Lean With It: People Photographed Leaning at Impossible Angles with Trees
Chicago photographer Paul Octavious has just released a number of new photos as part of his Lean With It series, where he captures people bending (I suspect falling) in parallel with precariously angled trees. It’s almost more amazing that he’s able to find these trees in the first place, let alone timing such great shots. See much more on his website.
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Back to the Futurist: Anab Jain
EmailShare 39EmailShare The fourth post of the Back to the Futurist series is dedicated to Anab Jain. Previous in Series: Liam Young Who is Anab Jain? Anab is a designer, entrepreneur, TED Fellow and the founder of Superflux, a multidisciplinary design company based in London, UK and Ahmedabad, India. Follow Anab on Twitter: @anabjain Interview Which futurists past and present inspire you and why? Growing up India, and specializing in film at a design school started by Ray and Charles Eames, I have been hugely influenced by a number of notable image-makers and storytellers who worked to create radical visions of the future. Still from Solaris Solaris Poster Brueghel’s painting ‘Hunters in the Snow’ as seen in Solaris Another important inspiration is the avant-garde design group ‘Superstudio’, whose radical visions of a world devoid of architecture threw light on an economically wounded Italy in the post-war world. Superstudio’s ‘Third City: New York of Brains, 1971. Neither. ARK radio
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At long last, we have documented trips on Citi Bike. Rides are displayed as point-to-point journeys (not routed in the street grid – yet) and are rendered in color based on whether the rider was an annual or casual user. This visualization was produced using journey data from Tuesday, September 17th at 12 midnight and Wednesday, September 18th at midnight. The weather was mild, with highs in the 60s and lows in the 50s. Some points to watch: > Port Authority, Grand Central and Penn Station rushes at 6am > Post-work leisure rides > Transit delays throughout the day (taken from MTA's feed) > Heavy annual member use in Brooklyn > Tourist rides on Central Park and the Brooklyn Bridge > Stations along the FDR during morning commute > Long trips from Brooklyn to the Upper East Side > Casual users surging in mid afternoons > Riding pairs throughout, but especially noticeable in the afternoons and right after midnight > Heavy post-midnight travel in Brooklyn
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New Robot Crawls Like an Earthworm
Dubbed the "Meshworm," a new bio-inspired robot stretches and contracts to crawl across the ground like an earthworm. But unlike its living, breathing counterpart, this artificial creature is durable enough to survive being bludgeoned by a hammer. "You can throw it, and it won't collapse. Most mechanical parts are rigid and fragile at small scale, but the parts in Meshworms are all fibrous and flexible," said mechanical engineering researcher Sangbae Kim in a statement from MIT. "The muscles are soft, and the body is soft … we're starting to show some body-morphing capability." Earthworms have two muscle groups in their bodies that work together to help it move on the ground. The researchers tried to imitate this structure for their robot. A small battery and circuit board was added to the tube to produce a current to heat the wires at certain segments along the body. Though small, the Meshworm is durable.
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Apr 22, 2014 Picture of the Day: A Satellite View of Earth on Earth Day A SATELLITE VIEW OF EARTH ON EARTH DAY Satellite Image by NASA NOAA’s GOES-East satellite captured this stunning view of the Americas on Earth Day, April 22, 2014 at 11:45 UTC/7:45 a.m. EDT. Read More » A Snail’s Life by Vyacheslav Mischenko Ukrainian photographer Vyacheslav Mishchenko uses macro photography to bring the unseen and hidden beauty of the miniature world to life. Read More » NBC News Anchor Brian Williams Raps Snoop Dogg’s ‘Gin and Juice’ Jimmy Fallon debuted a new Brian Williams rap on Monday night, following up the hit rendition of the Sugarhill Gang’s Rapper’s Delight with Snoop Dogg’s Gin and Juice. Read More » Apr 21, 2014 This is What Happens When You Fly a Drone Through a Fireworks Show Pairing GoPro’s with quadcopter drones is starting to really take off and the results are changing the way we experience and document events. Read More » Picture of the Day: Bastei Bridge, Germany Read More » Read More »
