Molecular animation
Nov 16, 2010 16:38:59 GMT
Post by bixaorellana on Nov 16, 2010 16:38:59 GMT
This mesmerizing video explains how, building on decades of research and mountains of data, scientists and animators are now recreating in astounding detail the complex inner machinery of living cells.
video.nytimes.com/video/2010/11/15/science/1248069334032/the-animators-of-life.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=ab1
There are scads of molecular animation videos available on youtube, but the link above gives a beautiful and useful overview.
Here is one fairly long example, but there are many less than a minute long.
This is a beauty. Just as you get bored with the process, there is the surprise of the result.
www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=6da0a25216521ee6fbe4
I can't help but think that in a few more years, these animations will seem like crude approximations of the real thing -- that there will be ways to actually film what is now being represented by animation. Here's another view of the teeny world, albeit huge compared to the molecular animations.
video.nytimes.com/video/2010/11/15/science/1248069334032/the-animators-of-life.html?nl=todaysheadlines&emc=ab1
There are scads of molecular animation videos available on youtube, but the link above gives a beautiful and useful overview.
Here is one fairly long example, but there are many less than a minute long.
This is a beauty. Just as you get bored with the process, there is the surprise of the result.
www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=6da0a25216521ee6fbe4
I can't help but think that in a few more years, these animations will seem like crude approximations of the real thing -- that there will be ways to actually film what is now being represented by animation. Here's another view of the teeny world, albeit huge compared to the molecular animations.