Environmental Graffiti has a roundup of amazing light phenomena photos, with nice pithy explanations of the science. Via Mr.Reid The collision of electronically charged particles in the earth’s upper atmosphere often creates magnificent light displays over the polar regions. The colour depends on the elemental content of the particles – most auroras appear green or […]
Cinghialino has some great photos of Chinese artist Liu Jianhua’s recreation of the Shanghai skyline from dice and poker-chips.
This might be the next Diet Coke & Mentos… real or not, very fun to watch.
Two-for today – stainless steel teeth from yesterday’s tomorrow… Stainless choppers, Mechanix Illustrated – Apr, 1957. Makes own false teeth of out stainless steel, Popular Science – Oct, 1937
HOW TO – Bronzing baby’s shoes Mechanix Illustrated, 1949 – IT is said that the electroplating of baby shoes was conceived when a Scotchman saw a suit of armor during a visit to his ancestral home. Nowadays the “metalizing†of baby’s first shoes is reaching an astonishing popularity, based mostly on the permanence given such […]
This is a great place to start learning about isometric drawing for product design and development. You can use 3D modeling for designing, and rendering, but sometimes a nice vector illustration can be the best choice. This tutorial shows you how to get started making your own isometric illustrations. Isometric projections are a system of […]
Here is another great drawing tutorial. This time it explains advanced isometric illustration techniques. Creating isometric drawings, especially exploded views, can be the thing that makes your project stand out from the rest. In the last tutorial I covered how to make an isomeric grid and build simple blocky shapes on it. In this tutorial […]
