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Fibonacci Zoetrope Sculptures from Pier 9 on Vimeo.

These are 3-D printed sculptures designed to animate when spun under a strobe light. The placement of the appendages is determined by the same method nature uses in pinecones and sunflowers. The rotation speed is synchronized to the strobe so that one flash occurs every time the sculpture turns 137.5º—the golden angle. If you count the number of spirals on any of these sculptures you will find that they are always Fibonacci numbers.

For this video, rather than using a strobe, the camera was set to a very short shutter speed (1/4000 sec) in order to freeze the spinning sculpture.

John Edmark is an inventor/designer/artist. He teaches design at Stanford University.

Visit John’s website here: http://web.stanford.edu/~edmark/
and Vimeo site: https://vimeo.com/johnedmark/videos

Learn how he made these sculptures here: http://www.instructables.com/id/Blooming-Zoetrope-Sculptures/

And more about the Pier 9 Artist in Residence program here: http://www.autodesk.com/air

Music – “Plateau” by Lee Rosevere – http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Lee_Rosevere/Farrago_Zabriskie/Lee_Rosevere_-_Farrago_Zabriskie_-_03_-_Plateau

Cinematography and editing by Charlie Nordstrom

Batavus Intermezzo

Test Panel Review: Bicycle with beautiful frame and smooth running, rides fine. Easy adjustable handlebar. The comfort is adversely affected by the stiff suspension and the hard saddle. Brakes give a sense of fast and controlled stopping.

Equipment: Aluminum frame, frontfork suspension, suspended seatpost, Shimano Nexus 7 hub gears, roller-brake rear, V-brake front, Batavus Halogen headlight, battery light rear, Selle Royal Drifter Medium Gel saddle, frame height 61cm, weight 19,3kg

The Little Nordics – Life in miniature

from DAMPDESIGN
There are numerous time lapse videos of Iceland and Norway showing the beauty of their remote landscapes. But when you’re in the mountains, looking down, you see so many things happening. Especially in places like Geiranger (Norway) where ferries are sailing back and forth through the fjords, kayak cruises arriving and departing and cars crawling up and down the steep roads. I wanted to portray this like you are watching an ants hill, which gives such a funny perspective on things.

The motorbike rides again ! :-)

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The bike has got a new/2nd-hand brake-pump (only half the mileage), new speedometer cable, brand new hand guards, wiring for GPS and Gerbing heated gloves, new oil seal in the final drive, the valves clearances are checked & adjusted and the CO from 5.5% back to 1.5% (!), front wheel has a new air valve and both fuel lines now have a dual-sided quick dis/connect.

So took the bike for a test drive to get the Ikea Garlic tool 😉

http://www.ikea.com

Molecular Cloud Barnard 68

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2014 December 14

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Molecular Cloud Barnard 68
Image Credit: FORS Team, 8.2-meter VLT Antu, ESO

Explanation: Where did all the stars go? What used to be considered a hole in the sky is now known to astronomers as a dark molecular cloud. Here, a high concentration of dust and molecular gas absorb practically all the visible light emitted from background stars. The eerily dark surroundings help make the interiors of molecular clouds some of the coldest and most isolated places in the universe. One of the most notable of thesedark absorption nebulae is a cloud toward the constellation Ophiuchus known as Barnard 68, pictured above. That no stars are visible in the center indicates that Barnard 68 is relatively nearby, with measurements placing it about 500 light-years away and half a light-year across. It is not known exactly how molecular clouds like Barnard 68 form, but it is known that these clouds are themselves likely places for new stars to form. In fact, Barnard 68 itself has been found likely to collapse and form a new star system. It is possible to look right through the cloud in infrared light.

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