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Swedish firm Studio Esinam‘s new print series depicts “Elevations” of architectural landmarks across the globe. Using minimalist line drawings, the illustrations attempt to “capture the unique feeling of various cities around the world”.

Meticulously recreating the facades of landmarks in Berlin, Brooklyn, Copenhagen, Gothenburg, London, Paris, Stockholm, and Tokyo, the growing collection of prints reframes technical drawings as works of art. By distilling iconic facades to their barest and most essential elements, Studio Esinam aims to direct “attention to details that mostly pass unseen.”

View selected prints from the “Elevations” series after the break.

“By covering aspects that may otherwise pass unnoticed we hope to let people discover new details and ways to appreciate architecture, deepening the experience of the places and spaces we already love as well as finding new ones to explore,” write Studio Esinam’s founders, director Josefine Lilljegren and architect Sebastian Gokah.

The latest additions to the project see Copenhagen’s distinctive styles converted into monochrome illustrations. Presenting the city’s rich history of ornate 18th century architecture alongside its diverse Modernist buildings, the new collection is also accompanied by facts about the featured designs.

Prints in the Elevations series are limited-edition, and available for purchase from Studio Esinam’s website.

Need some nightmare fuel? Have a look at the sheepshead fish (scientific name: Archosargus probatocephalus), a marine inhabitant that gets as much attention in dentistry as it does in ichthyology circles.

First identified in 1792 and found in states including Florida, Texas, and Louisiana, sheepsheads are a popular catch for two reasons: they’re delicious, and that giant, gaping maw full of actual teeth makes for quite the conversation piece. After all, it’s not every day you find a Lovecraftian monster flopping around on the floor of a boat.

“They eat a lot of hard-shelled invertebrates,” says Rob Robins, Ichthyology Collections Manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History. “The incisors at the front are used to pry loose food from a substrate, and the grinding teeth are used to bust them up.” According to Robins, the teeth found in the sheepshead aren’t materially different from human dentition. “Teeth are teeth,” he says. The fish has three rows of molars on top and two on the bottom and can deliver enough force to crush through a crab.

Aside from their pearly whites, sheepsheads—also known as “convict” fish for their black stripes—are conventionally built, typically growing 14 to 18 inches long and roaming the deep until they become food for larger predators. They’re sometimes confused with the Pacu, an Amazon fish with jagged teeth that snacks on the nuts falling from nearby trees. In a testament to the power of Internet fear-mongering, it was once erroneously reported the Pacu liked to attack human testicles.   

Sheepsheads have no such ambitions, though they are persistent. “They have something called an ascending process that allows them to essentially shoot their mouth out from their head and obtain their prey,” Robins says, which we infer to mean there’s no escape from this thing. Fortunately, they’re not known to bite humans—unless, he says, they’re provoked.

Provoked? “Well, if you painted your fingertip like a barnacle and put it in the fish’s face, it’s a possibility.”

So is never sleeping again. Listen closely for the sound of a captured sheepshead gnashing its teeth:

And have a look at some glamour shots:

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Fans of Olive Garden's breadsticks will be happy to know that beginning June 1, 2015, the restaurant will start serving sandwiches made with the same garlic-buttery bread as their breadsticks. According to the Associated Press, the sandwich buns will be the exact recipe as the popular chain's breadsticks, except shorter and wider. 

As with all of the Olive Garden's dishes, sandwiches will come with unlimited breadsticks. Never fear, your neverending bread supply won't disappear. Read more, including the variety and price of the new sandwiches, here.

Istanbul-based tattoo artist Bicem Sinik uses intricate dot and line work to create beautiful high-contrast modern tattoos. More examples of her stunning work can be found on her Instagram stream.

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A blow to the back of the head is dangerous enough, but when doctors have examined such head injuries, they’ve found a strange phenomenon. A hit to the back of the head cause breaks in the front of the skull.

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It’s natural to be nervous about doing something when you’re unsure of the consequences. Waiting to be sure feels safer. However, certainty and risk are also opposites. You can’t take a risk if you’re sure of the outcome.

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You already know that vibrators are great for erotic release. It turns out they can do something similar for plants. In an article at Wired, Gwen Pearson discusses how vibrators found a home on the farm by mimicking the intense thrum of bumblebees.

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I’m so glad this info graphic is going around, because so many people don’t realize how ageism and misogyny play hand in hand and how the sexualization of young girls play into this.

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People with social anxiety will be able to relate with this easily

We've seen some 3D-printed cars evolve from rough, inexpensive designs to dreamy, printed concept cars. In honor of the iconic Shelby Cobra's 50th anniversary, the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory 3D-printed an electric Shelby Cobra. The vehicle's whole body and chassis, even interior details like the headrests, were 3D-printed from lightweight, reinforced ABS. To give the cobra … Continue reading

In his nightmarish photo series Clownville, photographer Eolo Perfido has created a most disturbing portrait collection of menacing clowns. Note that some of the clowns are nude–menacingly nude, if that’s possible. The series was created in collaboration with makeup artist Valeria Orlando.

