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Pizza from a printer: NASA to spend $125,000 funding 3D food production project_
NASA is funding research into 3D printed food which would provide astronauts with meals during long space flights. The futuristic food printers would use cartridges of powder and oils which would have a shelf life of 30 years. While the … Continue reading
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Tammam Azzam, ‘Freedom graffiti’
‘The Kiss’ by Klimt painted on the remains of a building hit by bombs and bullets_ (Link)
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38 Wonderful Foreign Words We Could Use in English_
Sometimes we must turn to other languages to find le mot juste. Here are a whole bunch of foreign words with no direct English equivalent. 1. Kummerspeck (German) Excess weight gained from emotional overeating. Literally, grief bacon. 2. Shemomedjamo (Georgian) … Continue reading
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Japanese Barista Makes 3D Latte Art_
In a dangerous escalation of the global latte art movement, Osaka-based barista Kazuki Yamamoto has been perfecting a technique for making 3D latte art. The foamy milk sculptures take the form of animals and pop culture characters. For more of … Continue reading
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The Amazing GIF You Can Control With Your Mind:
Look at the image for long enough and you can make the train change direction simply by thinking about it_ (Link)
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A humbling map of real-time wind patterns in Tornado Alley_
“Wind Map” is a stunning interactive datavisualization that presents wind patterns across the continental U.S. in real time. Picture above is what it looked like last night at 10:59 CDT, in the aftermath of yesterday’s devastating Oklahoma tornado. Tornados have … Continue reading
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Boards of Canada Are Doing… Something… in Tokyo Today_
Boards of Canada have dropped another cryptic clue, tweeting what would appear to be the time and location of some yet-unspecified event: “May 22nd 24:00 @ 1-23-10 Jinnan Shibuya-ku Tokyo”. A search of the address points to the location of … Continue reading
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Michel Gondry Adapting Philip K. Dick’s ‘Ubik’_
Philip K. Dick was a paranoid fellow, as demonstrated by his literary output, but one of his most trippy and mind-boggling creations is a book titled Ubik, which can only be described in brief as a satirical, psychedelic predecessor to … Continue reading
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Eating cotton candy…
In reverse is hilarious_ Slow motion is always entertaining_ (Link)
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