Mad Quickies 11.16

It’s the Friday Quickies! Surf’s up!

• Stellar. Breathtaking. Go now. The interactive 100,000 Stars. {via KatieH.}
• With no permanent museum space, Kinetica Museum creates dynamic exhibitions in varied environments. Lucky Brits.
• So we read the amazing Scalzi’s When Gut-Boys Attack.
• And then @TreeLobsters made The Grand Imperator of Nerddom. Plus this one for the internetz.
• At the dawn of sound, was the wail of a baby Universe like muffled highway traffic?
• The world’s first 3D vinyl plays the Earth’s soundtrack, “an aural journey around the world in 30 minutes.” The credits explain.
• A Tigger-tastic Dr. Who cake. {via Steve D.}

Lots more!

• The 3-D printed gun revolution.
• Lord of the Rings fan builds life-size Hobbit hole out of 2,600 balloons. {via Maggie}
• 3D-printed graffiti. I … what?
• Frighteningly lifelike 3D mask of your face.
• Omigodz you guys, Bird Parts t-shirt from Bird and Moon.
• We call it a fence.

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Sundays at Rocco’s

For more stories, go to: StoryCorps. Every voice matters.

from the page
Nicholas Petron’s grandfather, Rocco Galasso, moved to New York City from Italy with the hopes of making a better life. For eighteen years Rocco served as owner and superintendent of an apartment building where much of his family resided–until the day they were given notice that their building faced demolition to make way for new apartments. As Nick remembers, that’s when everything changed.

Funding provided by:
The Corporation for Public Broadcasting
National Endowment for the Arts
In partnership with POV

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2012 XVIVO Demo Reel
Animations of Cell Life

Source: Animations of Life at Gurney Journey.

Read more at XVIVO | Scientific Animation.

from the page
Everyday, scientists are discovering and inventing things that no human has ever seen before. Our mission is dedicated to making these discoveries visible, understandable and compelling.

XVIVO’s award-winning animation studio creates compelling visual productions for pharmaceutical, medical device and biotech companies, advertising agencies, educational organizations, museums and broadcast companies. From script to screen, we provide custom education and communication services for every client.

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Willem van Weeghel’s
Kinetic Art – Dynamic Structure 29117

from the page
Kinetic object with 32 independently moving lines. Controlled by an integrated computersystem. The video shows some of the constantly changing ordered and random structures that appear and disappear. Dimensions: 4.20m X 2.80m. 2007 – 2010.

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Featured image is an excerpt of the Tigger/Dr. Who cake by Nerdache Cakes.

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