Science inspired photography by Caleb Charland who combines his passion for photography and his interest in physics. “Wonder is a state of mind somewhere between knowledge and uncertainty. It is the basis of my practice and results in images that are simultaneously familiar and strange. I utilize everyday objects and fundamental forces to illustrate experiences of wonder. Each photograph begins with a simple question “How would this look? Is that possible? What would happen if…?” and develops through a sculptural process of experimentation. As I explore the garage and search through the basement to solve these pictures, I find ways to exploit the mysterious qualities of these everyday objects and familiar materials.” explain Caleb. read more… »
A Scientific Curiosity
A Rainbow in Your Hand
An ingenious ‘old tech’ method of creating a three dimensional rainbow in your hands. Rainbow in Your Hand is book published in Japan that makes use of old style animation to generate a rainbow. “This book started as a personal project in summer 2007, and was soon published from a Japanese bookstore “Utrecht”. It’s a flipbook, but rather than seeing animation, it creates a 3D rainbow in your hand. Since being published it has been featured on Japanese TV, Newspapers, major news & blogsites like yahoo news, coolhunting and found. This book won this years NY ADC silver cube.” explains the author. read more… »
Google Ocean Showcase: Dive into Your DesktopGoogle Ocean Showcase: Dive into Your Desktop
Building on the success of Google Earth 5 and the Google Ocean layer, Google on Friday launched Ocean Showcase: seven multimedia tours for Google Earth. You won’t find the Lost City of Atlantis on these tours, Via PC World, read more…
Clever Adverts
Its not often we come across such cleverly thought of advertising. Companies spend large amounts of their annual budget on marketing yet its strange how adverts like these are quite rare. Or perhaps we have just learned to subconsciously ignore advertising as a side affect of marketing bombardment. This certainly could be the case when it comes to internet marketing as many simply out of an automatic instinct pass right over online advert’s
24 Great Planets
Little Planets, also called polar panoramas, is a technique whereby a panoramic photograph is manipulated using either the Gimp, Photoshop or any other capable image editor into spheres. It’s quite astounding the beuaty some of these simple images display. Amazingly creating a polar panoramic image is quite simple.
Urban Decay, An Inspirational Glimpse
There is an inherent beauty, mostly overlooked, that presents itself in a less then perfect environment, when it comes to urban fabric and specifically urban decay. Many cities around the world share this global trait of displaying the scars of the past, a view into the times gone by.
