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RGB MusicLab converts RGB (Red, Green and Blue) value of an image and surface points (X, Y, Z) of 3D object to chromatic scale sounds. The program reads RGB value of pixels from the top left to the bottom right of an image. One pixel makes a harmony of three note of RGB value, and the length of note is determined by brightness of the pixel. RGB value 120 or 121 is the middle C, and RGB value 122 or 123 is added a half steps of the scale that is C#. Pure black that is R=0, G=0, B=0 is no sounds.

http://www.kenjikojima.com/rgbmusiclab/

Computer Graphics, Misc

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoekens_linkage

Misc, Tech

What the rings would look like from different cities and latitudes accross the world. It’s interesting to imagine how it would effect culture throughout time. It would have influenced religion, mythology, navigation

Misc, Sci-fi

Paul Nicklen describes his most amazing experience as a National Geographic photographer – when he came face-to-face with one of the arctic’s most vicious predators.

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It is one of the rarest giants of the ocean, and it has been caught on film for the first time.

An underwater camera crew filming for the BBC recorded a smalleye stingray swimming off the coast of Mozambique.

The smalleye stingray is the largest of all 70 species of stingray, attaining widths of more than 2m.

The elusive creature, first discovered in 1908, has only ever been seen alive off the coast of Tofo in southern Mozambique.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8347000/8347644.stm

also: > 100 mantas:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/earth/hi/earth_news/newsid_8347000/8347488.stm

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai_Fountain

US$217 million, Designed by WET Design (designers of Bellagio Hotel Lake fountain),
6,600 lights, 50 colored projectors, 900 ft long, shoots water 490 ft into the air.

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http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/begin/cells/scale/

Zoom in from a 12×8mm Coffee Bean past a 130nm Influenza Virus.

Misc

http://atlasobscura.com/places/root-bridges-cherrapungee

In the depths of northeastern India, in one of the wettest places on earth, bridges aren’t built – they’re grown.

The southern Khasi and Jaintia hills are humid and warm, crisscrossed by swift-flowing rivers and mountain streams. On the slopes of these hills, a species of Indian rubber tree with an incredibly strong root system thrives and flourishes.

The Ficus elastica produces a series of secondary roots from higher up its trunk and can comfortably perch atop huge boulders along the riverbanks, or even in the middle of the rivers themselves.

Architecture, Misc

http://www.nullarborlinks.com/

The Nullarbor Links concept is unique. The 18-hole par 72 golf course will span 1,365 kilometers with one hole in each participating town or roadhouse along the Eyre Highway, from Kalgoorlie in Western Australia to Ceduna in South Australia. Each hole will include a green and tee and somewhat rugged outback-style natural terrain fairway. The course would provide a quintessential Australian experience and a much-needed activity/attraction for travelers along the renowned desolate highway.

Read more…

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Paragliding + Falconry = http://www.parahawking.com/

Parahawking is the art of training bids of prey to fly with paragliders; it was developed and pioneered in 2001 in Pokhara by our team of experts. By combining paragliding with the ancient art of falconry, we have trained birds of prey to fly with us, and guide us to thermals.

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The Museum of Animal Perspectives (MAP) collects and displays wildlife imagery that has been captured using remote sensing cameras. Through the presentation and interpretation of this imagery, the MAP endeavors to expand the public’s capacity to empathize with animals and plants.

Flickr: Museum of Animal Perspectives Flickr

Project homepage: http://www.sameasterson.com/

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Misc

A parasitic wasp has injected her eggs into a caterpillar — and now they’re ready to hatch.

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Filmed over the period of a few months in and around Edinburgh by Dave Sowerby, this video of Inspired Bicycles team rider Danny MacAskill features probably the best collection of street/street trials riding ever seen. There’s some huge riding, but also some of the most technically difficult and imaginative lines you will ever see. Without a doubt, this video pushes the envelope of what is perceived as possible on a trials bike.

Misc, Music

Boeing B-47B rocket-assisted take off on April 15, 1954. (U.S. Air Force photo)

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http://academicearth.org/main-page.html

Academic Earth is an organization founded with the goal of giving everyone on earth access to a world-class education.

As more and more high quality educational content becomes available online for free, we ask ourselves, what are the real barriers to achieving a world class education?  At Academic Earth, we are working to identify these barriers and find innovative ways to use technology to increase the ease of learning.

We are building a user-friendly educational ecosystem that will give internet users around the world the ability to easily find, interact with, and learn from full video courses and lectures from the world’s leading scholars.  Our goal is to bring the best content together in one place and create an environment that in which that content is remarkably easy to use and in which user contributions make existing content increasingly valuable.

We invite those who share our passion to explore our website, participate in our online community, and help us continue to find new ways to make learning easier for everyone.

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Friendly Fires – Skeleton Boy, directed by Nexus Productions.

via booooooom.

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