Cooper Griggs

GPOY
#burningman #2007 #black #rock #city #nevada #playa #desert #bigrigjig #hat #glasses #hot #heat #summer #america #awesome #bmorg #canon #powershot #sd630 @burning_man_pics @this_one_time_at_bm @in_dust_we_trust (at Black Rock City, NV)

Night Stroll is a lovely animated short by Tao Tajima. Various light figures are seen interacting with locations around Tokyo, I can’t begin to guess how this was all planned, shot and animated and there is almost no information about it online, but it’s remarkable nonetheless. (via be con in riot)

Owyhee Lake Road

The Igor I. Sikorsky Human Powered Helicopter Competition was established in 1980 by the American Helicopter Society to help foster the creation of the first human-powered helicopter. To win the prize a team of engineers would have to build a helicopter powered solely by a human that would achieve a flight duration of 60 seconds, reach an altitude of 3 meters (9.8 ft), while remaining in a 10 meter (32.8 ft) square. The first attempt wouldn’t even leave the ground until 1989 when the Da Vinci III built by students Cal Poly San Luis Obispo flew for 7.1 seconds.

Over 33 years have passed since the creation of the AHS Sikorsky Prize and dozens teams have tried to win it. Finally, on June 13th of this year the AeroVelo team from the University Of Toronto managed to fly their Atlas Human-Powered Helicopter for 64.1 seconds, reaching an altitude of 11 feet (3.3 meters). The Atlas is a mammoth four rotor helicopter that despite measuring 154 feet (47 meters) across weighs only 119 pounds. The results were just verified this morning and the AeroVelo team was officially declared the winners of the $250,000 award. Watch the record-breaking flight above and read more over on the Huffington Post. Surely Da Vinci is fist-pumping in his grave.

coketalk: BAMF

this kid… this kid.

12 years old and a whole hell of a lot more informed than most folks i can think of, including me.

this kid.

we need more of this kid.

bamf indeed.

RSS represents the antithesis of this new world: it’s completely open, decentralized, and owned by nobody, just like the web itself. It allows anyone, large or small, to build something new and disrupt anyone else they’d like because nobody has to fly six salespeople out first to work out a partnership with anyone else’s salespeople.

That world formed the web’s foundations — without that world to build on, Google, Facebook, and Twitter couldn’t exist. But they’ve now grown so large that everything from that web-native world is now a threat to them, and they want to shut it down. “Sunset” it. “Clean it up.” “Retire” it. Get it out of the way so they can get even bigger and build even bigger proprietary barriers to anyone trying to claim their territory.

Well, fuck them, and fuck that.

Lockdown [marco.org]

teratocybernetics:

mindsplat:

• there is a sustainable treehouse community
• in the middle of the costa rican rainforest
• people can zipline from house to house
• they have wi-fi ARE YOU SHITTING ME WHY DON’T I LIVE THERE RIGHT NOW

O_O

The brainchild of Los Angeles architects Kyle and Liz von Hasseln, The Sugar Lab has adapted modern 3D printing technology to produce high-end edible objects for use on wedding cakes or table centerpieces. Recent graduates from the Southern California Institute of Architecture, the pair have developed a printing method that uses a mixture of sugar and alcohol that prints in layers. While the objects seen here are made using regular sugar, they hope to eventually create flavored mixtures that could be used for more complex pastry decorations, typographical treatments, or even functional objects that can later be eaten.

You can read more about the project over on Dezeen, and follow their progress on Facebook.

We noticed recent appearances of these plant-covered sculptures in photos from an exhibition called the Mosaïcultures Internationales Montréal (June 22 to September 29). This year’s edition covers the “Land of Hope” theme and includes over 50 “giants of the horticultural arts” on display in Canada’s impressive Montréal Botanical Garden. With 20 countries represented by 200 participating artists, the event is also an international art competition, and the winners will be picked for the Grand Honorary Jury Award and People’s Choice Award.

See more photos in the Mosaicultures Montreal 2013 gallery and Mosaiculture – International group.

Photos from AV Dezign, DeannaVY, Cosmar, Robert Perron, and lusignan.

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Whatever it is, it cannot be good.

via http://www.lanciatrendvisions.com/en/606/break-the-rules

Sometimes, the right angle can make a huge difference. While it’s not easy for most of us to get to these locations, there are many simple ways to change your perspective: Kneel down and put your camera in front of your feet or step on a chair and let your camera reach the sky.

Photos from tomms, NASA Goddard Photo and Video, and ZensLens.

via http://lifeonsundays.tumblr.com/page/61

One of the worst aspects of fracturing a bone, other than the excruciating pain and subsequent hospital bill, is the itchy, smelly, plaster cast. Sure, all your friends get to write hilarious things on it, but you end up being the kid in the shallow end of the pool with their arm stuck inside a giant trash bag. Definitely not cool. What if a cast could be functional as well as aesthetically pleasing? Jake Evill, a graduate from the Architecture and Design school at Victoria University of Wellington in New Zealand, has been exploring such a concept and he calls it Cortex.

Evill says that the “Cortex exoskeletal cast provides a highly technical and trauma zone localized support system that is fully ventilated, super light, shower friendly, hygienic, recyclable and stylish.” Patients would first receive an x-ray to pinpoint the nature of the break and would next have their arm scanned to determine the outer shape of their limb. Lastly the Cortex cast would be 3D-printed, with optimized levels of support around the break area to provide a snug fit.

It’s safe to say that with present technology the 3D-printed method would take considerably longer to fabricate than a typical plaster cast, but the idea is intriguing. It reminds me of the present movement to make prosthetic limbs more beatiful and personalized. Read more about Cortex here. (via dezeen)

A popular section of the Navajo Nation, Arizona, features Antelope Canyon — home to exceptionally photogenic sandstone formations. Flash floods and erosion created this stunning natural wonder of the American Southwest. Visitors enjoy strolls through its narrow passageways that are packed full of sunlight beams, sandfalls, and shapely rocks.

Do you want more pictures from this location? Visit the Antelope Canyon group.

Photos from Mike Olbinski Photography, Aerindad, Nagarajan Kanna, Rebecca Ang, gloryanlin, J Tiffan, kleemo, pup.ollie, BBB888 Photography, geekyrocketguy, Oilfighter, and Laurontario.

Stormy
#stormy #clouds #losangeles #california #southern #traffic #signals #lights (at Mar Vista, CA)

Nick of Dude Foods has created a Bacon Weave Choco Taco by weaving strips of bacon into a square, forming a taco-like shell, and stuffing it with traditional Choco Taco fillings such as vanilla ice cream, milk chocolate, and fudge. He completed it by topping it with peanuts, just like the original.

…I was surprised with how perfect my Bacon Weave Choco turned out, not only in terms of looks, but taste-wise as well. I’m a huge fan of sweet and salty combinations when it comes to food so this was pretty much the perfect dessert for me.

image via Dude Foods

via Thrillist

sagansense:

comaniddy:

If you wish to make an Earth Cake from scratch, you must first invent the universe.

This Planetary dessert was used to teach kids about the structure of Earth.

I’m jealous.

Source: Cake Crumbs Via: Geeks Are Sexy

Crumbly but, good - indeed.

Smith Rock

Playa Sunset
#burningman #sunset #sky #playa #bmorg #black #rock #city #nevada #temple #desert #valley #sun #stunning #theburn #america @this_one_time_at_bm @in_dust_we_trust @burning_man_pics (at Black Rock City, NV)