After being inspired by a viral video from April, Instructables member UpgradeTech created a record out of a laser-etched tortilla that plays “Jarabe Tapatío”–perhaps better known as “The Mexican Hat Dance”–as it spins. The full details behind making the record are available at Instructables, and UpgradeTech has gone on to make a series of playable…
An Impressive Simulation of the Milky Way Galaxy Created Using Over 400,000 High-Resolution Images
YouTube user daveachuk took over 400,000 high-resolution images captured by the Spitzer Space Telescope and combined them into an impressive simulation of the Milky Way Galaxy from the telescope’s point of view. They explained in detail how the simulation–which took five months to create–came together over on reddit. There were two techniques — one was…
An Animation Explaining How Feet Help Us Sleep
The first animated episode of the new New York Magazine series The Science of Us–animated by Fly Machine Picture Co.–explains how feet help us sleep.
A Project That Uses a Markov Chain Process to Create Surreal ‘Calvin and Hobbes’ Remixes
Calvin and Markov is a project by Josh Millard that uses a Markov chain process to remix classic Calvin and Hobbes comic strips into something even more surreal. Millard details the process behind the project in a lengthy blog post on his site. So far I’ve marked up the 1985 and 1986 strips, or about…
‘Art of the Storm’, A Gorgeous Time-Lapse Video of a Stationary Supercell Near Rapid City, South Dakota
“Art of the Storm” is a gorgeous time-lapse video by photographer Nicolaus Wegner of a stationary supercell near Rapid City, South Dakota. An amazing stationary supercell was produced over the Black Hills of South Dakota near Rapid City on June 1, 2015. I was fortunate enough to have the entire event unfold right in front…
Andy Baio Discusses Introducing His Kid to 25 Years of Video Game History at the Gel 2015 Conference
Andy Baio discusses introducing his kid to 25 years of video game history at the Gel 2015 customer experience conference in New York City. As it turns out, his son, Eliot, is quite good at the video games. via Waxy.org
A Short and Sweet Look at NASA’s New Horizons Mission to Pluto
Wired has created a short and sweet look at NASA’s New Horizons mission to Pluto. The spacecraft–launched on January 19, 2006–is scheduled to fly by the former planet and current dwarf planet on July 14, 2015.
ROCKET WARS, A Short Film That Captures the Annual Firing of Over 100,000 Homemade Rockets in a Greek Village
“ROCKET WARS” is a short film by the production company Variable that captures the annual firing of over 100,000 homemade rockets in the “village of Vrontados on the Greek island of Chios[.]” The event, which is held during Easter, has no definitive origin, though it’s posited that it has something to do with the Turkish…