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by Keith Shaw

Keith Shaw writes the Cool Tools column for Network World, and is the Multimedia Content Editor for IDG Enterprise, responsible for editorial video and audio content creation. Follow him on Twitter @shawkeith.

Want to create a LEGO stop-motion film? There's an app for that

Posted Apr 24, 2012 - 11:22 am

As readers of this blog know, I'm a big fan of stop-motion animation videos, especially when they involve Legos. Now there's an iPhone app that will help you create your own movies. Here's the trailer for the Super Hero Movie Maker for iPhone, by LEGO.
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- animation, apps
Squee alert: Ender's Game trailer

Posted May 07, 2013 - 04:49 pm

Will science-fiction book fans flock to a movie 27 years in the making?
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- books, geek culture
Watch Las Vegas grow from space

Posted Mar 01, 2012 - 05:14 pm

[chunklet]
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- Las Vegas, NASA
Watch the entire 47-minute Microsoft Surface keynote here

Posted Jun 19, 2012 - 02:50 pm

Special thanks to The Verge for posting the entire 47-minute keynote presentation of yesterday's Microsoft Surface tablet announcement. In case you weren't glued to your computer screen yesterday at around 7 p.m. Eastern, here's your chance to watch it.
Angry Birds Star Wars unleashed upon the world

Posted Nov 08, 2012 - 10:45 am

OK, maybe I was a bit hasty a few months ago when I declared that Angry Birds had jumped the shark.
Video: When satellites almost collide

Posted Apr 30, 2013 - 01:57 pm

Watch how orbital traffic controllers make sure satellites don't crash into other satellites or other space debris.
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- astronomy, NASA
NASA satellite fleet captures awesome images of May 1 solar explosion

Posted May 07, 2013 - 04:00 pm

Check out video from last week's solar plasma eruption.
Star Trek: TNG as a sitcom - hylarious!

Posted Aug 05, 2011 - 10:38 am

Star Trek: The Next Generation always took itself serious in the sci-fi world, but there were moments of comedy, some of it unintentional, but at times it was hard to tell. That's why we need a peppy sitcom-like opening and a laugh track.
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- funny, mashups
Dad hacks Donkey Kong so daughter can rescue Mario

Posted Mar 11, 2013 - 10:37 am

Equal opportunity video game, thanks to a techie father.
Is NASA developing a Tractor Beam?

Posted Nov 03, 2011 - 01:41 pm

In another life-imitates-art moment, NASA has posted an animation video showing what a possible tractor beam could look like.

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