Swiss artist Felice Varini creates large scale anamorphic illusion paintings in which geometric shapes and patterns are visible from only one vantage point. He began creating the works in 1979, starting with small paintings and relatively simple shapes. More recent works have covered entire rooms, buildings, and even a small town in the Swiss alps. To create the paintings, Varini first projects his designs over the space he wishes to … Read More → "Large scale anamorphic illusion paintings by Felice Varini"

Bulgarian-born artist Christo has unveiled his latest work, dubbed “Big Air Package,” which is billed as the largest indoor sculpture created to date. Whether the claim is true or not, the installation is most certainly a significant feat of engineering in … Read More → "Christo’s “Big Air Package” is claimed to be the largest indoor scultpure ever made"

We’ve already seen these robots climb up people, but the new trick that they’ve learned now is to reflexively grab on to stuff after being thrown at it:

Using the accelerometers inside each module of the snake robot we are able to detect when the robot hits a pole or branch after being thrown and have the robot automatically perch on contact.
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If you need a reminder this morning that we totally live in the future already, here it is. Swiss researchers have unveiled a 14 millimeter long implantable lab on a chip that can monitor blood chemistry in patients and use wireless signals to alert their doctors if anything looks amiss. It’s still in the early stages of development, but if it’s successful, the device could one day be used to monitor the progress … Read More → "Tiny implant monitors blood chemistry, sends it to physicians wirelessly"

Four years ago, nine-year old Daisy Morris found a strange object on the beach on the Isle of Wight off the southern coast of Britain. It was the fossilized pelvic girdle of a previously unknown species of flying reptiles. Scientists recently named it Vectidraco daisymorrisae after its discoverer.
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Ever since July 16, 1969, the rockets that pushed Apollo 11 into the atmosphere mankind to the moon have lain at the bottom of the Atlantic ocean. Jeff Bezos has been keen to get them back, and now, thanks to his hard work and vast fortune of book money, they’re seeing the light of day for the first time in decades.

Bezos and his team were able to locate the rockets last year& … Read More → "Jeff Bezos has rescued the Apollo 11 rockets from the ocean floor"

Later this year, New York City will begin installing interactive “On The Go” subway kiosks that will assist tourists in getting from station to station. The 47-inch touchscreen displays will be encased in ruggedized steel and placed (in pairs, more often than not) throughout the city. Tapping any subway station will immediately chart out the best route of getting there, and the kiosks — designed in conjunction with Control Group — will count … Read More → "NYC to install touchscreen subway kiosks with directions, schedules, real-time alerts"

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Artist Shepard Fairey may be best known for Obey Giant and his Barack Obama “Hope” poster, but his latest work will be conquering an entirely different realm: outer space. The artist has designed the patch for an upcoming mission to the International Space Station called ARK1 — Advanced Science and Research — that will run from September 2013 through March 2014. ARK1 will be the first flight … Read More → "Artist Shepard Fairey creates patch for new International Space Station mission"