71 Square Miles, Map of Brooklyn Represents Each Block with a Piece of Collected Trash
In the project “71 Square Miles,” artist Jennifer Maravillas is making a 10-foot-wide map of Brooklyn in which every block is represented by a piece…
New Beginnings, Ballet Dancers Perform on Roof of NYC’s 4 World Trade Center in Short Film
In the beautiful short film “New Beginnings,” a pair of ballet dancers perform high atop 4 World Trade Center, with the dawn skyline of the…
Cockpit Video of the Startup Sequence for a Boeing 737
This short video by golfcharlie232 provides a pilot’s-eye view of the many, many steps for starting up a Boeing 737 aircraft. via VideoSift, The Awesomer
Graffiti Briefcase Conceals Street Stenciling System
Artist Bob Partington has created a graffiti briefcase that conceals a remote-operated spray can and stencil for surreptitious street stenciling. via Hack A Day
Ostrich Pillow Junior, A Sleep Cocoon for Kids
Last year we posted about the Ostrich Pillow, a most curious-looking sleep cocoon that encases a person’s head and hands in pillowy softness. The pillow’s…
Animation Shows Future San Francisco with New Transbay Transit Center
This computer animation shows downtown San Francisco of the near future, when the sprawling Transbay Transit Center, 1,070-foot-tall Transbay Tower, and other nearby developments are…
Functioning Gears Discovered in Legs of Issus Insect
University of Cambridge researchers Malcolm Burrows and Gregory Sutton recently discovered functioning gears in the legs of the Issus “Planthopper” insect. The gears, complete with…
Tour of Artist Frank Kozik’s San Francisco Studio
Artist Frank Kozik, who is known both for his concert posters and his figurines, talks about his work and gives a tour of his San…
Ghoulish Shadow Art Installation in Downtown Frankfurt
photo via Herbert Baglione Artist Herbert Baglione painted ghoulish shadow figures along a 9,600-square-foot stretch of downtown Frankfurt as part of the ongoing “Street-Art Brazil”…
New Software Can Extract Editable 3D Objects From a Photo
At the 2013 SIGGRAPH computer graphics conference back in July, a research team unveiled 3-Sweep, an imaging software that lets the user easily extract an…