August 2011
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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.
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So many angry French people….
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Vincent Fournier: Space Project →
More at the artist’s website.
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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...
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The Museum of Underwater Modern Art →
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100 images from Ernst Haeckel's Art Forms in... →
Originally published in 1904.
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Evolution Fucked Your Shit Up: The World’s 50... →
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Some People, by Luke Pearson →
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Llama Font: say it in llama →
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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…
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Gerco de Ruijter: Baumschule aerial photo series →
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Hyperbole and a Half: This is Why I'll Never be an... →
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パーチィクル崩し (keep playing until it gets crazy) →
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The Bent Hands: international spiral clock →
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Artichoke MRI
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Road Show series by Hubert Blanz →
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365 PETRI DISHES PAINTED BY KLARI REIS →
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