A 3-D Printed Plastic House & More Amazing Images From This Week
By Colin Lecher, Popular Science, 15 February 2013.
By Colin Lecher, Popular Science, 15 February 2013.
Plus a valentine from space, a bathroom in a bubble, and more…
1. Post-Blizzard Boston
With everyone's attention focused on the meteorite landing in Russia, you might've forgotten about last week's meteorological event: the winter storm that passed through the northeast. A Reddit user took this beautiful photo of Boston covered in snow. [More at io9]
2. A New Look At The Sun
Credit: Alan Friedman via PetaPixel
Photographer Alan Friedman uses a telescope with special filters to take unbelievable photos of the sun. The filters keep the camera (and Friedman's vision) safe, and produce detailed images like this. We've seen one of his shots before, and couldn't resist adding another mind-blowing photo we came across. [More at PetaPixel]
3. The U.S. On The Moon
How big is the U.S. compared to the moon? Well, you could look at some numbers, or just look at this approximation, created by Reddit user boredboarder8. Makes you wonder how long a cross-country moon trip would take. [More at io9]
4. An ISS Valentine
Credit: Chris Hadfield
Commander Chris Hadfield, an astronaut on board the International Space Station, tweeted this photo on Valentine's Day, along with a message: "Seven billion hearts, but I can see only one. #ValentineFromSpace"
5. Bathroom Bubble
Credit: Constantin Meyer/VDS via designboom
This is a bathroom with a view: The Association of the German Sanitation Industry and event organizers at Messe Frankfurt worked together to build the concept for a temporary, mobile, eco-friendly bathroom that can make the user feel closer to nature. It'll be going on tour to promote the concept. Great! But, uh, how about some privacy? [More at designboom]
6. A 3-D Printed House
Credit: Softkill Design via Dezeen
This proposal, called Protohouse 2.0, is a plan from architecture collective Softkill Design to build a 3-D printed house. It could be printed in pieces off-site, then taken to a spot and constructed in a single day. Looks very webby. [More at Dezeen]
7. Bottle Cap Tapestry
Credit: El Anatsui via Co.Design
Artist El Anatsui makes beautiful tapestries out of unlikely products like milk cans and liquor bottle tops. They don't look quite solid or completely fluid. See more photos at Co.Design.
8. Drone NY
Credit: Saiman Chow/Drones Of New York via It's Nice That
Rajeev Basu invited artists and designers to model their ideas for commercial drones. After that, the drone designs were superimposed onto the streets of New York, flying free. [More at Drones of New York]
9. Russian Zinc Plant
You might've caught this image on our meteorite liveblog, but just in case: here's a zinc plant in Russia that was seriously damaged during today's meteorite crash.
10. Police Painted
Credit: Gonzalo Fuentes/Reuters via American Photo
French riot police were covered in paint by protestors demonstrating against the closing of the Goodyear Dunlop French headquarters. Check out more great photojournalism at American Photo.
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