Posts from the ‘Cool Stuff’ category

This cloud is pretty, interactive and made from 6000 light bulbs #whoa

“The piece is made from 1,000 working lightbulbs on pullchains and an additional 5,000 made from donated burnt out lights donated by the public.” Called CLOUD,…

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Tupper’s self-referential formula #whoa

Learning about this has made my brain quietly implode. “Tupper’s self-referential formula is a self-referential formula defined by Jeff Tupper that, when graphed in two dimensions,…

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Biodiversity caught on Google’s Street View #mesmerizing

There might not be a truer visual representation of our contemporary wired world than Jon Rafman’s web-based “9 Eyes” project, for which he culled the most…

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Check out some of the proofs for the Beaty Museum Phylomon Deck!

Things over at the Phylomon site have been quiet of late, but that’s because folks have been working hard on the print version Beaty deck. They…

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This conceptual rainforest canopy structure is pretty incredible.

“Programmatically, the project is centred on scientific exploration and harvesting medicinal plants, which provides an alternative use of the forest without destroying it. At the same…

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Here’s one way to adapt to climate change: Build underground ski resorts.

“In order to simulate actual outdoor skiing conditions, provisions are made to vary the steepness of the slope from place to place. In addition, facilities are…

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Power transmission towers that look like giant human figures

“If we have to live with them, why not turn them into something both functional and artistic? This was the sentiment of American design firm Choi+Shine Architects,…

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The Higgs Boson Explained. Great video by the creators of PhD Comics.

Definitely worth geeking out to for 7 minutes. Via PhD Comics. —

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If Leonardo Da Vinci were to sketch CERN’s Large Hadron Collider…

… You’d get this: By Sergio Cittolin (CERN research physicist), via Kottke. —

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