Flotspotting

Core 77 has this amazing concept by Matthias Schmiedbauer. Essentially this idea is a package transit system for large cities, that would allow users to place items in publicly available boxes that are then delivered by automated Cargonauts to a chosen location. I love the anthropomorphic design!

The art of Hyungkoo Lee

Hyungkoo Lee creates some strange imagery. Both mesmerizing and terrifying, the figures and portraits are shaped and modified and come across as medical experiments. Reminds me of JP Witkin a bit.

Kelp Forest Photography

Scienceray has lovely photos of various kelp forests off the coast of California. Just some incredible photos worth looking at.

The art of Victoria Reichelt

Victoria Reichelt is a painter. When she's not making photo realistic oil paintings of photography equipment, she's painting exquisite photo realistic "portraits" of people by depicting what's on their bookshelves. These are not photos but oil paintings. Really unique idea and beautiful work.

Mercedes-Benz F-CELL Roadster

Yankgo Design has this post about a concept card developed by young design students and Daimler. An interesting blend of 19th century motor car design and the futuristic technology of fuel cells. I like the joystick instead of a steering wheel.

Eulogy for the Shuttle Riding Bat

Gizmodo has a charming eulogy for the small bat that hung on the to foam of the Space Shuttle fuel tank, and never let go during takeoff. Although the creature perished, the story of 'Spacebat' and its' final journey towards the stars has become in inspirational tale.

Underwater Volcano Erupts off Tonga

Here's a video of an undersea volcano erupting off the coast of Tonga in the South Pacific Ocean. Wow! Thankfully there was no danger to the inhabitants as the ash and smoke were blown away from the island.

Miniatur Wunderland

This is the official corporate video for Miniatur Wunderland, the largest and most detailed model train set in the world, located in Hamburg, Germany. There are 800 trains on 10 kilometers of track. Ships and cars move too, and everything is controlled by computer. Over 200,000 tiny people inhabit this world. Really interesting to see. 

Bathtub IV: a tilt shift video

This is a really great video made with a tilt shift technique, which makes everything look miniature. It's really amazing what a difference filming in large scale, and blurring selected areas of an image can do to the perception of it.

The Art of Brian Dettmer

Packer Schopf Gallery has some new work by Atlanta based artist Brian Dettmer who creates marvelous sculptures by surgically altering books. Dettmer is following a growing trend in book manipulation as an art form. 

Rare Quadruple Moon Transit on Saturn

Geekologie has some wonderful time lapse photos taken by the Hubble Telescope. They show a rare event in which four of Saturns moons can be seen transiting its face at the same time.

Stuhlhockerbank

Yvonne Fehling and Jennie Peize are German designers who create interesting new seating forms by 'melding' them together. A set of chairs becomes one unit with an integral seat. I really like the chairs blending with the public benches. Beautifully poetic work.

Paired Houses: but One is Abandoned

Slate.com has this great photo essay about duplex houses that have one unit occupied while the other half is abandoned. It makes for some really startling images. In some cases, half of the duplex ends up getting torn down, leaving a strange sort of half-house standing.

The Art of Liz Wolfe

Liz Wolfe is a photographer who masterfully stages her work. A surreal blend of natural and man made elements, her work can really be quite startling. Make sure you look at all the work on her site.

Izzy the Lizard

This video footage of Izzy the Lizard is merely meant to demonstrate the video capabilities of cameras by RED. Yes the colors and resolution are incredible, but I like the simple zen like quality of this guy up close.

Manchester Square Interior

On Contemprist I found these images of a really nice West End office designed by SHH architects of London. The goal was to blend 21st century modern aesthetics with the classic style of a gentlemen's club. Beautiful juxtapositions and colorations.

Ed Ulbrich on TED

Ed Ulbrich is a special effects master, and for his TED talk, he tells the story of creating the effects for the movie "How Benjamin Button Got His Face". The star of the movie, or I should say stars, was Brad Pitt and a digital version of Pitt that was the actor for half the movie. Really amazing.

