Here’s A Light Fixture That Runs On Bacteria As we phase out incandescent lights for compact fluorescents, we save energy but take the risk of mercury pollution (there’s heavy metals galore in CFLs). What if we could light our homes with biology? Similar to the Glowing Plant project from earlier this week, here’s Philips concept for a microbial lamp powered by the chemistry of biological luminescence. It’s part of Philips’ “Microbial Home” future concept, which also includes urban beehives and bacterial waste recycling. You can get off the grid, and onto the petri dish. (via Co.Design)
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Here’s A Light Fixture That Runs On Bacteria

As we phase out incandescent lights for compact fluorescents, we save energy but take the risk of mercury pollution (there’s heavy metals galore in CFLs). What if we could light our homes with biology?

Similar to the Glowing Plant project from earlier this week, here’s Philips concept for a microbial lamp powered by the chemistry of biological luminescence. It’s part of Philips’ “Microbial Home” future concept, which also includes urban beehives and bacterial waste recycling.

You can get off the grid, and onto the petri dish.

(via Co.Design)

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This triple gear is a real thing, and thanks to some intricate math and the advent of 3-D printing, it exists. Before this, at least as far as I can tell, a triple-meshed gear required one of the gears to turn in the opposite direction as the other two. That is no longer the case. I can’t for the life of me imagine what this would be used in, but hey … at least we have it now. Get to designing! (via henryseg on Shapeways)
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This triple gear is a real thing, and thanks to some intricate math and the advent of 3-D printing, it exists. Before this, at least as far as I can tell, a triple-meshed gear required one of the gears to turn in the opposite direction as the other two. That is no longer the case.

I can’t for the life of me imagine what this would be used in, but hey … at least we have it now. Get to designing!

(via henryseg on Shapeways)

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Covering the Space Program NASA doesn’t need much help selling the idea that space is super-awesome, but these covers for manuals and press conference notes from the golden age of spaceflight sure don’t hurt. They are going up for auction later this month. I wouldn’t mind having one or two of those hanging in my house, eh? Check out many more awesome works of vintage NASA PR art here.
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Covering the Space Program NASA doesn’t need much help selling the idea that space is super-awesome, but these covers for manuals and press conference notes from the golden age of spaceflight sure don’t hurt. They are going up for auction later this month. I wouldn’t mind having one or two of those hanging in my house, eh? Check out many more awesome works of vintage NASA PR art here.
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Covering the Space Program NASA doesn’t need much help selling the idea that space is super-awesome, but these covers for manuals and press conference notes from the golden age of spaceflight sure don’t hurt. They are going up for auction later this month. I wouldn’t mind having one or two of those hanging in my house, eh? Check out many more awesome works of vintage NASA PR art here.
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Covering the Space Program NASA doesn’t need much help selling the idea that space is super-awesome, but these covers for manuals and press conference notes from the golden age of spaceflight sure don’t hurt. They are going up for auction later this month. I wouldn’t mind having one or two of those hanging in my house, eh? Check out many more awesome works of vintage NASA PR art here.
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Covering the Space Program NASA doesn’t need much help selling the idea that space is super-awesome, but these covers for manuals and press conference notes from the golden age of spaceflight sure don’t hurt. They are going up for auction later this month. I wouldn’t mind having one or two of those hanging in my house, eh? Check out many more awesome works of vintage NASA PR art here.
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Covering the Space Program

NASA doesn’t need much help selling the idea that space is super-awesome, but these covers for manuals and press conference notes from the golden age of spaceflight sure don’t hurt. They are going up for auction later this month. I wouldn’t mind having one or two of those hanging in my house, eh?

Check out many more awesome works of vintage NASA PR art here.

