Are sci-fi fans sick and tired of computer-generated effects? Judging from micro-investor response to a fundraiser trailer for C: 299792 Kilometers Per Second, there seems to be plenty of hunger for seeing old-school miniature spaceships soaring through black space.

To generate financing for their indie short film, which follows a flight officer as she hijacks her spaceship and tries to flee the solar system, Derek Van Gorder and Otto Stockmeier made a Kickstarter pitch clip (embedded below) trumpeting “in-camera” techniques that hearken back to the golden era of sci-fi and fantasy moviemaking.

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The first generation of Google TV set-top boxes fizzled. Photo: Jon Snyder/Wired.com

LG will debut its own hardware version of Google TV this year, the company announced Thursday, making it the latest company to produce hardware for Google’s fledgling television initiative.

Powered by the same quad-core ARM-based processor found in the company’s existing Smart TVs, LG’s new hardware doesn’t require an extra set-top box like existing products from Sony and Logitech, instead integrating the software into the TV itself. The devices will be capable of using Android apps especially designed for Googl...