Archive for December, 2006

Crafty

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

For maths nerds only: A strangely intriguing discussion of the maths behind Reuleaux triangles and the Reuleaux drill bit - a rotary cutter which creates square holes.
Special-effect designer Rick Galinson comes to the rescue of anyone who’s ever been dragged to a corporate team-building event: by creating a paintball minigun.

An incredible stop motion music video, [...]

Arty

Thursday, December 7th, 2006

A very fancy composite photo of dozens of aeroplanes taking off for the same stretch of runway.
‘9 to 5 Paintings’ is a collection of computer-activity visualisations made by tracking the path of a user’s mouse over the course of a day. There’s a tutorial here if you want to make your own.
Unable to afford (or [...]