An Atmosphere Excavated, by John Becker
Architecture graduate John Becker‘s final project involved creating the future headquarters of a fictional company that sells bottled water harvested from dew.
The Columbia University School of Architecture graduate also constructed an invented history of the brand, but based the story on the real-life practice of collecting water in “dew ponds” and set the story in a real location in southern England.
Entitled An Atmosphere Excavated, the story starts in 1786 and continues to 2074, when the “dew pond” system has been commercialised by the Ethereal water brand. […]
Click on the link. I said click, dammit. It’s fucking amazing and you must see all the images, you must read all the story.
Now You Can Actually *See* Light Moving In Slow Motion
Scientists at MIT have developed a camera system so fast that it lets us watch light move.
The system gathers image data at about a trillion frames per second — a normal camera shoots about 30, or 60.
Think of it this way: When you turn on a light in a dark room, the light starts in the bulb then moves outward until it reflects off of something. This looks like it happens instantly, but it doesn’t. It just happens at about 670 million miles per hour.
See this beautiful portrait of a beautiful redhead?
It was drawn using only 6 COLORED BALLPOINT PENS.
The artist’s name is Samuel Silva and damn just go see the rest of his work ‘cause it’s unbelievable.
(FYI, the model can be seen in the photo that inspired the drawing here.)
This is a dog dressed like 2 pirates carrying a treasure chest. Your argument is SO irrelevant.
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Excuse me but I have to post more plush toys made from children’s drawings. I just have to.
Plush toys made from children’s drawings
This is cool beyond belief.
Identical twins endure a particular struggle with identity. Their search for self is dominated by their twin status - an intense bond defined by conflict, companionship, love, competition, sharing, separation and, of course, a shared physical appearence. It means each twin has two identities - as an individual, and as a twin.
My series aims to avoid direct physical comparisons between twins while allowing the viewer to acknowledge and accept the twins’ similarities and differences. For the twin, it gives them a different perspective on their double identities and poses questions about their relationship and their desire - or lack of desire - to live completely separate lives.
Double Identity by Caroline Briggs
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This is a freaking USB SLINGSHOT. The nice guys at mbed teach you how to build your own. And if you don’t believe it’s a working controller perfectly fit to play Angry Birds, watch the damn video for yourself.
When I saw that sign out of all of those signs, I was like, I’ve got to have a picture of it. I thought if my 87-year-old mother sees this, I’m going to get hell this weekend, but it was too late.
Plush Tetris pieces. I just died of awesome.
This is Protéigon, an AWESOME stop motion short film by Steven Briand. Stop whatever you’re doing and watch this 1:30 of pure wonder.
