Amazing magnetic sculpture
(Source: vimeo.com)
Surface Detail - 3d fractal art
DIY Cymatics - Sound wave patterns in water and non-newtonian fluid
I love the corn starch + water non-newtonian fluid trick and I love interesting uses of water vibration patterns. The combination is mind-blowing. Here are a few more examples. Even just water vibrations can be beautiful.
I haven’t loved fluid this much since the ferromagnetic fluid sculpture.
Actually, it’s not just fluid that’s interesting - salt on a flat vibrating surface makes a series of incredibly interesting patterns as you increase the frequency.
Oh, and the classic water-walking video got a treatment from mythbusters.
Maps of US cities labeled by the word that occurs in dating profiles of people in those cities more so than any other city. Organized by state, after clicking on the ‘maps’ link. Bay area copied here for example.
I bet there are more great ways to make venn diagrams out of google suggest results.
UPDATE: Now you can make your own Google Suggest Venn Diagram!
Youtube instant has already radically transformed my internet cat video browsing experience.
Though I found this video entirely separately today.
You might remember that I’m excited about technology that makes people more aesthetically creative. I made this picture with the Harmony drawing tool. Also exciting is Flame.
There must be other such senses that could be created similarly. IMHO, this is a much more interesting direction for augmented reality research to go in than the massive glasses overlays we’ve seen so far.
Computationally generated psychogeographical neighborhood profile of San Francisco based on Craigslist posts.
Tomas Saraceno - Flying Garden and other art projects
“reshaping notions about nationality and property, and revising our ideas about the fixity of the built environment and the organization of cities”
via Liz
Man shaves head, walks across China for a year, grows beard & crazy hair, and takes daily photos and short videos of himself along the way, which he stitches into this.