Geckos Shed Water Droplets Through a Novel Mechanism That Resembles Popping Popcorn
New Scientist reports that researchers at University of the Sunshine Coast in Australia have discovered that geckos shed water from their skin through a novel…
vSENS, An ‘Electronic Nose’ That Uses Nanotechnology to Detect Chemicals in the Air
vSENS is an “electronic nose” that can detect trace amounts of chemical gases and vapors. The device uses nanofibers to rapidly detect chemicals, such as…
New Orleans Tricentennial Tower, A Proposed 320-Foot Observation Tower Featuring Viewing Gondolas on Spiraling Rails
New Orleans Tricentennial Tower is a 320-foot-tall tower, complete with a double helix of observation gondolas, that has been proposed for New Orleans. The attraction…
Artist Creates Playful Drawings Based on Found Objects
Artist Roger Chouinard uses metal scraps, old tools, and other found objects as the basis for whimsical drawings. Chouinard is creating the drawings for a…
Artist TALWST Comments on Contemporary Culture and Current Events With Miniature Dioramas
Banksy Is Your Gran Canadian artist TALWST comments on contemporary culture and current events in tiny dioramas that he crafts inside vintage jewelry boxes. Some…
‘Transit’, A Life-Sized Truck Sculpture Made of Thousands of Small Metal Discs
Transit by Indian artist Valay Shende is a life-sized sculpture of a truck crafted from thousands of small metal discs. The sculpture includes 22 passengers,…
‘The Caryatid’, A Six-Foot-Tall Column Made of a Lattice of 15,000 Pennies
The Caryatid is a six-foot-tall column constructed from a lattice of 15,000 pennies. The shiny new 2014 pennies are notched and joined to form the…
Artist Simon Beck Creates Monumental Geometric Snow Art on a Ski Mountain in Utah
photo by Marshall Birnbaum Artist Simon Beck (previously)–creator of monumental geometric snow art–recently completed his first American work at Powder Mountain Resort in Utah. Remarkably…
Lufthansa to Allow Falcons Aboard Flights in Special ‘Falcon Master’ Transport Tray
image via Lufthansa Technik Back in December 2014 Lufthansa announced that first class passengers will soon be able to bring falcons on the company’s aircraft…
Joseph Nicéphore Niépce, The French Inventor Who Created the First Photograph
View from the Window at Le Gras by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce. Photo via J. Paul Getty Museum In 1826 or 1827 French inventor Joseph Nicéphore…