Sure, the TSA has made getting through the airport security a living hell. You can’t step foot on a plane anymore without getting your junk fondled or getting seen naked but that is no reason why your on flight experience shouldn’t be completely fabulous!
Richard Simmons is here to inform you of all the basic in flight passenger knowledge with this Air New Zealand, instructional how to fly video called “Fit To Fly with Richard Simmons”…
Artist Chris Eckert uses the tattoo medium as a personal reaction against people being born into a religion rather than choosing one after research and reflection. This machine picks a religion at random and brands the willing subject with its symbol.
Auto Ink is a three axis numerically controlled sculpture. Once the main switch is triggered, the operator is assigned a religion and its corresponding symbol is tattooed onto the persons arm…
As with all cats, the warm fuzzy exterior is merely window dressing for
the cold-hearted manipulating bastard that lies within
“Not all chemicals are bad. Without chemicals such as hydrogen and oxygen, for example, there would be no way to make water, a vital ingredient in beer.” – – Dave Barry
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Aerial photography
When it comes to inspiration then there is no limitation on resources. Aerial photography is one of the key sources of inspiration. For those who don’t know what is “Aerial view” or “Bird’s-eye view” in terms of photography then aerial view defined as a view of an object from above, as though the observer were a bird.
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Superflex, a group of Danish artists, have created a 240-hour film titled Modern Times Forever (Stora Enso Building, Helsinki) and will screen it in Helsinki for the festival IHME Project 2011.
The film shows ‘ravages of time marking a box-like office block, Helsinki’s Stora Enso building,’ and they are in fact projecting the film on that same building. In the film, ‘centuries of decay are apparently compressed into the span’ of the 10-day runtime…
Continue reading… “The Longest Film Of All-Time Screening In Helsinki, Finland”
Thingiverse member Dnewman has produced some nutritional templates for Eggbot owners (Eggbots are devices designed to print on eggs, ping-pong balls, grapefruit, etc). Clever!
Continue reading… “Printing Nutritional Info on an Egg with an Eggbot”
Gutters aren’t pretty. Most architects, given the choice, try to find a way to conceal them so they don’t turn an elegant roofline into a clunky mess. But when it comes to the ‘Capture the Rain’ skyscraper, gutters are perhaps the most important element of the structure, and they’ve been integrated in a way that makes them a design statement of their own accord.
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Teaching children how to play a musical instrument from an early age could prove very important for their creativity in the future. If your kid is more attracted to stringed instruments than to pianos and such, a 3 string guitar may be the perfect choice…
Continue reading… “3 String Guitar Projects”
Dalton Stevens, from Bishopville, South Carolina, has earned the title of Button King after he spent 15 years stitching and gluing thousands of buttons on all sorts of objects.
The story of The Button King began one night in 1983, when his insomnia prevented him from falling asleep…
Continue reading… “Dalton Stevens – The Button King”
Forced perspective photo
Forced Perspective Photography creates extremely interesting persona as it makes use of some visual tricks which make it possible for the wrapped perception to appear as the real object. (Photos)
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Watching basketball, do you ever wonder what happens to the wood flooring when the court has to be replaced? Well, in the case of the court at Virginia State University, the maple planks once played on by the Trojans were recycled, and in an unusual way: they’ve been remade into skateboards…
Continue reading… “Hardwood Floors & Basketball Courts Recycled into Skateboards”
Three years ago, if you had asked people to choose between cable television and Netflix, the vast majority would have laughed at you. A DVD-by-mail service versus thousands of pieces of content always at your fingertips?
No one is laughing anymore.
Netflix has confirmed that they intend to pay forHouse of Cards a new show being produced by David Fincher (yes, he of Fight Club, The Social Network, etc) and starring Kevin Spacey (yes, he of The Usual Suspects, American Beauty, etc). Netflix is not paying for the full production of it, but instead they’re paying for the first-rights access to air it. In other words, they get the first “window” to show it to viewers…
By delving into the futuring techniques of Futurist Thomas Frey, you’ll embark on an enlightening journey.
Learn More about this exciting program.