, if you do dare tempt the edge of insanity, follow This Foreboding Link to what will most probably result in your own enslavement to the will of the Unclean.

KIDS are our Future.

The preceding music video is the collective work of the band MGMT (pronounced Em-Gee-Em-Tee) and director Ray Tintori. While the auditory execution of the number in question is what initially drew me to this feed, I share it here because of the sheer prowess of Mr. Tintori and his visionary work. RT is impeccable in his execution of makeup, costume, animation, and pyrotechnics; what results is a level of synergy oft unseen in this day of bootyshake and bling. This presentation harkens back to the days of Peter Gabriel and Dire Straits, when music videos were as much of an expression of art as the songs themselves.
Those here at SciencePatrol pray that in the future, history will promise to continue to repeat itself, as it presently has done.

Note that MGMT themselves have disclaimed that no children were hurt during the making of this film.

Space People From the Future

The above man is Lone Sloane, my grandfather, a true Space Person and psychedelic hero in the vein of John Carter of Mars and Elric of Melniboné. He passed the traditions of freebooting, adventuring, and fighting the evil empire to his son, Han Solo, my own father. His adventures were chronicled by the Earthling Philippe Druillet, and published in the pages of magazines such as Pilote and Metal Hurlant, which Druillet co-founded with the god Mœbius.

This very silly video by the Gregory Brothers (recent heroes of the operatic tradition) is a salute to our family tradition, and to space people everywhere:

Truly, Many Things Have Come to Pass

Hello Seeker!

This post is here to tell you that YOU ARE NOT ALONE.

Many beings have come before you seeking knowledge, and many of them have stopped by this oasis on their way to brighter systems, better epochs, and more fantastical climes.

As Lance Cardigan has written here some months before, I have traveled along at least a millenium of recorded time since I last visited this research station. The many adventures I assimilated during that timespan will probably never be completely revealed, but I am nonetheless glad to report that during my absence from this plane, an androidized intelligence bearing my name has been Twittering relevant facts and evidence to a growing populace of connected minds. The name, of course, is "YanoSolong." Click this link to view relevant data.

However, despite this stopgap measure, many things still remain to be revealed. (The process of revelation is unending.) Therefore I bring you these tidings of great joy:

The artist Robert Burden (image credit above) has deified our most trusted icons. Please visit his temple to partake of the heavenly glory.

Scientists claim to have cut-and-pasted the THC genetic sequence from cannabis into a variety of plants, and they also claim that tomatoes carry a much higher quantity of THC than the cultivated hemp plant. Sun-dried pizza topping, anyone?

While you're making up that bruschetta, consider taking a trip to London to see this giant deep-sea diver awaken from his slumber.