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VideoTrace is a modeling software From Australian Center that uses objects from video to create realistic 3D models. The user interacts with VideoTrace by tracing the shape of the object to be modelled over a number of frames in the video. The software then interprets the sketch drawn and generates a realistic 3D model.

It relies on a human operator but is a great intermediate step towards full automation of 3D model generation. 1 videoclip of video trace software after the jump.

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A creative set of adverts by Australian police to promote awareness among the public that iPods are becoming more and more often the cause of car accidents. Statistics shows that the number of the iPod victims is constantly rising and is able to develop into a real epidemic.

2 more pics of the awareness adverts by Australian police after the jump.

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Creative sculptures and furnitures made from military weapons which was initially a project started after more than 30 years of civil war. In 1998, the Cambodian government destroyed 125,000 weapons across the country but ‘The Peace Art Project Cambodia’ (PAPC) was created in November 2003 to get rid of the weapons in an artistic way. Its a great expression where weapons of war becomes iconic arts of peace.

35 more pics of weapon sculptures and furniture after the jump.

Source: FunnyTogo

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Entertaining French animation that tells the story of Marcel, a big ogre who gets a job as a game character. When he finds that he wasn’t suitable with his job, he tried getting other jobs at the casting game center. Narration is in French but with English subtitles.

1 videoclip of Mauvais Role animation short after the jump.

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A modern look at fairy tale heroines such as Rapunzel, Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White and Cinderella. The rock and roll wolf sure looks cool too. These are ads for Melissa Bedtime stories, a female shoes company.

3 more pics of the fairy tales ad for Melissa Bedtime Stories after the jump.

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A beautiful 360 degree panorama of Times Square in New York City. Quicktime plugin is required, Hit the link to view the panorama.

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Martin Klimas makes his one of a kind art – by breaking clay into pieces and taking photographs of the falling figurines when they hit the floor. I wonder how many clay figures he had destroyed to create his art.

8 more pics of breaking clay art after the jump.

Source: Martin Klimas

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CGI animation of evolution in action. This is taken from a number of clips in Discovery Channel and is a compilation of the different branches of the evolutionary tree. The background song is ‘Just As You Imagined’ by Nine Inch Nails. 1 videoclip of evolution in action after the jump.

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A series of photoshopped photos that depicts a wide range of emotions. From the grandma who wanted to be young again to the dragonfly that wished that it was a dragon, these are some touching and creative ideas.

6 more pics of Dreams vs Reality after the jump.

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Huang Chuncai recently underwent his second operation to remove the 10kg tumours hidden inside his face at a hospital in Guangzhou China. Huang Chun Cai is a 32 year old native from a remote village in China whose facial tumours initially weighed at 23kg. Huang suffers from a genetic disorder called Neurofibromatosis that effects the development and growth of nerve tissues.

2 more pics of Huang Chun Chai’s tumours after the jump.

Source: Metro UK

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Just like a scene in the movie Final Destination, one of the Jeep Wranglers of these guys went past a fallen tree and a branch actually went through the seat of the driver and would had almost seriously injured the driver.

7 more pics of the Jeep vs Tree after the jump.

Source: PostWorthy

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