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Forward thinkers are the most amazing of people. One of the most amazing of which was Arthur C. Clarke, the late science fiction author who penned 2001: A Space Odyssey. Not only was he a forward thinking man, he apparently could tell the future as well.
Mondays tend to be a slow start to the week for everyone. It turns out that even the lightning videos online move slow. Check out this crazy cool slow motion timelapse of the birth and death of several lightning bolts in a thunderstorm.
Hopefully you’re not sick of me posting about the Space Shuttle yet because I’m only getting started. The above image is a sad one for me. It is of the final External Tank produced for STS-134. It rolled of of the New Orleans assembly line to the tear filled eyes of many workers who are now winding down their jobs on the line, some of which have been there for the 37 years of production.
I was reading about how the aging in Back to The Future II was way off, when I thought I’d look around and see if anyone has gotten around to making a hoverboard yet. Turns out artist Nils Guadagnin created this pseudo-working replica using technology by CreaLev. Though you won’t be using this thing to roll around the street any time soon, it is cool to see it floating on its own in the installation, which you can after the jump. The demo video of the window mannequin is also a cool proof of concept by CreaLev.
The “techmo’nology” behind vinyl records has always mesmerized me. CDs are obviously created with lasers that the aliens brought down, but vinyl…now that’s science! Check out these interesting images of record grooves under an electron microscope. This side view of a record looks like a rad landscape pic from a vintage iPhone.
Read about it here and see some other pics (including one in 3D) after the jump.
Tweed Tom’s poster on the First ______’s is pretty cool. I love the tagline at the top. See closeups and a couple more of his posters after the jump.
As it turns out, quicksand and sinkholes come about in a similar process. With hell opening up in Guatemala recently, now might be a good time to learn about them. Vanity Fair does a great job of explaining what caused it on their site. As a side bonus, Bill Nye will help explain quicksand and how to survive it in the above video.
I really enjoy James Kaczman’s vintage style illustrations. I’m pretty certain that most of his work are acrylic paintings…not just some drawings on cheap printer paper like myself. To top it off he has a BFA from Massachusetts College of Art and studied graphic design at RISD.
Recognition that the ubiquity of technological advances in engineering had devalued it as an artform is just one of the many reasons Vebjørn Sand chose to build this bridge. Originally sketched out by Leonardo da Vinci 500 years ago, this became reality after Vebjørn saw Leonardo’s sketch at an exhibition of da Vinci’s work. He believed that the ease with which man could build structures had diluted civil engineering and other trades and was compelled to build this work of art. Read about his successful efforts to build this beautiful bridge.
Albert Einstein died 55 years ago yesterday. LIFE magazine hired a photographer named Ralph Morse to document the event. Armed with his camera and the insight to buy a case of Scotch “to open doors and loosen tongues”, he is the only photographer to have gained access to the intensely private day for the Einstein family. At the request of the Einstein family, the photographs were never published. Now 55 years later they are being published along with Ralph’s recollection of the events.
More photos after the jump (including a somber casket shot) or view the entire collection on LIFE’s site here.
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