Prestigious general science journal Nature has just published a video segment on MAKE pals GenSpace NYC. GenSpace, an open dues-based DIYbio workspace in downtown Brooklyn, bills itself as “the first-ever community laboratory.” This line from their front page is highly quotable:
Interesting item from Dallas’s Southern Methodist University, where paleontologist Thomas L. Adams and co-workers Christopher Strganac, Michael J. Polcyn, and Louis L. Jacobs have used a laser 3D scanner to produce a high-resolution model of a large outdoor dinosaur track which is a landmark in downtown Glen Rose, Texas. Exposed to the elements in the town square, the track is (very slowly) eroding, and the team’s freely downloadable 3D model is intended to both preserve it for posterity and to facilitate its study by fossil buffs all over the world. Their results are published online in Paleontologica Electronica. [Thanks, Alan Dove!]
White blood cells pitted against each other in ‘Blood Wars’ @ Wired UK… Blood Wars is an art-science installation that will pit white blood cells from two different people against each other in a “tournament” that aims to see which person has the strongest immune system. The piece — by artist Kathy High — forms […]
Our pal Jared Bouck, whose light sculpture project appeared in MAKE Volume 24, has just posted a trifecta of simple, low-cost hydroponics tutorials for beginners like me. There’s a general-purpose single-plant bucket drip system with a sight tube, a CFL grow light cluster, and a simple deep-water culture system. [Thanks, Jared!]
Smart contact lenses for health and head-up displays at New Scientist: The next time you gaze deep into someone’s eyes, you might be shocked at what you see: tiny circuits ringing their irises, their pupils dancing with pinpricks of light. These smart contact lenses aren’t intended to improve vision. Instead, they will monitor blood sugar […]
We have actually covered the work of British hubcap sculptor Ptolemy Elrington a couple times before (see below), but I couldn’t resist posting again when I saw this viperfish sculpture, which appears among others in a gallery at The Telegraph.
My thought for the day? Viperfish are awesome. That is all.
UK designer Kyle Bean, who previously made waves with his laptop/book sculpture The Future of Books, makes all kinds of awesome stuff. These delicate matchstick insects are just the latest page in his impressive online portfolio. [via Dude Craft]
