Bibliomulas, Book Mules

Bibliomulas, Mule Bookmobiles of Venezuela

Bibliomulas (book mules) are mule-borne bookmobiles that transport books to remote villages in Venezuela. The project is by the University of Momboy in Venezuela. For…

Self-folding origami sculptures by Martin Demaine and Erik Demaine

Curved-Crease Sculptures: Self-Folding Origami

These beautiful curved-crease sculptures are by father-son duo Martin Demaine and Erik Demaine. The sculptures are self-folding origami—creases in the paper cause the sculptures to…

Coin World Map by Bedow

World Map Made of Coins

Swedish design studio Bedow created this wonderful world map out of 3,000 coins from around the world. Each continent is made up of coins from…

Unmixing a Mixed Fluid

Corn syrup and food dye are mixed and then unmixed by this apparatus in a demonstration of laminar flow on New Scientist. The apparatus was…