Japanese Museum Unveils A Giant Globe Made of 10,000 Live-Updating OLED... Geo-Cosmos If you want to see what Earth looks like from space, become an astronaut (or, barring that, a space tourist). For the next best view, pay a visit to Tokyo’s National Museum of Emerging Science and Innovation where a massive, nearly 20-foot spherical OLED orb--the world’s first large scale spherical OLED --offers a satellite’s-eye view of the planet in super high resolution. “Geo-Cosmos” is made up of 10,362 OLED panels that display continuously-updating satellite footage of our tiny blue marble, representing what our planet looks like from space in something close to realtime. It replaces an earlier model covered in LED panels, offering museum-goers a full 10 million pixels, a resolution 10 times greater than its predecessor. And like any good museum exhibit, Geo-Cosmos is interactive. [ Tokyo Tek ]
20 Best Of Best Red Dot Product Design Winners & Yanko Design 20 Best Of Best Red Dot Product Design Winners Red Dot Design Awards has just announced their Product Design winners. Here is a pick of my favorite 20 of the 45 “Best Of Best” winners, in totally random order. Creative industrial/product design is at its best. Bending bendy wood! 19) Batou CS Decoration Fabric by Nya Nordiska Textiles This versatile fabric can be used as curtains or as a partition screen. 18 ) Dyson Air Multiplier by Dyson Bladeless fan! 17) CBNes 6256 by Liebherr-Hausgeräte Defining itself as a BioFresh freshness centre, this fridge has three different climate zones with optimum temperatures for your food. 16) Grohe Ondus Digitecture by Grohe Bathing gets the digital edge with the Grohe Ondus Digitecture. 15) Velux Sun Tunnel by Ross Lovegrove Sun Tunnel takes inspiration from the sun, and channelizes natural light to the form of a ceiling lamp. 14) Fiskars X Range by Fiskars Redesigning the simple axe to look something totally cool and awesome! 12) Cosmolite by Samsonite
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. English Magnesium injection cycle Magnesium Injection Cycle (MAGIC) is an engine design currently under development by Mitsubishi Corporation and the Tokyo Institute of Technology which uses magnesium and water to generate power.[1][2][3] The engine also makes use of solar-powered lasers. Overview[edit] Output[edit] Despite its small dimensions (approx. 5 cm in diameter and 13.5 cm in height), the engine can generate a heat output of several tens of kW from which power is obtained.[3] The engine is aimed to be used in cogeneration, automobiles, ships, and many other areas. Personnel[edit] The engine development was led by Professor Takashi Yabe with the help of Professor Ikuta and others of Tokyo Institute of Technology with the cooperation of Ono Denki Seisakusho, K.K., a precision manufacturer located in Shinagawa, Tokyo. See also[edit] Alternative fuel References[edit]
Interactive 3D model of Solar System Planets and Night Sky 10 Most Awesome Floors Ever Created | Floorstoyourhome Posted on January 8, 2010 by Frank A new part 2 of this article is now posted here! Most flooring is pretty unimaginative and boring. However, the following is a selection of cool floors which aim to keep you staring at the ground; just make sure you don’t bump into anyone. Enjoy, and please let us know which one is you favorite. 1. Do you have money burning a hole in your pocket? Source 2. While there may be tall buildings popping up all over the world these days, few still have the presence of the Sears Tower in Chicago. Source 3. This is a floor that may leave you asking, “What exactly is going on in Belgium anyway?” Source 4. Your eyes are not playing tricks on you. Source 5. Lights in the floor at Finsbury Avenue Square serve to create a very futuristic and almost otherworldly look to the environment. Source 6. When you hear “concrete floor,” you might think that sounds like a recipe for a pretty boring floor. Source 7. Source 8. Source 9. Source 10. What!?! Source Discount Laminate Flooring
The Dalai Lama's 18 Rules For Living May 6, 2011 | 42 Comments » | Topics: Life, List At the start of the new millennium the Dalai Lama apparently issued eighteen rules for living. Since word travels slowly in the digital age these have only just reached me. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk. via OwenKelly Hot Stories From Around The Web Other Awesome Stories Spiders are wonderful Is the Universe a Holographic Reality? - Global One TV The Universe as a Hologram by Michael Talbot Does Objective Reality Exist, or is the Universe a Phantasm? In 1982 a remarkable event took place. At the University of Paris a research team led by physicist Alain Aspect performed what may turn out to be one of the most important experiments of the 20th century. Aspect and his team discovered that under certain circumstances subatomic particles such as electrons are able to instantaneously communicate with each other regardless of the distance separating them. University of London physicist David Bohm, for example, believes Aspect's findings imply that objective reality does not exist, that despite its apparent solidity the universe is at heart a phantasm, a gigantic and splendidly detailed hologram. To understand why Bohm makes this startling assertion, one must first understand a little about holograms. The three-dimensionality of such images is not the only remarkable characteristic of holograms. Courtey of Michael Talbot
cambodia_ta-prohm-temple.jpg from nationalgeographic.com 35+ Unique & Interesting Product Packaging Designs Whenever we're going to buy a product, especially the new ones we will inevitably pay more attention to the packaging of the product itself. Product packaging has tremendous power to grab our interest. It combines art and technology for protecting products for distribution, storage, until finally reaching the end user. Over the years, graphic designers and product designers have been creatively inventing new forms of packaging to maximize the function of a product packaging. Unique Product Packaging Design Ice cream cup BOBBLERS Rough Guide To Sudan Cd Cover Pistachio Packaging Design OGO Water Pack Choclate Bar Fondue Pack 3D Project 2: Floppy Disc Box Farm To City Condom Packaging School Project: Package Design Steampunk Packaging Da Vinci Code Direct-Mail Mid-Autumn Direct-Mail 2007 Batik Vans Packaging Outcome Inhaus - Mini Applications Socks Packing Homebase - Grow Your Own Scent Stories - Perfume Package Design Coffee Nova I'm not a battery Sliced Bread//Notebook Filthy Boy The Design Business Bottle
Online | Altered thrift store art: Some personal faves Unknown, via Reddit. Banksy, via Flickr user goldenticket. It’s a simple idea: Find some bad art, whether original or a print, for a song at a thrift store, then modify it to make, if not “better art,” then at least something that’s more entertaining to look at. (Is it the same thing? Yeah, that sounds like a productive argument.) Anyway. Etsy seller loudxmouse. Banksy, via Flickr user Darrell Godliman. Reportedly Banksy, via Reddit. Banksy, via Flickr user poly_mnia. Banksy, via Flickr user SteeveeGee. Woodgill at Monocol’s Etsy shop. Did I miss a good one? Related In a Perfect World Created by Catrina Dulay (there are few more, so it’s worth to visit).