Debris From Columbia and Challenger On Display
The Kennedy Space Center has opened an exhibit honoring the astronauts from the Challenger and Columbia space shuttle missions.
The exhibit is called Forever Remembered, and is a collaboration between the families of the crews and NASA.
14 lives were lost in the Challenger and Columbia shuttle disasters in 1986 and 2003. This exhibit is designed to be an emotional experience about remembering them and learning from the past.
Real pieces of the ships are being displayed for the first time. A section of Challenger's fuselage and the flight deck windows of Columbia are placed in a gallery at the end of the first hall of the exhibit, each bearing scars of the explosions.
Returning to Animal Crossing
It’s been countless months since I played Animal Crossing New Leaf. I say countless because I lost track, not because I can’t count. I can totally count. Whoever says I can’t count is a liar. Who told you that anyway? Was it Jason?
As has been documented, Animal Crossing exists in a strange world of magic, coercion and nascent violence. This is a place in which you’re a puppet mayor, axolotls open nightclubs (in between chewing off their own limbs, apparently) and trees will grow and fruit in two days. It’s weird and unpredictable - to a point.
He haunts me every night in my dreams.
Robot Controlled by a Wearable Lego Exosuit
Designer Daniele Benedettelli has developed a system where he can remotely control humanoid robot Cyclops MK II using an exoskeleton of Lego.
Benedettelli began the project in 2011 and has made overhauls to the robot’s design over the years. The most recent test footage posted May (shown below) demonstrates the latest version of the humanoid robot being remote controlled by a wearable exosuit made of Lego Mindstorms NXT hardware.
The exoskeleton is equipped with potentiometers that captures the user's movements that is then sent to the robot via Bluetooth using an Arduino board.
Epic’s Tim Sweeney: Augmented Reality is The Future
Chief Executive of Epic Games Tim Sweeney believes that in ten years time, augmented reality will have rendered traditional displays null and void.
“I believe that augmented reality will be the biggest technological revolution that happens in our lifetimes,” Sweeney said during a speech at the Chinajoy trade show, as reported by Venturebeat. “If we had this AR display, the deep thing to realize is this. Once you have an augmented reality display, you don’t need any other form of display. Your smart phone does not need a screen. You don’t need a tablet. You don’t need a TV. You just take the screen with you on your glasses wherever you go.”
SPECTRE’s Léa Seydoux Up for Role in Gambit
The Ragin' Cajun might be spending time with 007's latest Bond Girl, as actress Léa Seydoux (SPECTRE) has reportedly been screen-testing for a role in 20th Century Fox's Gambit movie.
In a report from TheWrap about Channing Tatum's complicated casting in Gambit, they also indicated that Seydoux was screen-testing with director Rupert Wyatt -- and nearing a deal -- for a role in the film, before Tatum dropped out. While Tatum's back in the film, it's unclear if a final deal with Seydoux has been made.
MI: Rogue Nation Is Series’ 2nd Best at Box Office
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation proves that audiences still want a dose of Ethan Hunt in their lives, as the Tom Cruise-led film topped this weekend's domestic box office, and gave Paramount its second-highest debut in the series.
On its opening Friday, Rogue Nation earned $20.3 million, and over the course of its three-day weekend debut, grossed $56 million domestically. Combined with big numbers overseas -- an additional $60 million, internationally -- Rogue Nation is poised to earn over $116 million globally by the end of the weekend.
As The Hollywood Reporter notes, Rogue Nation is now the second most successful opener in the series, behind Mission: Impossible II, which raked in $70.8 million over the course of its Memorial Day weekend debut back in 2000. Rogue Nation is Paramount's second-biggest opening day ever, behind Transformers: Dark of the Moon, and is also the second-best of this year, after Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Sherlock “Less Rude” in Upcoming Victorian-Era Special
While the three-episode Season/Series 4 of Sherlock is still a long way off, fans can look forward to the show's upcoming "through the looking glass"-style special set back in the original Sherlock Holmes time period. We're still not sure when it will air (executive producer Mark "Mycroft' Gatiss once stated it was to be a Christmas special), though creator Steven Moffat did have a few tidbits to share about it during a recent Q&A session at the summer TCA Press Tour.
"It's probably Christmas-ish," Moffat told the ballroom full of TV critics. "We don’t actually know. We’re not making this up.”
So what was the inspiration for setting this particular Sherlock tale in Victorian times? "Just because we can, really," Moffat explained. "Mark
Deadwood Star Cast in Game of Thrones Season 6
Game of Thrones has cast Ian McShane in season six of the hit HBO fantasy series.
The network confirmed the Deadwood alum for the upcoming season but did not reveal his role, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Ian McShane as seen in John Wick
McShane, best known for his role as the appropriately named foul-mouthed entrepreneur Al Swearengen in Deadwood, is the first new cast member to be confirmed for Game of Thrones season six.
The Leftovers: Lindelof on Season 2’s New Setting and Story
Season 1 of HBO's The Leftovers was based on a book of the same name by Tom Perrotta. And Lost's Damon Lindelof, aided by Perrotta, reshaped the story for TV, making up the entirety of the first season. There is no follow-up book to The Leftovers though, so Season 2 - which premieres Sunday, October 4th - was up in the air, story-wise.
Because of this, certain elements of Season 2 (new location, reshuffled cast) might give off a "reboot" impression, even though it's where Lindelof and Perrotta naturally wanted to take things. "Reflecting back to Tom’s book, we always wanted the show to feel authentic," Lindelof said of the series' grim tone during a Leftovers Q&A panel at the TCA Press Tour, "but the first season of the show we make no apologies for. We wanted to ground the world. And to many, that may have felt bleak and depressing, but to us, it kind of felt honest. But what was really important to us is that the characters on the show didn’t want to feel that way."
Channing Tatum Closes Deal for Gambit
Channing Tatum has now reportedly locked down his deal with 20th Century Fox to star as Gambit, following prior reports that negotiations were falling apart.
THR's sources claim that while there were a few hiccups in working out the deal, Tatum's role as the card-throwing mutant wasn't really in jeopardy. After all, the Magic Mike star has already invested a lot of time into the character.