Lamda Space: Archive

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Modeling Visual Hallucinations →

Neurologists have identified the hexagonal shape of structures in the primary visual cortex as a likely source for these patterns…the visual cortex sends out waves in periodic bursts that ebb and flow, resulting in the amazing geometric patterns many people experience.

Aug 30th

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Watch

So many angry French people….

Aug 29th

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Aug 28th

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Aug 28th

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Vincent Fournier: Space Project →

More at the artist’s website.

Aug 27th

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If the earth was a perfect cube....

On the plus side, the view is like none on earth, or on any planet anywhere. You can sight down one edge of the cube to a far corner, a distance of some 6,400 miles. Even more strikingly, you see all the atmosphere and water has been concentrated by gravity into a blob in the middle of each face, with the corners and edges poking out into space. You realize your cubical planet isn’t one world...

Aug 26th

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The Museum of Underwater Modern Art →

Aug 26th

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100 images from Ernst Haeckel's Art Forms in... →

Originally published in 1904.

Aug 25th

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Aug 24th

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Aug 23rd

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Aug 22nd

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Aug 21st

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Evolution Fucked Your Shit Up: The World’s 50... →

Aug 20th

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Some People, by Luke Pearson →

Aug 19th

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Llama Font: say it in llama →

Aug 18th

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Aug 17th

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Inventables: futuristic new materials →

Transparent concrete, glass cloth, el-wire that doesn’t require electricity, gel magnets, temperature sensitive fabric, aluminum foam, adhesive-free tape…

Aug 16th

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