Dreams of Space A design and space science grand slam, behold these 1965 Looking Into Science textbook supplements. Originating in California, they are a memory of a time perhaps more creative and ambitious, in science and in art. But as any reader of this or the many other blogs who feature science art knows, the talent evident in today’s works signal that there’s a wave of change coming. Sometimes, the best way to inspire the mind is to inspire the soul, for they never truly act alone. If you love these, then immerse yourself in Dreams of Space, a blog dedicated solely to nonfiction children’s space flight books from 1945-1975. Especially be sure to check out this Czech pop-up book.
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Dreams of Space A design and space science grand slam, behold these 1965 Looking Into Science textbook supplements. Originating in California, they are a memory of a time perhaps more creative and ambitious, in science and in art. But as any reader of this or the many other blogs who feature science art knows, the talent evident in today’s works signal that there’s a wave of change coming. Sometimes, the best way to inspire the mind is to inspire the soul, for they never truly act alone. If you love these, then immerse yourself in Dreams of Space, a blog dedicated solely to nonfiction children’s space flight books from 1945-1975. Especially be sure to check out this Czech pop-up book.
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Dreams of Space A design and space science grand slam, behold these 1965 Looking Into Science textbook supplements. Originating in California, they are a memory of a time perhaps more creative and ambitious, in science and in art. But as any reader of this or the many other blogs who feature science art knows, the talent evident in today’s works signal that there’s a wave of change coming. Sometimes, the best way to inspire the mind is to inspire the soul, for they never truly act alone. If you love these, then immerse yourself in Dreams of Space, a blog dedicated solely to nonfiction children’s space flight books from 1945-1975. Especially be sure to check out this Czech pop-up book.
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Dreams of Space A design and space science grand slam, behold these 1965 Looking Into Science textbook supplements. Originating in California, they are a memory of a time perhaps more creative and ambitious, in science and in art. But as any reader of this or the many other blogs who feature science art knows, the talent evident in today’s works signal that there’s a wave of change coming. Sometimes, the best way to inspire the mind is to inspire the soul, for they never truly act alone. If you love these, then immerse yourself in Dreams of Space, a blog dedicated solely to nonfiction children’s space flight books from 1945-1975. Especially be sure to check out this Czech pop-up book.
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Dreams of Space A design and space science grand slam, behold these 1965 Looking Into Science textbook supplements. Originating in California, they are a memory of a time perhaps more creative and ambitious, in science and in art. But as any reader of this or the many other blogs who feature science art knows, the talent evident in today’s works signal that there’s a wave of change coming. Sometimes, the best way to inspire the mind is to inspire the soul, for they never truly act alone. If you love these, then immerse yourself in Dreams of Space, a blog dedicated solely to nonfiction children’s space flight books from 1945-1975. Especially be sure to check out this Czech pop-up book.
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Dreams of Space A design and space science grand slam, behold these 1965 Looking Into Science textbook supplements. Originating in California, they are a memory of a time perhaps more creative and ambitious, in science and in art. But as any reader of this or the many other blogs who feature science art knows, the talent evident in today’s works signal that there’s a wave of change coming. Sometimes, the best way to inspire the mind is to inspire the soul, for they never truly act alone. If you love these, then immerse yourself in Dreams of Space, a blog dedicated solely to nonfiction children’s space flight books from 1945-1975. Especially be sure to check out this Czech pop-up book.
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Dreams of Space A design and space science grand slam, behold these 1965 Looking Into Science textbook supplements. Originating in California, they are a memory of a time perhaps more creative and ambitious, in science and in art. But as any reader of this or the many other blogs who feature science art knows, the talent evident in today’s works signal that there’s a wave of change coming. Sometimes, the best way to inspire the mind is to inspire the soul, for they never truly act alone. If you love these, then immerse yourself in Dreams of Space, a blog dedicated solely to nonfiction children’s space flight books from 1945-1975. Especially be sure to check out this Czech pop-up book.
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Dreams of Space A design and space science grand slam, behold these 1965 Looking Into Science textbook supplements. Originating in California, they are a memory of a time perhaps more creative and ambitious, in science and in art. But as any reader of this or the many other blogs who feature science art knows, the talent evident in today’s works signal that there’s a wave of change coming. Sometimes, the best way to inspire the mind is to inspire the soul, for they never truly act alone. If you love these, then immerse yourself in Dreams of Space, a blog dedicated solely to nonfiction children’s space flight books from 1945-1975. Especially be sure to check out this Czech pop-up book.
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A design and space science grand slam, behold these 1965 Looking Into Science textbook supplements. Originating in California, they are a memory of a time perhaps more creative and ambitious, in science and in art.

