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Humorous Street Art and Urban Interventions by SpY
There are not many street artists who use their sense of humor, implementing it directly into the urban environment. There is no doubt that the Spanish artist SpY is among them.
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Simpsons-Riots in Bolivia
In Bolivien sind rund 2000 Leute auf die Straße gegangen und haben gegen die Änderung ihres Fernsehprogrammes protestiert. Die wollten unfassbarerweise die täglich zwei Stunden Wiederholungen der Simpsons kürzen. Da sind die Leute dann verständlicherweise ausgerastet. Der Sender Unitel lenkte ein, die Leute kriegen wieder genügend Simpsons und verletzt wurde niemand.
Unitel, the Bolivian network that airs the popular cartoon, eventually caved and announced they would bring back its original time slot, according to the Latin Times.
Nearly 2,000 Bolivians wielded signs and voiced their outrage with chants. Some even donned costumes of Homer and the gang despite heavy rain, which didn’t hamper the protests. Local media reported that the demonstration was the first time there had ever been a mass protest by viewers who opposed a change in television programming, Central European News reports.
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80s Style Retrowave Animation
Dans ce court film d’animation réalisé par Florian Renner, on découvre une Delorean parcourir à toute allure une ville futuriste illuminée de toutes parts. Sans révéler l’identité du conducteur, la caméra se concentre sur le compteur de la voiture, puis sur la magnificence des buildings environnants dans une ambiance 80′s que l’artiste a réussi à retranscrire avec brio. À découvrir en vidéo.
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A New Artificial Skylight System Nearly Indistinguishable from the Sun Itself
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In what may be one of the most ground-breaking developments in creating artificial sunlight, a group of Italian scientists recently announced CoeLux, a new kind of skylight that perfectly mimics the feel of daylight. The creator’s claim the system is so effective that it tricks unknowing individuals into thinking they are looking up at the actual sun.
The inventors are somewhat tight-lipped about how CoeLux works, but it involves filtering a light source through a layer of nanoparticles that mimic Earth’s atmosphere. Because of this, not only does the color match sunshine but the quality does as well. In the photos above—which CoeLux insists aren’t digitally altered—you can get an idea of how realistic the light is, and see it in action in the video.
The light is currently available in three different configurations that mimic sunlight at different points on the globe including tropical, mediterranean, and nordic environments. Applications for CoeLux might involve anywhere light is scarce, from extreme environments like scientific outposts to underground parking garages or even in hospitals. You can see more on their website. (via PetaPixel)
A Pair of Curious Burrowing Owls Emerge From a Suburban Front Lawn and Start Dancing
In this remixed GoPro footage by wildlife photographer Megan Lopez, a pair of curious burrowing owls emerge from a suburban front lawn and start dancing to a soundtrack by musician Aquadrop.
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This bouncy ball drone wants to search and rescue without cutting off anyone's face by accident
We've seen some incredible progress recently when it comes to the sense and avoid technology that lets drones navigate around obstacles. But we're still waiting for these systems to be robust enough to actually deploy to the public. In the meantime, a Swiss company called Flyability has created a novel solution. As Engadget reports, it just won a million dollars in the UAE's Drones for Good competition by creating a craft where crashing into stuff is not a bug, but a feature.
The GimBall is a two-rotor drone inside of a soft, flexible globe. That outer frame rotates independently of the drone inside, allow the unit to bounce off walls while maintaining its altitude. In fact, the GimBall uses smashing into obstacles as a form of navigation. Give it a GPS waypoint and it will roll along walls and careen off of ceilings as it looks for an open path toward its destination.
"The goal of this flying robot is to reproduce the amazing capabilities of insects," says Adrien Briod, Flyability's co-founder and CTO. "Especially the fact that they can collide into things and continue flying afterwards.
Flyability envisions the GimBall being deployed in dangerous indoor situations like fires, chemical leaks, or nuclear meltdowns, when rescuers want to search through a building to locate potential survivors, but sending humans might be too dangerous. Although for my money, this unit also has a lot of potential as a training partner when you're trying to improve your toddler's freeze tag abilities.
