Archives for the Date September 22nd, 2010

Sound sculptures and installations by ZIMOUN

Sound sculptures and installations by ZIMOUN
Title: Olaf Stapledon, Star Maker

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Origami Stars and Leaves

stars and leaves, originally uploaded by Imagirom.

Saw this beautiful piece by Imagirom, a newcomer to our Origami Tessellations group on Flickr.
He’s been folding some great things lately, and this one really struck me. I like the way it’s an…

mcbess

via http://blog.mcbess.com/

The Dragonfly: A Hydrogen-Powered Personal Helicopter

Hydrogen cars are so last week — what the world needs more of are hydrogen-powered helicopters! At least that’s what Ricardo Cavalcanti of Avimech believes. The brainchild behind the ‘Dragonfly’, Cavalcanti has designed a hydrogen-powered, z…

Yao’s Dragon Beard Candy

From Serious Eats: New York

[Photos: Madison Priest]

It doesn’t matter how many times it gets explained to me: the making of Yao’s Dragon Beard Candy will always seem magical.

The blog Food in Mouth recently did a great job brea…

It must be a law of nature

Something like, “The probability that a religious leader is a sex offender is directly proportional to the the virulence of his homophobia.” It’s happened again.

Two young men in Georgia said Tuesday that the pastor of a 33,000-person Baptist megachur…

Elephants!

Today on Rocketboom Daily, Molly talks about Elephants!  From trunks to brain size, Molly shows us everything you need to know about these awesome animals!  Click here for show credits!
oldest recorded elephant, cultural depictions of elephants
Follo…

Wooden Laptop Case

As Freshome writers we know that sometimes no bag or backpack is good enough for your laptop. But we have to admit this wooden laptop case caught our attention. Designed by Rainer Spehl especially for the MacBook Pro series, this unusual support is bot…

Translucient Concrete Cube

Kengo Kuma’s Cube#6 created using LUCCON light concrete. (Want more? See NOTCOT.org and NOTCOT.com)

Tillandsias: Air Plants Air Beautiful

I know that some of you out there might think of tillandsias (or air plants) as glorified weeds. In Florida and Texas, they wantonly cling to branches and shrubs, the unwanted bane of many a gardener’s existence. But out here in California, they make…