Tom Gauld is a cartoonist and illustrator living and working in London. He draws a weekly cartoon for the Guardian newspaper in addition to making his own comics. His drawings are pretty rad. I especially like the work on his flickr site.
Robotics was one of my favorite classes while studying computer science, and now this is one of my favorite robots. The realistic and intelligent moves by this robot are astounding.
This is the more advanced version of this robot, created by the University of Southern California. The robot is completely autonomous and trained by machine learning algorithms. The video is real-time, i.e., not sped up.
Redmer Hoekstra is an artist working out of the Netherlands. His drawings are meticulously crafted, and often focus on strange hybrids of everyday objects and living organisms. Most often he uses human anatomy as a starting point for his work. The images are a little jarring at first, but have a nice quality about them.
I’ve always been fascinated by the Mariana Trench. It is located in the Pacific Ocean east of the Mariana Islands near Japan. With a depth of 11,033 metres (36,200 ft), it is not only the deepest part of the ocean, but also the deepest part of the Earth’s surface. At that depth the pressure reaches 15,750 psi. There is no sunlight.
The life that thrives in this remote dark world looks almost alien. When creating characters and creatures I find that the natural world is full of things that I could never have imagined.
Read Deepest Part of the Ocean [via Frozenly]
Have you ever wondered how we see color? Or why we see color? This TED talk by Beau Lotto titled “Optical Illusions Show How We See” helps explain how our eyes and minds actually work.
Beau Lotto’s color games puzzle your vision, but they also spotlight what you can’t normally see: how your brain works. This fun, first-hand look at your own versatile sense of sight reveals how evolution tints your perception of what’s really out there.