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Chinese artist Hua Tunan‘s newest body of work captures the elegance of wild animals on paper. Tunan’s use of quick brush strokes and splatters amazingly organize to form pensive animals that look ready to leap off the page in a moment’s notice, similar to the style in much of his incredible street art around Tapei and Foshan.

Tunan recently had a show at Galerie F in Chicago.

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It was a hateful message to spread under any circumstances. And Twitter actually took money to promote it. “My fellow Jews,” it read, “the time to start killing Arabs is NOW.”

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I’ve had my eye on something like this for a long time:  A self-contained camera hidden in plain sight that doesn’t require any fancy installation.  The Zone Shield AC Adaptor HD DVR is disguised as an ordinary “wall wart” power adapter.  Just plug it in and go!  Let’s see how well it works.

I’ll get this out of the way:  I think it should be spelled “Adapter”, not “Adaptor” with an “o”.  That’s the grammar police in me.  OK, carry on.

Features:

• AC Adaptor Plugs in Almost Anywhere
• Color Wide Angle 70 Degree FOV Pinhole Camera
• 2 Recording Modes: Continuous and Motion Activated
• Time and Date Overlay for Solid Evidence
• Easy Access On / Off Switch
• 1280 X 720P HD Resolution

Specifications:

• 1.3MP CMOS Image Sensor
• 1280 X 720 Effective Pixels
• Pinhole Lens
• Electronic Shutter Speed 1/25 ~ 1/100,000s

Includes:

• Zone Shield AC Adaptor DVR Camera
• 8GB SD Memory Card
• User Manual Download Here

Open the package and you get instructions, memory card, and the camera.  Or is it a power supply?

I’ve pointed at the cleverly concealed pinhole camera lens (above).

The attached power cord does nothing.  It’s a prop.

On the bottom is a single, unmarked button.  This is the power button.  You press and hold for a few seconds.  You can see the reflection of a red/green LED inside the “adaptor” through the vents.  Once the blinking stops, you release the button and can safely unplug the unit.

This is the memory card slot (micro SD) and mode switch.  “M” (left) is motion record only.  “C” (right) is constant recording.  The camera overwrites the oldest file.

I must say that the camera does a great job of looking like any old wall wart.  Here I’ve piled it alongside some other random ones I had lying around.  Can you spot the camera?

To test, I mounted the camera in the garage on a wall outlet that’s about chest high.This is what the camera sees.  Note the time/date stamp on the lower left.  This is set by editing a text file on the memory card.  (I was able to do it on a Mac, no problem.)

When set to “motion” recording, I noticed the camera kept recording short movie clips when the white van was in the shot.  When it wasn’t parked in sight, the camera wouldn’t record unless something moved.  I suspect the overhead fluorescent lights and light colored vehicle might be causing the camera to “wake”.   There are no sensitivity settings.

Here’s a file list of the video recorded.  Even though there was no activity in the garage, something set the camera off as long as the white van was parked in view.  (Once the van was gone, the camera stopped this behavior).

The other minor problem is that the motion detection may cut off the first few seconds of activity.  Here, the white van pulls into the garage, but you miss the first few seconds.  As you can see, the file starts with the van in the middle of the frame driving to the left.

How long can you record?  The manual states that 32gb cards are the max supported.  I let the camera run overnight an fill up several memory cards, and came up with the following back-of-the-envelope calculations:

8gb card:  142 min

16gb card:  284 min

32gb card: 569 min

Despite the lack of motion detection adjustments, the Zone Shield AC Adaptor HD DVR is certainly the easiest to install, “hide in plain sight” camera I’ve found.

Source: The sample for this review was provided by SpyGadgets. Please visit http://www.spygadgets.com for more info.

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Zone Shield AC Adaptor HD DVR hidden video camera review originally appeared on The Gadgeteer on May 7, 2015 at 10:00 am.

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Avengers 2 is exactly like a large bucket of concession-stand popcorn: it seems great at the time and you just keep shoveling it down because wow, popcorn is delicious, and then you get to the bottom of the bucket and you're thinking, "Oh god, why did I eat that whole thing, what the hell is that artificial butter flavoring made of, anyway?" and then you remember it's misogyny.

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In a recent reddit AMA, the incredible Vince Gilligan, creator of the series Breaking Bad, mentioned that Los Pollos Hermanos, the fictional restaurant heavily featured in the series (and portrayed by the burger/burrito chain Twisters), may soon become a real restaurant.

Believe it or not… there is talk of a Pollos Hermanos becoming a real restaurant. This is not an idea that I generated personally. But it’s one that’s been presented to me, through the good folks at Sony, and the idea came to them from a businessman who has an interest in doing just that. Speaking for myself, I’d love to see that happen!

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