Paris … New York … Shanghai … What’s the diffrence?
Paris … New York … Shanghai … What’s the difference?
Of Man and Metal
Fantastic. Beautiful. From the Bldgblog post Library of Dust. Go and read the whole thing and see more fantastic images. Also check out the photographers site with additional photos. In 1913, Maisel explained, an Oregon state psychiatric institution began to cremate the remains of its unclaimed patients. Their ashes were […]
Inflatable faeces raises a stink
Inflatable faeces raises a stink A giant inflatable dog turd brought down a power line after being blown away from a Swiss museum. The artwork, entitled Complex Shit, was carried 200 metres on the night of 31 July, reportedly breaking a greenhouse window before it landed again. The sculpture, by […]
Fantastic Contraption
Awhile back I posted about Phun, an on-line, physics based game. Well I’ve come across another one called Fantastic Contraption. The goal is to move an object into a goal area by building a simple device from a series of passive and active wheels and rods. Below is a screen […]
Art Across America
For the past month my good friend Jamie Viada has lead a crack crew of fellow West Oakland artists, including Almost Scientific pals Ben Carpenter and Ryon Gesink, on the fist of his Art Across America projects. Art Across America is a nationwide art initiative that educates and creates awareness […]
The App is a work of Art …
I’m just catching up on this story about the I Am Rich app for the iPhone. I first came across this post on Webmonkey and got some more details form the LA times. Have you hear about this? So Armin Heinrich of Germany wrote a application for the iphone that […]
Project FIRE
I found this image on the NASA image of the day site. They have some blurb about what this really is but that’s not what interested me. I’m drawn to the design elements here. I love the way the protective cap hinges off the cone rather then come straight up. […]
Dragon Tank
Found this on Bibliodyssey and just love it. It’s described as a Dragon Tank but looks more like a rat to me. I’m imagining this thing as some humongous, mechanical rodent-shaped war machine some villain would ride into battle while pounding on the war-drum attached to the side.
Kinetic Steam Works and The Swimmin Cities of Switchback Sea
Over the past few months my good friends and collaborators in KSW have been restoring a beautiful, steam-powered paddle boat that they are going to piolt down the Hudson river in NY as part of the Swimming Cities of Switchback Sea project:. Swimming cities of Switchback Sea is a flotilla […]
The Wether Channel on Steampunk
God help us — even the weather channel has published an article about Stampunk. Overall the article is a rehash of the same old tropes and themes that everyone else has been printing. I’m stunned that there are people out there getting paid to rewrite the same (uninspired ) article […]
Concept Ships Art Blog
Large format, Sci-fi, concept drawings of all manner of flying craft updated daily. Where did I leave my drool cup.
Edgar Mitchell (aka Moonwalker) elaborates and I pontificate
The other day I did a quick post about Edgar Mitchell’s radio interview in which he claimed to have direct knowledge about UFO cover ups. Well, he’s elaborated, clarified and expanded on his initial statements in this interview with the Discovery channel. Now, while I am fairly sure that life […]
Incra Rules
Those who have worked with me in the shop know how much I like my precision tools. Check out these rulers by Incra that I am currently drooling over. The prices are not bad either.
Find a parking spot in the Mission with your iPhone
I know I am tottaly behind the curve when it comes to these things but it was only the other day that I got to drive around SF with a G3 iphone. Using the GPS was very cool and handy (I get lost in my own apartment). We used the […]
Michael Rauner Photographs Almost Scientific at Fire Arts
Photographer Michael Rauner took some cool photos of some of my work (The Triaparator, The Dihemispheric Chronaether Agitator and The Neuron Chamber) at the Fire Arts show. He also as some great shots of the Steampunk Treehouse and KSW. You can see his whole gallery from the show here. Below […]
My Man Beaker Singing “Ode To Joy”
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The Work of Jonathan Harris
I’ve been a fan of Jonathan Harris for some time now without ever knowing his name. He is the very clever and imaginative mind who built (with some help I believe) We Feel Fine, which is one of my favorite instances of data visualization, a subject I’ve posted about before. […]