It's barbeque, Craig. I'd completely written Texas off; the entire state and everyone living there (except John, and my cousin)... then they pulled this one out of their hats. I'm really hoping this catches on in more publications. I dearly love brisket and baby back ribs.
Isn't this the illusion painters use so that the eyes in a portrait seem to follow you around the room? It's how they add depth to a 2-D painting using light, shadow and perspective. http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/artwork/eyes-in-painting-follow.htm Something else happens when you have a 3-D image and light can shine through the material. Light seems to fill the space, giving the mask life, making it that much more plausible to our brains. Willa Shalit (daughter of Gene Shalit) did a series of casts of the faces of famous people. They were good casts alone, but when she shone a light from behind them, they came alive like a halogram. The material she used for casting was white, but thin enough that light could penetrate. http://science.howstuffworks.com/hologram1.htm
Not mentioned is the importance of light passing through the material. It's more than just light filling in the face. Would this illusion still work with black opaque plastic?
He probably isn't hurting the tree by carving into a small section of the cambium layer. Trees get wounded all the time (pruning, e.g.) and they heal themselves. I'd be more concerned about opening the tree to infection.
They took apart a 22-ton, 25 meter long metal bridge overnight, loaded the pieces on to trucks, and no one in the village heard anything? Wouldn't that make an incredible amount of noise?
Oh, dammit, don't roll over! I had hoped to present a good counter-argument for why neither Luke, Vader or Yoda could be considered the more famous Jedi knights. Doh.
Your comment echos some of the concerns expressed in the article. Maybe we have the technology to bring back species, but could they survive on their own? Would they thrive? Or would they need constant human intervention just to stay alive, and what would the monetary costs be? Would the animal be cloned only to live a short life of suffering, then die? Then there are my cynical questions: Who pays for this research and who really profits? One tends to drive the other.
http://entertainment.howstuffworks.com/arts/artwork/eyes-in-painting-follow.htm
Something else happens when you have a 3-D image and light can shine through the material. Light seems to fill the space, giving the mask life, making it that much more plausible to our brains. Willa Shalit (daughter of Gene Shalit) did a series of casts of the faces of famous people. They were good casts alone, but when she shone a light from behind them, they came alive like a halogram. The material she used for casting was white, but thin enough that light could penetrate.
http://science.howstuffworks.com/hologram1.htm
What happens on Neatorama... stays on Neatorama.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pCeljYamsDw
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ben_(film)
http://humanfoodproject.com/american-gut-gothic-5-things-you-can-do-for-a-healthier-microbiome-in-2013/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/04/gut-check-american-gut-project-ubiome_n_2237437.htm
Your comment echos some of the concerns expressed in the article. Maybe we have the technology to bring back species, but could they survive on their own? Would they thrive? Or would they need constant human intervention just to stay alive, and what would the monetary costs be? Would the animal be cloned only to live a short life of suffering, then die? Then there are my cynical questions: Who pays for this research and who really profits? One tends to drive the other.