Optical Illusions & Blog Archive & Body Art - Hand Animals These have to be some of the best examples of hand art I’ve ever seen. Great fun to look at for the kids and a real example of how to disguise your hand as an elephant, eagle or tiger. Click the main post for the full set of pictures. Document Your Life & Improve Your Photography Skills With Shuttercal The concept of sharing daily photos is nothing new. Nancy wrote an article a few months back featuring 4 great photo websites, and we’ve covered sites like DailyBooth in our directory. However, if you are into taking daily photos and think the idea of calendar-based photography is pretty cool, you are going to love Shuttercal. In this article, I am going to walk you through the features of Shuttercal, highlighting everything that makes this website useful. Introducing Shuttercal I should point out that in Nancy’s article I alluded to earlier, Shuttercal had several favorable mentions in the comments. Shuttercal’s website also covers the ‘what’, ‘why’, and ‘how’ associated with using the service, which I will attempt to expand upon here. What Is Shuttercal? In its simplest form, Shuttercal is a calendar. Upon first signing up for the service, you are taken to your MyCal page, which is your personal calendar where you can begin taking on your photography project. Explore The Community Conclusion
Beyond Defaults: Transhuman Intelligence Beyond Defaults: Transhuman Intelligence Michael Anissimov Singularity Institute April 2004"The problems that exist in the world today cannot be solved by the level of thinking that created them." - Albert Einstein A personal catchphrase of mine is: "never expect the default to be optimal!" The default situation, whether in human affairs, technological systems, or natural patterns, is always the preexisting system, which often works "satisfactorily", but only because the system itself sets our standards! We're so used to the default cluster of reference points because it's all we see. The default is the most common. In fact, don't expect anything you believe in or anything you witness to represent optimality, the best possible option. We're all only human. If we value anything at all about living, talking, thinking, or simply being, then we will care about improving the qualities that correspond to what we value, while continuing to enjoy them in the present. Qualities That Create Value
Op art Op Art Illusion design works that look like op art. Please note that this page could make you feel sick. "A pulser" The figure appears to scintillate. Copyright A.Kitaoka 2003 "Mesh spirals" The figure appears to scintillate. "Flemming's rules" Something appears to run in the circular clouds (visual phantoms). "Flip-flop" The figure appears to scintillate. "Falling snow" The figure appears to scintillate. "Op autumn" White patches appear to scintillate. "Rokuyo stars"* *Rokuyo is kind of week made up of 6 days: Sensho, Tomobiki, Sembu, Butsumetsu, Taian and Shakko. Six white circles appear to scintillate. Related reference: scintillating lustre by Pinna, Ehrenstein and Spillmann (2002) rokuyo.cdr (CorelDRAW) "A time tunnel" Color blobs appear to scintillate. "Matataki"* *scintillation Caution!! "A color curtain" Color lines appear to scintillate. "Treasure box" Color squares appear to scintillate. "Jiggle" The surround appears to jiggle and scintillate. "Blue sun" Circular scintillation appears. "Warp" "Glare"
Ugly Vegas Carpets Want You to Keep Playing | Raw File Mathematician-philosopher Alfred North Whitehead once said, “It requires a very unusual mind to undertake the analysis of the obvious.” This certainly rings true with Chris Maluszynski’s Las Vegas Carpets series, whose name explains it all. The photos draw out the psychology of Las Vegas through the simple observation of carpet. Years ago, while in Las Vegas covering the World Series of Poker, Maluszynski found himself as enraptured by the drama unfolding below the tables as above them. Originally from Sweden, now based in New York, Maluszynski spent four years roaming Sin City’s kaleidoscopic corridors with his camera. “The carpets definitely play a big part in keeping the town as surreal as it is,” said Maluszynski by e-mail. That’s a theory backed up by Dave Schwartz, Director of the Center for Gaming Research, at the University of Nevada Las Vegas. Maluszynski exhibited Las Vegas Carpets in April and has no intentions to return to the series. All Images @Chris Maluszynski/MOMENT.
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70 Awesomely Creative Flyer Designs for Inspiration Publishing flyers is most impressive and cheap way of advertisement if you are running a night club, selling drinks, marketing radio station or promoting any concert. It is also very frequent task among non-profit organizations and academic institution. Designing an impressive flyer is very important if you want to sell the show, here are few tips to follow while designing a creative flyer. Your concept should be creative enough to catch the eye of people. Today we have compiled a list of originative flyer design for your inspiration, make sure to have some knowledge how to design eye-catching poster before leaving this roundup. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30. 31. 32. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. 38. 39. 40. 41. 42. 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. 48. 49. 50. 51.
Transparent Phone | Technology in the future Here’s an official concept phone this time, one created by Aston Martin and Mobiado, the famous luxury gadget designer. What you can see below is a transparent phone running Android and these are all renders, right now. Dubbed the CTP002, this phone is a big sapphire glass surface with titanium edges. The glass is in fact a capacitive touchscreen and Mobiado hopes to also implement a SIM card slot, a chipset and a battery on this gizmo. Mobiado CTP022 is supposed to connect to the car and its display, with the latter showing a map of local venues and friends from the Foursquare network. Turns out that the camera in your car can snap a photo and post it on Facebook letting everyone know you own an Aston Martin. This is all daydreaming if you ask me, but the concept of the device will be shown at BaselWorld in Switzerland, so feel free to drop by, if interested. Bracelet Phone With a Flexible Display RollerphoneLuxury Cellphones ConceptThe phone of the future
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