But as any reader of this or the many other blogs who feature science art knows, the talent evident in today’s works signal that there’s a wave of change coming. Sometimes, the best way to inspire the mind is to inspire the soul, for they never truly act alone.

If you love these, then immerse yourself in Dreams of Space, a blog dedicated solely to nonfiction children’s space flight books from 1945-1975. Especially be sure to check out this Czech pop-up book.

prostheticknowledge: Hand Drawn Maze on A4 Paper Took 7 Years to Make Via Spoon and Tamago: Some people have hobbies. Other people are obsessive. But when the two cross paths, this is what you get. Japanese twitter user @Kya7y recently unearthed an incredibly detailed maze that her father created almost 30 years ago. When pressed for details, the father explained that he spent 7 years creating the map on A1 size paper, which is about 33 x 23 inches. More Here I’ve heard of dedication to a project, but this is sort of crossing the line into a very weird place. I want to solve it so badly!
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prostheticknowledge: Hand Drawn Maze on A4 Paper Took 7 Years to Make Via Spoon and Tamago: Some people have hobbies. Other people are obsessive. But when the two cross paths, this is what you get. Japanese twitter user @Kya7y recently unearthed an incredibly detailed maze that her father created almost 30 years ago. When pressed for details, the father explained that he spent 7 years creating the map on A1 size paper, which is about 33 x 23 inches. More Here I’ve heard of dedication to a project, but this is sort of crossing the line into a very weird place. I want to solve it so badly!
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prostheticknowledge: Hand Drawn Maze on A4 Paper Took 7 Years to Make Via Spoon and Tamago: Some people have hobbies. Other people are obsessive. But when the two cross paths, this is what you get. Japanese twitter user @Kya7y recently unearthed an incredibly detailed maze that her father created almost 30 years ago. When pressed for details, the father explained that he spent 7 years creating the map on A1 size paper, which is about 33 x 23 inches. More Here I’ve heard of dedication to a project, but this is sort of crossing the line into a very weird place. I want to solve it so badly!
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prostheticknowledge: Hand Drawn Maze on A4 Paper Took 7 Years to Make Via Spoon and Tamago: Some people have hobbies. Other people are obsessive. But when the two cross paths, this is what you get. Japanese twitter user @Kya7y recently unearthed an incredibly detailed maze that her father created almost 30 years ago. When pressed for details, the father explained that he spent 7 years creating the map on A1 size paper, which is about 33 x 23 inches. More Here I’ve heard of dedication to a project, but this is sort of crossing the line into a very weird place. I want to solve it so badly!
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Hand Drawn Maze on A4 Paper Took 7 Years to Make

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Some people have hobbies. Other people are obsessive. But when the two cross paths, this is what you get. Japanese twitter user @Kya7y recently unearthed an incredibly detailed maze that her father created almost 30 years ago. When pressed for details, the father explained that he spent 7 years creating the map on A1 size paper, which is about 33 x 23 inches.

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I’ve heard of dedication to a project, but this is sort of crossing the line into a very weird place. I want to solve it so badly!

