Remember that crazy Amorphophallus Titanium plant we posted about? The one that’s called the “Corpse flower”? Cool Hunting has a great video with the staff at the Brooklyn Botanical Garden along with some time lapse of the blooming – “A celebrity of the plant world, the Amorphophallus Titanum, or “the corpse flower,” is a rare […]
Ok, who wants to help bring Zorbing to the USA? This looks awesome – “Zorbing – effectively throwing yourself down a slope in a giant ball – has become the latest extreme sport craze to sweep the world.” [via] – Link. Pictured here, people inside zorbs, zorbing down the hill in Rotorua. Related: Zorb – […]
Today’s Maker from our new book Makers – Richard Hull, Richmond, Virginia. Homemade nuclear fusor. “Oh, fusing atoms is easy,” claims Hull with a slight Virginia twang. Well, OK, not that easy. First you have to find a way to generate over 20,000 volts of electricity. Fusor enthusiasts live for the brilliant purple light that emanates from the reaction — an indication that the hydrogen gas has passed into a plasma state and that neutron radiation is on its way. “With this project, you can be killed in so, so many ways!” Makers: page 94. View photo! See previous Makers of the day here. View sample PDF. Click here to get Makers the book before the holidays!
Gigantic gallery of Pakistan cars & buses, automen writes- The most striking thing in Pakistan is the vision of trucks and buses completely covered in a riot of color and design. They might spew diesel fumes, they may take up all of the winding, narrow, under-maintained road one is trying to negotiate, but they are […]
Apartment Therapy has a great write up on this clever staircase turned bookshelves, one for the remake list! – The flat occupies part of the shared top floor of an existing Victorian mansion block. Our proposal extended the flat into the unused loft space above, creating a new bedroom level and increasing the floor area […]
Incredible cityscapes made from pots, pans and misc kitchen gear. The works can be seen @ the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco – Zhan Wang is among the most respected artists in China, having become world-renown for his stainless steel sculptures of “scholars’ rocks,†the graceful, craggy boulders found in several provinces around China […]
Brian Jungen’s “Shapeshifter” and “Cetology” made from plastic chairs – [via] Link.
