NASA Releases First Ever Image of Saturn, Venus, Mars & Earth Together in One Image
NASA recently released a remarkable image of Saturn backlit by the Sun, with Mars, Venus, and Earth visible in the background. The image is a…
inFORM, 3D Display Can Form Moving Shapes and Interact with Physical Objects
inFORM is a dynamic shape display that allows users to interact with digital information by rendering it in three dimensions. The display is equipped with…
Audio of Boston Symphony Orchestra Conductor Announcing Kennedy Assassination to Audience
On November 22, 1963, the Boston Symphony Orchestra conductor, Erich Leinsdorf, announced that President Kennedy was assassinated.
Strangers, Manipulated Portraits Made of Many Photos of a Person’s Face
In the photo series “Strangers,” artist Pelle Cass creates bizarre composite portraits by assembling many closeup photos of person’s face into a singular image. As…
IBMblr Fractalizer Converts Images on a Tumblr Blog into Animated Fractals
The IBMblr Fractalizer is a web app that lets you convert all the images on any Tumblr site into animated fractals. The web app was…
Delightful Amateur Film Provides Candid View of New York City in the Early 1970s
The short film “Schneider’s Handbook of New York City” is a candid, street-level view of New York City in the early 1970s by amateur filmmaker…
Walk Score Ranks the Walkability of Cities, Neighborhoods, & Addresses
Walk Score is a Seattle-based company that rates the walkability of cities, neighborhoods, and individual addresses in the U.S., Canada, and Australia. The company also…
Tissue Paper Animals Brought to Life in Stop Motion Animation
Animal sculptures made of tissue paper are brought to life with stop motion animation in the video “Tissue Animals” from Japanese paper company Nepia. The…
The Colorfully Decorated Homes of the Polish Village of Zalipie
photo via Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Poland In the secluded Polish village of Zalipie, locals decorate their homes with colorful hand-painted…
Charles Gadeken’s Interactive LED Willow Tree Sculpture ‘Aurora’ is Coming to Palo Alto
“Aurora” is an interactive LED sculpture of a willow tree by artist Charles Gadeken. Originally displayed at the Burning Man festival, the 40,000-LED sculpture is…