What is the most user-friendly, online, (and hopefully free) tool for making simple stop-motion animation shorts. [more inside]
posted by shrimpsmalls on Nov 11, 2009 - 9 answers

Is there a website that allows you to create moveable font type vids? [more inside]
posted by fantasticninety on Oct 30, 2009 - 3 answers

Security alarm: I'm looking for a portable, battery operated house/office alarm system which can watch the only entrance of a flat. It's a concrete building and the front door is the only way in, unless somebody scales a balcony which would definitely be noticed. This should function much like a car alarm, with a remote key fob to arm and disarm, motion sensor and a opening sensor on the door, and make a very loud noise if it's disturbed. [more inside]
posted by thewalrus on Jul 11, 2009 - 4 answers

Help me choose a slate/convertible tablet: Thinkpad X61 or the Motion LE1600? [more inside]
posted by tonci on Jul 6, 2009 - 11 answers

How do I rig a motion-activated alert for my office door? Or just stop being startled when people walk in? [more inside]
posted by teleri025 on May 6, 2009 - 15 answers

Why do my hands mirror each other's movements? [more inside]
posted by ocherdraco on Apr 15, 2009 - 14 answers

Can you suggest a video camera for recording slow-motion video? [more inside]
posted by rubadub on Mar 20, 2009 - 2 answers

Would a invisible man set off a motion detector? [more inside]
posted by pokeedog on Nov 23, 2008 - 11 answers

Can anyone direct me to some good sources of algorithms or tutorials that will help me to creater something somewhat more complex than a 2D particle system? [more inside]
posted by le morte de bea arthur on Oct 12, 2008 - 3 answers

This week an organization I work with is running a big, high energy (iPhone and Wii giveaways, the whole 9 yards) event geared towards high-school students. I'm tasked with organizing some of the creative/design aspects of it, but I've hit a few dead ends, specifically in the area of what I would call ambient video. [more inside]
posted by niles on Oct 11, 2008 - 1 answer

Medication for Sea Sickness? (Just in case) [more inside]
posted by chrisalbon on Jul 22, 2008 - 22 answers

Why do stirred tea leaves tend to move towards the centre of the cup? [more inside]
posted by Fiasco da Gama on Jul 22, 2008 - 12 answers

What different traditions and practices are there which combine meditation and active motion? [more inside]
posted by protorp on May 31, 2008 - 12 answers

After Effects CS3: Newbie question driving me nuts. Can't paste a path as a Motion path. [more inside]
posted by robbie01 on Nov 20, 2007 - 6 answers

So I want to get into motion graphics. Where should one begin? [more inside]
posted by Senor Cardgage on Oct 18, 2007 - 7 answers

A friend of mine wants a motion sickness relief wristband for her birthday. I find myself a little dubious. Does anyone have experience with them? [more inside]
posted by Comrade_robot on Oct 15, 2007 - 36 answers

My parents believe the superintendent is stealing supplies from an apartment they own and are renovating. How do they set up a motion activated camera when there is no internet, no VCR or DVR and leaving a laptop there is unsafe? [more inside]
posted by spec80 on Oct 6, 2007 - 6 answers

Why is my motion sickness remarkably stronger at night and what can I do to curb it? [more inside]
posted by macrowave on Oct 2, 2007 - 12 answers

Make a DVD to play at 1 frame per minute? [more inside]
posted by bystander on Aug 22, 2007 - 17 answers

Recommend some good, professional motion graphic (Flash, video) studios in the Bay Area. [more inside]
posted by robbie01 on Mar 17, 2007 - 1 answer

I'd like to know what PC software is best to make this [nsfw] piece of motion typography animation. (previously on MeFi). A few guesses are After Effects or Director but I'm not sure. Anyone know?
posted by zardoz on Feb 27, 2007 - 6 answers

How do I know if IMAX will make me sick? [more inside]
posted by IndigoRain on Nov 28, 2006 - 19 answers

Imagine, if you will, that you are driving down the road at at least 60km/h or more. There is a fly sitting on your dashboard. Suddenly the fly lifts off... what happens next? [more inside]
posted by Effigy2000 on Aug 10, 2006 - 24 answers

I'm debating purchasing a Motion LE1600 Tablet PC. What should I expect in terms of performance difference between the Centrino LV 759 (1.5Ghz) model, and the Celeron ULV 373 (1.0Ghz) model? [more inside]
posted by NotMyselfRightNow on May 1, 2006 - 5 answers

I'm trying to find a book mentioned on mefi a while ago. It talks about a tribe of people who have a unique sense of motion or time. I've searched but nothing relevant comes up. Does anyone know what I'm talking about?
posted by clockworkjoe on Sep 30, 2005 - 10 answers

What caused the sudden paradigm shift in Hollywood films in the late 1960s? [more inside]
posted by rolypolyman on Jun 29, 2005 - 19 answers

I'm trying to track down a site that had two still portraits that suddenly, eerily, start to move. [more inside]
posted by condour75 on Jun 16, 2005 - 10 answers

Is it possible to rig up my iSight camera (Mac OS X) to essentially act as a security camera? I'd like to record the footage it sees for "x" hours before overwriting, and ideally have it motion-activated so it only records when it detects movement.
posted by robbie01 on Mar 1, 2005 - 5 answers

I get really ill when playing 3D video games. I can only take them for about an hour before I have to lie down (it goes away after 10 minutes.) I'm no moving-image slouch, I can (and in my youth, have) played 2D platform games for the entire day if I want and of course I stare at a computer all the work day with no problems. I'd like to know if anyone else deals with this problem and what they do to combat it. I'm not generally motion sick (no problems on cars, trains, planes, boats) but any game with a free camera does me in within the hour. [more inside]
posted by neustile on Dec 26, 2003 - 18 answers