Are you still making snowflakes like a five year old? Use some of the force this Christmas with some homemade paper snowflakes featuring the very festive faces of Darth Vader and Boba Fett/clone troopers. (via Gawker)
Giant Transformers Ice Sculpture Posted by Robert Birming on November 30, 2010 (3:37 am) in Art
Twitter user @Gamemoredude from Zürich, Switzerland posted this photo of an 8 meter (about 26 feet) tall ice sculpture of the Autobot leader Optimus Prime.
These are two of the fastest maneuvering birds in the world. Rarely do we get to see them in action, at least to this extent. And what was captured on camera for the first time ever, was proof once again, that nature in it’s glory is a sight to behold.Speeds of nearly 200mph, dives and turns that produce 10Gs+, maneuvering through dense forests at high speed only inches from the ground, and only a fraction of a second from impact.Sound like a Hollywood chase scene? Although, it has become the inspiration for many scenes in Hollywood, unlike Hollywood, this is real. These are the abilities of two of the fastest maneuvering birds in the world, and two of the most fierce birds of prey: the Peregrine Falcon and the Goshawk.The fastest one has ever been clocked is 242 MPH. During flight, the change in direction from a 150 mph dive, then to a sudden lift, would make a human lose consciousness, and that’s only at it’s playful speed of 150 mph!They can dive at unfathomable speeds, and suddenly lift only inches from the ground. Witnessing it in person, you would describe these amazing dives as a bullet. Like an aircraft designer’s dream, once their wings tuck, they become an aeronautical phenomenon.The split-second maneuvering of the Goshawk during flight is reminiscent of the Speeders in Star Wars. However, maneuvering through the dense forests as these birds do, is something that no computer or human invention has been able to duplicate fully. Their precision and accuracy is flawless.The split-second turns. The speed. It almost makes you dizzy to watch, even in slow motion. How do they do it?To watch them in flight puts me at a loss for words to be able to fully describe what I am seeing. Other than a physicist, there is no way to emphasize or grasp what’s involved, or how it is possible. You just have to watch for yourself to be able to appreciate it. And even then, you are still left to wonder.
ViewPure Removes Extraneous YouTube Features for a Focused Viewing ExperienceIf you find YouTube to be a little too busy or just aren't a fan of the comments, ViewPure is a handy bookmarklet to focus your YouTube experience on just the video you want to watch. ViewPure is pretty simple to use. You can either visit viewpure.com and enter a YouTube URL for purified view, or just install their bookmarklet and click it whenever you're on a YouTube video page that you want to "purify." I could see YouTube blocking this service quickly since it also blocks ads, but for the moment it works great for me.
(From the article on tuaw.com) Artists are taking to the iPad like ducks to water. The device seems to be a natural tool for many artists to use, and the public is now starting to see the fruits of the relationship in the form of some startling and beautiful digital art.Kyle Lambert is a perfect example of an artist who has quickly adapted to the iPad as an art creation tool. The Cheshire, England based portrait artist recently spent six hours painting an astoundingly good portrait of performer Beyonce using an iPad, his finger, and the Brushes iPad app (US$7.99).
"to read" adds a tiny, one-click button to your browser so you can quickly email a full copy of any webpage to yourself to read later whether offline or online. Saves time and is great for saving articles that you wouldn't need to save in your permanent bookmarks list.
Click on the "play ball" button, then move your cursor over the part of the screen that shows the baseball field. As soon as you see "swing batter," click on your screen as fast as you can.
What's going on?Fastball Reaction Time imitates a 90-mph fastball thrown by a major league pitcher. While this exhibit doesn't test if you could actually hit a fastball, it does test whether you could react in time to hit one. When you see the "swing batter" screen, a signal in your eye sends a message to a part of your brain that controls your muscles. Your brain must then send a signal to your muscles, telling them to click. Although it takes some time for the signal to travel along each nerve, the major delay in your reaction time occurs at the junction points in between the different nerves involved, and between the nerves and the muscles in your fingers.