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ROOM.


The video ROOM is by Rinpa Eshidan, a Japanese visual and performance art group. Push play or go to YouTube.
Led by Noiz-Davi (Yoshiaki Kusunoki) and Daisuke Yamamoto, the group's main activities are performing in live painting events and creating videos of art in action. Instead of focusing on the finished project, we believe the process of creation itself is where art comes to life and our videos aim to engage our audience in that process.

Link -via Arbroath

Science Tattoos.


Carl Zimmer at The Loom saw a scientist friend with a DNA tattoo (with a great hidden meaning) and wondered how common scientific tattoos are. The response was surprising -readers sent him quite a few photographs, which he posted. This one is the DNA Monster. Link -via Metafilter

The Bender Beer Brewing Project.


Simon Jansen is building a Bender, the robot from the TV show Futurama. {wiki} But this isn’t just a robot, he’s also a beer brewery! The project is not quite complete, but you can follow his progress. Link -via Reddit

History’s Most Overlooked Mysteries.

Was the Greek city of Helike the original Atlantis? Who was the historical Robin Hood? Why were Caucasian people mummified in China 2,000 years ago? Live Science has ten mysteries you may not have even heard of! http://www.livescience.com/mysteries/top10_history_mysteries-1.html -thanks, Melissa!

The Oracle of Starbucks.

Enter your normal Starbucks order, and this widget will explain your personality. The problem is, I don’t have a regular Starbucks order. There is no Starbucks where I live, and when traveling I prefer to avoid chains. So I only order from Starbucks in airports, which isn’t often. The Oracle told me I am a boring couch potato who can’t even swear properly. Maybe you will have better luck. Link -via the Presurfer

Colorful Solar Eclipse.

Mark your calendars for August 28th. Early in the morning, a colorful lunar eclipse will be visible from five continents. To explain the orange color of the eclipse, you are asked to imagine yourself on the moon.
With the Sun blocked, you might expect utter darkness, but no, the ground at your feet is aglow. Why? Look back up at Earth. The rim of the planet seems to be on fire. Around Earth's circumference you see every sunrise and sunset in the world—all at once. This incredible light beams into the heart of Earth's shadow, transforming the Moon into a landscape of copper moondust and golden hills.

The article from NASA includes a chart for eclipse times in different zones. Link -via Boing Boing

Ten Reasons why Teddy Roosevelt is the Coolest President Ever.

Square Deal, Teddy bears, Nobel Peace Prize, Mt. Rushmore... There could have been a list of thirty or more reasons why president Theodore Roosevelt was the coolest U.S. president ever. More cool things about T.R. follow in the comments. Link

Disclaimer: I wrote this article.

Portraits of Rural Russia.


English Russia has a sampling of the photography of Pavel Bezrukov, featuring Russian villagers. Link. More photos here. -via Metafilter

The Best Movies Never Made.

A list of 19 great movie projects that were proposed, or even started, but never made it to theaters, with explanations for most and links for more information on each. Link -via Grow-A-Brain

Self-Sustainable Chair.


Self-Sustainable Chair, a dress made out of polyethylene, connected to shoes that pump air into an inflatable bubble attached to its rear part on each step. The dress slowly transforms into a chair with each step and holds the person to sit on it naturally. With his or her body weight the chair is slowly deflated and forms back to the original flat dress. Self-Sustainable chair is a conceptual garment that motivates users to consistently switch between walking and sitting as a loop behavior on the street. The balance between exercise and rest would be maintained by wearing this suit. The purpose of this project is to transform the humdrum experiences produced by routine walking commutes into an amusing interactive performance.


It’s an art project by Joo Youn. Push play or go to Google Video. Link to project. -via Arbroath

The Ten Best Bands that Never Existed.

Earvolution ranks ten bands that only existed in the media, but don’t you wish they were real? You may be surprised at how Spinal Tap ranked. Link -via the Presurfer

Combover.


Normally, I am opposed to combovers, because bald guys can be hot. But this is the best combover I’ve ever seen. Push play or go to YouTube. -via Arbroath

Tales of the Future Past.

A look at the future, as predicted in the past. Or maybe, a look at what the present would have been like if the predictions of the past came to pass. Anyway way you look at it, the future ain’t what it used to be!
Assuming that we dodged the 1984, Brave New World bullet, our future was supposed to be a sort of technocratic, atomic-powered, computer-controlled, antiseptic, space-travelling Jerusalem that would at last free us from the curse of Eden and original sin. We expected some how, some way that we would be on the road to being freed from the human condition. We expected a sort of bloodless, benign French Revolution with Hugo Gernsback as our Voltaire and Carl Sagan as our Robespierre. And what did we get? The City of Man with Tivo. The fact is, science fiction and popular science had set the bar so high that only the Second Coming with ray guns would have satisfied.

Link via the Presurfer

Star Dust.


The advertising company Star Dust has compiled a mesmerizing video montage of samples from their work over the past year. Set to the music of Gimme Shelter, its a treat for the eyes! Link -via YesButNoButYes

Cassette Tape Culture.


Now that music cassette is going the way of LPs and Betamax videos, we should recycle those tapes. Designboom has a roundup of ways cassettes have been recycled, including this belt buckle. Link -via Everlasting Blort

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