3.5 out of 5 » Misc

78% N, 21% O, 0.25% H2O, 0.93% Ar, 0.04% CO2. Part II.

James — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:53:27 +0000

Longest words.

James — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 19:00:07 +0000

RGB Experimental Music Laboratory

James — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:27:40 +0000

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/

Hoekens linkage

James — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 16:14:36 +0000

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

What Earth Would Look Like With Rings Like Saturn

James — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:26:30 +0000

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

3.5 nature watch continues…

James — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 05:22:48 +0000

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.

First film of a ‘giant’ stingray

James — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:51:33 +0000

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

More Dubai… the Burj Dubai Foutain.

James — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 14:56:41 +0000

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.

Interactive Cell Size and Scale Visualization

James — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 13:42:09 +0000

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

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

More living bridges in India.

James — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 17:14:37 +0000

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.