Mad Quickies: Crime-solving Tattoo, Deep-sea Diving Wheelchair, Monster Boxes, Spiderweb Art and More!

May the Fourth be with you! Grab a glass of Blue Milk and a slice of Uj’alayi, or if it’s late in the day, a tasty Membrosia cocktail, and take a little break with the Quickies!

• “They found a hand first, in a gritty inlet at the mouth of Coney Island Creek.” So starts The Hunt for a Dead Woman’s Identity, Aided by Her Faded Tattoo.
• I share my buddy Brian’s skepticism on this and Will at Queereka says that “the stat about an 80% increase in HIV rates over the last 10 years is wrong”… but I’m going to share this with you because it’s eyebrow-raising to be sure. German Magazine ‘Vangardist’ Prints Cover Using HIV-Positive Blood.
• Writer James Nestor explores the science of the mammalian dive reflex in Your Body’s Amazing Reaction to Water. Related diving videos are included. You have to watch Sue Austin’s deep-sea diving IN A WHEELCHAIR. {via @ChrisBaskind}
• The lives of three babies were rescued by 3D-printed, growth-flexible implants.
• Brooklyn photographer Will Ellis has shot an compiled the book Abandoned NYC, photos of New York City’s Abandoned Spaces.
• Dr. Stephen Gaeta created a series of science typography prints that are for sale at Street Anatomy.
• Trip out to this collaborative motion graphics project by 9 Squares where 9 designers use 4 colors in 3 seconds.
• Pennsylvania leather designer Mellie Z transforms boxes and bags into monsters.
• Argentine artist Tomás Saraceno creates spiderweb sculptures.
• Nerd alert: Turn images into legit Commodore 64 pixel art.

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Mayweather-Pacquiao Cold Open – SNL
{via Critical Dragon1177}

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Featured image is courtesy of Mellie Z.

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