Algorithmic columns

Algorithmic columns: "

Computational architect Michael Hansmeyer makes incredibly elaborate columns out of cardboard and wood. Co.Design's John Pavlus writes: 'Hansmeyer's column stands nine feet tall, weighs about 2000 pounds, and is made out of 2700 1mm-thin slices of cardboard stacked on top of wooden cores. It contains somewhere between 8 and 16 million polygonal faces -- too complex for even a 3D printer to handle, according to Hansmeyer.'

The World's Most Complex Architecture: Cardboard Columns With 16 Million Facets [Co.Design via Inhabitat]

Columns [Michael's website]


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Get chased by zombies in Google Streetview!

Get chased by zombies in Google Streetview!: "

Mike Lacher's 'Streetview Zombie Apocalypse' is a great Google Streetview mashup: enter your location and then watch (and flee) as zombies converge upon you from all directions. I managed to get about 10 blocks from my flat before they caught me. It was surprisingly intense!

Streetview Zombie Apocalypse

(Thanks, Mope, via Submitterator!)

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Spanish Castle Magic: living towers made of humans

Spanish Castle Magic: living towers made of humans: "

[Video Link]

Video by Mike Randolph:

In the city of Tarragona, Spain, castellers gather every two years to see who can build the highest, most intricate human castles. This uniquely Catalan tradition requires astonishing strength, finesse, and balance. Not to mention courage.

Here are more photos of this amazing sport.

(thanks, Clayton Cubitt)

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Detroit will pay you to take one of its houses

Detroit will pay you to take one of its houses: "

Photo by Kevin Bauman. See more of Kevin's stunning photos of abandoned Detroit homes.

From Business Insider:

Mayor Dave Bing is trying to save Detroit by offering incentives to lure residents back to abandoned neighborhoods.

One program offers $150,000 in housing renovation money and requiring only $1,000 down to police officers who are willing to relocate to the city. Another offers college graduates $2,500 to rent and $20,000 forgivable loan to buy properties.

Potential home buyers can choose from plenty of cheap or free homes, especially in the blighted neighborhoods of Woodward Ave. and Brush Park.

Detroit Will PAY You To Take One Of These 100 Abandoned Homes

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#702; The Manufacture of Anxiety

#702; The Manufacture of Anxiety: "

(Read this storyline from the beginning.)

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How to Evaluate a News Story

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Damselflies' curious mating posture

Damselflies' curious mating posture: "

National Geographic's photo of the day brings us a peek into the tantric lovelife of the damselfly. The male arches his abdomen to move sperm from his secondary genitalia so the female can bring her genitals into contact with it, making the heartlike 'wheel position.'

Damselflies

(Thanks, Marilyn, via Submitterator!)

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Castle Grayskull igloo in Brooklyn

Castle Grayskull igloo in Brooklyn: "

Brooklyn artist Kilroy III celebrated the snowmageddon by building a huge, magnificent Castle Grayskull (of He-Man fame) igloo. It's the artist's second attempt at a Grayskullgloo, the first being one he attempted in the 1990s in Ohio. The primary sculpting tools were a Korean soup bowl and a spoon.

SPOTLIGHT: Snowmageddon Spawns Castle Grayskull by Kilroy III & Friends | Brooklyn Igloo

Castle Grayskull | Snowmageddon | Kilroy III (Flickr)

(via Geekologie)

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Homebrew junk action figures made by US soldier in Afghanistan

Homebrew junk action figures made by US soldier in Afghanistan: "
Noah Scalin sez, 'Check out these amazing articulated action figures made from bottle caps and other found materials by Private First Class Rupert Valero, who is stationed at Forward Operating Base (FOB) Wilson in Khandahar, Afghanistan.

A former oil rig engineer, Valero has been a collector and customizer of 6' super-articulated action figures for many years, but since being stationed in Afghanistan he has begun making his own figures entirely from upcycled materials.'

Upcycled Action Figures in Afghanistan

(Thanks, Noah!)

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Spousal irritation checklists for marital bliss, ca. 1930

Spousal irritation checklists for marital bliss, ca. 1930: "

These old data-collection checklists were used as part of a 1930s project to enable husbands and wives to give one another constructive feedback and end seething resentments by identifying and tabulating frequent sources of irritation.

In the 1930s, [Scientific Marriage Foundation founder George Crane] went around to a bunch of husbands and said, 'Hey husband, what does your wife do that annoys you?' And then he added all those complaints up and created a handy chart that let you rate your spouse against the generic ideal/anti-ideal. That's what you see in the chart above.

Happy Valentine's Day! Try Out This Marital Rating Scale

(via Neatorama)

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