Whiz of the Web: Wednesday Whiz-Up

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• Check out this awesome stop-motion animated live action short film The Art of Motion, which looks to have been made by a handful of college students. It features some pretty fantastic animation, as well as a fun fight sequence and a great soundtrack (you'll recognize the song). A great way to kill two and a half minutes. (Via)
• Galbadia Hotel is your source for video game and anime soundtracks. You can download them in MP3 or MIDI format for free! There's not much they don't have, and they're adding more all the time. Pretty impressive. Somebody's bound to come along and shut them down pretty soon, though, so get over there quick and grab the underworld theme from Super Mario Bros. before it's gone! (Via)
• Hey, remember Geordi's visor in "Star Trek: The Next Generation?" We kind of have that now. It's a pair of glasses with a little camera on the tip. The camera sends signals to a computer that the subject wears around his/her waist, which then stimulates electrodes in the brain via a cord attached to the head. It's not perfect sight - the person will just be able to see flashes of light and the outlines of objects - but it's way better than nothing, and pretty damned amazing. The surgery isn't performed in the United States (the article talks about a woman who flew to Portugal to get it), but it may be in the next five years. (Via)