Pocket cinema: The story on Linux and GNU project – selected documentaries
It’s time to introduce the biggest and the most significant star on the free software sky, the open source operating system GNU / Linux.
All documentaries include historical development of Linux and Free Software Foundation, with stories from the perspectives of the initiators and programmers Richard Stallman and Linus Torvalds.
Illustration above: The GNU logo by Etienne Suvasa
Illustration bellow: Tux, the penguin, mascot of Linux
Pocket cinema: Documentary films about Nikola Tesla
Naturally, as a follow-up to a series of blog posts thematizing innovation and prototyping announced last week, this edition of Pocket cinema presents definitely the most important scientist and inventor of all times – Nikola Tesla.
Pocket cinema: Maquinas & Almas (Souls & Machines) – Documentary
Maquinas & Almas (Souls & Machines) – Documentary is an accompanying film of 33 minutes length that covers the synonymous exhibition held two years ago in the National Museum “Centro de Arte Reina Sofía” in Madrid.
The exhibition and documentary cover high tech and low tech aspects, including innovators and makers such as Theo Jansen and his Strandbeests, media design by John Maeda, robot by David Hanson, or Sachiko Kodama‘s Ferrofluid, among many…
Theo Jansen: Strandbeest (c)
Pocket cinema: Robert Moog and the story of the Moog Synthesizer
Bob Moog, the father of the Moog synthesizer and one of the pioneers of electronic music for your tasty ears and intuitive desires… This post was for about a week in my WP draft, and I was so inspired by the beauty of peeps from Arcade Fire last dayz, that I simply had to connect this feelin’ with Robert Moog‘s ideas and invention. Enjoy the history of music!
Photo above: Robert Moog, taken from djproaudioinc.com
Photo bellow: Moog, taken from Preservation Sound