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I love timelapse videos of scramble intersections (like this one of Tokyo’s famous Shibuya crossing). Here’s another one below that was shot by Sam Javanrouh of Toronto’s first scamble intersection at the corner of Yonge and Dundas. A writer at the Canadian Globe and Mail describes: “The launch of Toronto’s new “scramble” intersection - which stops motorized traffic and allows pedestrians to cross in all directions, even diagonally - felt a bit like a street party yesterday as thousands enjoyed a certain frisson from cutting across the middle of Yonge and Dundas Streets while cars had to wait.”

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Network: vimeo

"A Swiss daredevil’s bid to cross the English Channel propelled by a jet-powered wing strapped to his back moved a step closer yesterday with a successful 36km test flight over Switzerland. The flight proves that his jet-powered wing can take him far enough to make it across the channel from Calais to Dover. He hopes to make the crossing on 24 September if the weather is suitable. Yves Rossy - who calls himself FusionMan - jumped from a plane above the Swiss town of Bex and reached speeds of up to 180mph during his 12 minutes of jet-powered flight before landing at an airfield in Villeneuve. Rossy first unveiled his jet-powered wing in May with an 8-minute aerobatic display over the Alps.” Check out the video below.

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Network: twitter

If you’re an independent or non-profit filmmaker, film student or someone “in need of free music for your independent, non-profit film, video or short,” Moby has been thinking about you. The always innovative and individualistic musician launched mobygratis.com, a site that has seventy tracks of his music (some of it previously unreleased) that you can use in your next project. I know I’m going to! If you want to use it for a commercial film you can apply for a license and the money will be donated to the humane society. Watch the video of Moby describing his project below.

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Network: youtube

While admiring Joi Ito’s bamboo photo, I followed the links suggested by Jessup in the comments and was quite moved by the motion work of independent filmmaker Wayne Peng.  It’s hard to even believe that mini-films like this are commercials (click the gray words for “Commercial Film” to watch the video). Like his own description of himself, Peng’s work is also in a state of drifting. The subjects, ease of motion, depth of color and warmth of each scene is breathtaking. You can see all of his work at his site, Purefilms.

Network: flickr