French Artist ‘Levalet’ Injects Humor into the Streets of Paris with New Site-Specific Street Art
A bronze bull head fountain is suddenly transformed into a minotaur. A decrepit corner of an alley becomes a holding pen for ostriches. If any of these odd happenings sound familiar to you, you’re probably living in Paris and have just witnessed the work of French artist Charles Leval (previously). Going by the name Levalet, the artist injects humor into the streets of Paris by gluing animal and human-shaped pasteups onto walls. A lot of thought goes into location too as each piece usually interacts with its environment in one way or another.
Levalet has been updating his site and facebook page with new work he’s created so far in 2015. When not on the streets, Levalet can be found in a classroom (he teaches art) and in a gallery (he held an exhibition late last year at Galerie Geraldine Zberro). “I was looking for places and contexts to operate,” says Levalet, referring to his prime medium: the wall. “The street became a creative space I had to invade.” (via StreetArtNews)
Lockess algorithm
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(Correction: lockless)
Thumb Up ‘Em Up: The Long Way
“Hitchhike your way to weirdness in The Long Way [official site] is one abandoned opening to this post. I would say “I like The Long Way a lot and I hope you might to and it’s free so go play it” but where’s the sparkle, where’s the zazz? Two clumsy attempts is probably enough to demonstrate this is one of those games I struggle to explain because I like it so much. It’s a weird hitchhiking… conversational adventure game? in a land with big, big skies and odd people offering lifts.
"Icehenge" Appears on a Frozen Lake in Wisconsin
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Why did ancient Wisconsinites build the mysterious Icehenge on Rock Lake? Was it for religious rites? Astronomical research? Communicating with aliens? We may never know, unless we talk to the five guys who built it. Kevin Lehner and 4 of his buddies used ice cutters, chainsaws, and tongs to build this massive homage so Britain's Stonehenge. The blocks weigh about 200 pounds each.
The men have been doing this on Rock Lake near the town of Lake Mills every year for several years. It began as a religious act after a local tribe was defeated by a rival foreign tribe:
The men have built ice sculptures in the past, but this year's motivation was a little special.
"There may have been some anxiety over that Packers loss in Seattle. '06 and had to release some anxiety somehow."
Perhaps the gods, pleased by this extraordinary act of piety, may respond by granting them victory in future battles.
You can see more photos of Icehenge here.
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171. ROBERT FULGHUM: A mutual weirdness
This is one of the most-requested quotes I get and I’ve been wanting to adapt it for awhile now. Besides being a wonderful message, the main reason I wanted to feature it was so I could give proper credit to the author. The entire internet seems to think this is a Dr Seuss quote, but it’s actually from Robert Fulghum, the best-selling author of All I Really Need to Know I learned in Kindergarten. The origin of the quote was researched by the fantastic Quote Investigator, with the real source being Fulghum’s book True Love. So hopefully this comic helps in giving Mr Fulghum his due. I previously adapted one of his quotes way back in June, 2012.
And yes, I am super-excited about Episode VII and have watched the teaser countless times. December can’t come soon enough!
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– Thanks to everyone who submitted this quote. I hope you all have your own weirdo to spend Valentine’s Day with.
Quadrin 6/02/2015 - Preto No Branco (Allan Sieber)
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Mighty Mites
Tolle Milben-Mikroskopie von Martin Oeggerli, eine ganze Galerie voller Giant Minimonster auf National Geographic, hier der Artikel dazu:
Some of the real monsters of the mite world live in soil, where one can find predatory mites armed with a medieval arsenal of mouthparts. Some have jaws with sharklike teeth; others bear smooth blades that snap together with tremendous force; still others stab with sharp and deadly sabers. These beasts stalk the tunnels of worms and the tiny holes between grains of sand.
National Geographic: Mighty Mites