The Art of Lucy and Bart

Lucy and Bart are a collaborative team of artists who blend fashion, architecture, the body, and performance art. Very unique! I look forward to seeing how they evolve in the future.

The Art of Thomas Doyle

Thomas Doyle has a wonderfully morbid style. He creates exquisite miniature dioramas of scenes that shouldn't be seen. Grave sites and sinking houses are favorite eerie imagery for this talented artist.

The Photography of Brandon Riza

Brandon Riza loves to camp in remote mountainous regions and photograph them. He has traveled the world to take these stunning images of mountain ranges. Really excellent work!

Extraordinary Flower Gardens

Can Pages has posted images of some stunning flower gardens from around the world. Enjoy!

Danfoss Universe Science Park

Arch Daily has the details of this great building designed by J. Mayer H. Architects for the Danfoss Universe Science Park in Nordborg, Denmark. The building, as you can see, is a wonderful form, and does creates some interesting moments inside, though I'm a bit disappointed with the wasted spaces.

Katie Couric wins Cronkite Award for Sarah Palin Interviews

I just love the irony of this. Thanks Katie for the great work keeping nuts like this out of office!

Robots!

Another great image collection from Boston.com' The Big Picture. This time the topic is the state of the art of robotic technologies and the ways they are slowly infiltrating our lives. From humanoid robotic actors, to the surgical assist Da Vinci robot shown above, the variety is staggering.

Dazzle Camouflage Design

Rhode Island School of Design has posted some images from their Fleet Library Special Collection. They are of WWI "Dazzle Ship" camouflage designs created by the US Navy that were distributed to merchant ships. It's a large collection worth exploring.

The art of Christian Faur

Artist Christian Faur is giving me one of those "I wish I had thought of that" moments. This very clever artist creates pixelated images out of crayons that are bundled together. A remarkable new take on digital imagery and a unique statement about the nature of drawing mediums. Top marks!

Winter 1972

Like Cool.com has process images of a project by design group I Never Kissed a Dog. They completely covered their furniture and an area of a room with white Post-it notes, creating a lovely wintery effect.

Rev Vac Safety Syringe

Revolutions Medical has a post about this new syringe design. It injects, like any other syringe, but when the plunger is pressed all the way in, the needle retracts into the inner barrel, effectively removing the safety hazard of used needles. It's already been FDA approved. There's a short video showing how it works.

Abandoned Pripyat, Ukraine

Live Journal has this incredible photo set of 2009 images of the small city of Pripyat in the Ukraine. The entire city was abandoned after it was exposed to lethal radiation following the Chernobyl accident. Some haunting images.

The Grand Daddy Trailer Hotel

Here are some images of the new trailer park addition to the Grand Daddy Hotel in Cape Town. Designed by Whatiftheworld studio, each parked Airstream trailer is themed and decorated differently ranging from Goldilocks and the three bears, to a tribute to John and Yoko.

Mathematically Derived Mirrors

New Scientist has a slideshow of some advanced mirrors created by mathematician Andrew Hicks. These mirrors achieve what would normally be considered impossible, such as distortion free wide angle reflections, or the non-reversing reflection shown above.

The Worlds Most Complicated Corkscrew

This video demonstrates a mechanized wonder, designed by Rob Higgs, that can claim to be the worlds most complicated wine opener. It even pours your glass for you. Stupid music, and poor production value, but the machine is worth seeing.

The Photography of Clark Little

Clark Little is a surfer and a photographer. He spends lots of time in the water and captures some incredible images of waves breaking. There are some really stunning images in his collection. 

Big Foot Table

Over at Trends Now, there's a presentation of this 'Big Foot' table by designer Alain Gilles. I really like this. From every angle, the legs visually demonstrate their stability. Lovely twists and angles to the sheet metal legs. I like to colors too.

Projection Electro Video

This video is an amazing demonstration of digital light projection technology. Staged as a promotional event for a french website, the projection artists have tailored their show to this building, creating stunning architectural shadow effects. The music is pretty bad, but stick with it; it changes frequently.

1936 Footage of the Building of the Bay Bridge

This is kind of long, but it's pretty neat to see how the builders did their jobs. No OSHA for them.