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That S**t Cray-1 Think the Apple II was awesome? Meet the pinnacle of mid-70’s computing design, in aesthetics and performance. They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore do they? Let’s see you lie down and snooze on your iMac, eh? The Cray-1 was introduced in 1975, its c-shape housing thousands of early integrated circuits, each less powerful than what’s in even an average smartphone these days (but it was more powerful, because there so many). The bench, a favorite nap spot for tired programmers/make-out spot at geeky holiday parties, housed a freon cooling system so that those thousands of chips didn’t melt. I remember seeing one of the successors to the Cray-1 when I visited my dad’s lab as a kid in the 80’s. “What is this wrap-around bench computer that someone stole from the deck of the Enterprise?” I asked (that sounds like something I would ask anyway). It looked like a time portal with a sofa attached. I guess for $8 million bucks, adding a seat was the least they could do. Read more about the history of the Cray-1 and more early supercomputers here.
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Think the Apple II was awesome? Meet the pinnacle of mid-70’s computing design, in aesthetics and performance. They just don’t make ‘em like this anymore do they? Let’s see you lie down and snooze on your iMac, eh?

The Cray-1 was introduced in 1975, its c-shape housing thousands of early integrated circuits, each less powerful than what’s in even an average smartphone these days (but it was more powerful, because there so many). The bench, a favorite nap spot for tired programmers/make-out spot at geeky holiday parties, housed a freon cooling system so that those thousands of chips didn’t melt.

I remember seeing one of the successors to the Cray-1 when I visited my dad’s lab as a kid in the 80’s. “What is this wrap-around bench computer that someone stole from the deck of the Enterprise?” I asked (that sounds like something I would ask anyway). It looked like a time portal with a sofa attached. I guess for $8 million bucks, adding a seat was the least they could do.

Read more about the history of the Cray-1 and more early supercomputers here.

Higgs Papercraft To accompany a cover story about the discovery of the Higgs boson, French magazine Le Monde turned to a non-traditional artform: Paper. The studio Zim & Zou constructed these paper designs to represent the CERN particle collisions that allowed “Le Boson de Higgs” to be detected, the “missing puzzle piece” of physics that the Higgs represented, and the relationship of how the Higgs field (the balloons) give things mass in the first place. (via) Refresh your Higgs knowledge with MinutePhysics’ awesome explainers on the subject: Part I, Part II and Part III. Previously: Quilled paper anatomical cross-sections by Lisa Nilsson.
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Higgs Papercraft To accompany a cover story about the discovery of the Higgs boson, French magazine Le Monde turned to a non-traditional artform: Paper. The studio Zim & Zou constructed these paper designs to represent the CERN particle collisions that allowed “Le Boson de Higgs” to be detected, the “missing puzzle piece” of physics that the Higgs represented, and the relationship of how the Higgs field (the balloons) give things mass in the first place. (via) Refresh your Higgs knowledge with MinutePhysics’ awesome explainers on the subject: Part I, Part II and Part III. Previously: Quilled paper anatomical cross-sections by Lisa Nilsson.
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Higgs Papercraft To accompany a cover story about the discovery of the Higgs boson, French magazine Le Monde turned to a non-traditional artform: Paper. The studio Zim & Zou constructed these paper designs to represent the CERN particle collisions that allowed “Le Boson de Higgs” to be detected, the “missing puzzle piece” of physics that the Higgs represented, and the relationship of how the Higgs field (the balloons) give things mass in the first place. (via) Refresh your Higgs knowledge with MinutePhysics’ awesome explainers on the subject: Part I, Part II and Part III. Previously: Quilled paper anatomical cross-sections by Lisa Nilsson.
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Higgs Papercraft

To accompany a cover story about the discovery of the Higgs boson, French magazine Le Monde turned to a non-traditional artform: Paper. The studio Zim & Zou constructed these paper designs to represent the CERN particle collisions that allowed “Le Boson de Higgs” to be detected, the “missing puzzle piece” of physics that the Higgs represented, and the relationship of how the Higgs field (the balloons) give things mass in the first place. (via)

Refresh your Higgs knowledge with MinutePhysics’ awesome explainers on the subject: Part I, Part II and Part III.

Previously: Quilled paper anatomical cross-sections by Lisa Nilsson.