A week ago I was finally able to see my friend Mike's absolutely amazing film, The Carniverous Syndrome in 3D. Mike has been a carniverous plant enthusiast for a long time and he spent the last couple years making timelapse 3d movies of them. To do this, he constructed a lego robot that takes pictures of a plant over the course of days, moving it back and forth in tiny degrees in order to get stereoscopic separation.

I saw the robot in action at Mike's place about a year ago. I still don't understand how he managed to get the precision required - the teeth in lego gears have a fair amount of 'play' between them, and the tolerances for the camera movements must have been tiny.

He also did some really crazy 3d graphics using hand-written scripts (I forget the language - Mike?).

Anyway, the net result is truly incredible. You will never see anything like this. Click on the image below to learn more or even buy the DVD (comes with 3d glasses!).