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August 2, 2010
Silk bioluminescent in caves
[posted by Benz Roos]
Arachnocampa, glowing worms
Ecorazzi has made a nice gallery of images of ‘Avatar’ like landscapes on Earth. One of the images shows the Arachnocampa. The Arachnocampa, aka “glow worm”, lives in caves in Australia and New Zealand. They spin a nest of silk on the cave ceiling and then hang down as many as 70 threads with drops of mucus attached to snare prey.
The larva all glow (even more brightly if they haven’t eaten in a bit) to lure victims to the threads. Incredibly, nearly 100% of the energy input is turned into light. source:ecorazzi -
August 1, 2010
Typographic Trees
[posted by Donald®]
typographic tree columns at crawley library.
For the new library designed by architects Penoyre and Prasard, Gordon Young, in collaboration Why Not Associates, has created a ‘forest’ of oak columns which are sited throughout the library and installed from floor to ceiling like supporting pillars. Workshops with users of the library were held by artist Anna Sandberg to gather information on people’s favourite books, places and memories. Using this generated content, Gordon worked with typographers Why Not Associates to design the columns. Each of the 14 solid oak columns reflect different subjects from the gothic to the romantic and are sited in specific relevant locations within the library.
Artist: Gorden Young
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July 31, 2010
Four planets sunset in Indonesia
[posted by Benz Roos]
Four planet sunset above Surakarta, Central Java, Indonesia photo by Jia Hao
“This mesmerizing sunset photo was taken from the summit of volcanic Mount Lawu, 3,265 meters above sea level, on July 21. The view looks west, toward the city lights of Surakarta (aka Solo), Central Java, Indonesia. Two other volcanic peaks, sharp Merapi (left) and Merbabu lie along the colorful horizon. Four planets shine in the twilight sky above them. Spread out near the plane of the ecliptic are Mercury, Venus, Mars, and Saturn, along with bright Regulus, alpha star of the constellation Leo. For help finding them, just put your cursor over the picture. In fact, these four planets still shine in western skies at sunset, with Venus, Mars, and Saturn grouped much more tightly this weekend and in early August. By August 12, a young crescent Moon will join the four planet sunset.” source: Astronomy picture of the day
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txtBOMBER
[posted by Benz Roos]
TEXTBOMER from H@nnes at HfG on Vimeo.
German designer Felix Pioneer has invented a handheld wall printer for political statements called txtBOMBER. He writes on his site: The txtBOMBER is a one-hand-guerrilla-tool – a machine not much bigger than a pressing iron – that generates political statements on the fly and immidiately prints them on any flat surface.
If you feel you are part of our modern generation viewless, the txtBOMBER is the perfect tool for you! Just switch it on, it’s powered by a strong battery. And move it along a wall. It’s that easy to show your? Its? Someones? opinion of something? someone? Hell! You should reconsider if you are keen enough to use it!
The seven txtBOMBER has build-in pens to “print” the letters and a micro-controller-brain (Arduino), no need for a computer or any other brain.” have a look on his site for more cool techy images of the product! source: Core77 -
July 27, 2010
6:30 AM colours of the sky
[posted by Benz Roos]
6:30 AM series by Robert Weingarten
Not so sure about this 6:30AM photo series of Robert Weingarten, because it is a bit kitchy. However I really do like the change of light and the colours in the sky, espacially above the sea. The series illustrates thedifferent effect light can have in different wheater circumstances and position of the erth in certain seasons.
Here is the explanation from his website;”After making test pictures from various points around his ocean view home in Malibu, he decided to turn his normal working procedure upside down and inside out by creating a set of strict rules of engagement with the motif. The subject would be sky, sea, and city observed over the course of one year, beginning on January 1 and ending on December 31, 2003, and would be advanced every day he was at home. A number of key artistic decisions governed the outcome of the project. Weingarten established a single viewpoint, looking southeast over Santa Monica Bay, from which every photograph in the series would be made with the camera in exactly the same position.
Each exposure would be made at precisely the same time of day – 6:30 am – measured by one quartz clock. All exposures would be made with the lens focused on infinity and at the same aperture of f/22. Just two variables were allowed into this disciplined scheme: the shutter speed of the lens, which would be adjusted faster or slower depending on the quantity and quality of light available at 6:30 a.m. each day; and, the most variable element of all, changes in the scene that were introduced by the forces of nature.-Weston Naef, Curator of Photographs, The J. Paul Getty Museum” - « Newer Posts — Older Posts »