A few months back Electric began collaborating with See See Motor Coffee Co owner, Thor, on the rebuild of an epic Triumph Scrambler. After countless hours in the shop, and visits from some of the custom motorcycle world’s finest, the Tooth Gnasher
has come to life. Not just a show bike, Thor plans to race this rebuilt beast in as many vintage disciplines as he can throughout 2015 — via Youtube
Contemplation originally uploaded by Red Wolf
— via Youtube
Dumped and Red Guzmania Bromeliad originally uploaded by Red Wolf
while trying to get video of a wild octopus, it suddenly dashed towards me and rips my shiny new camera from out of my hands, then swims off, all while the camera is recording! he swam away very quickly like a naughty shoplifter. after a 5 minute chase, I placed my speargun underneath him and he quickly and curiously grabbed hold of the gun as well, giving me enough time to reach in and grab the camera from out of his mouth. I didn’t feel threatened at all during the whole ordeal. he seemed to be fixated on the shiny metallic blue digital camera. the only confusing behaviour was how he dashed off with it like a thief haha. cheeky octopus — via Youtube
Bryan might be lucky to get out of this
Originally aired on ABC TV: 07/05/2015 — via Youtube
A rare Clouded Leopard cub, born 7 March at Tampa’s Lowry Park Zoo, has reached a new step in his development: introduction to the great outdoors. He also has a new name: Mowgli
— via ZooBorns
Don’t go looking for The Twilight Zone limited edition prints by Shag at his own online store. The only place to get any variation is at theDark Hall Mansion website.
The hugely popular artist is the the first guest
to take on the challenge of the iconic TV show as part of a new and ongoing series of prints. There is, of course, a richly coloured edition of the artwork, but not only that — you can also get a black and white homage to the show as well as an extremely select, signed, foil edition
of just 15.
All the prints are signed and numbered by Shag and measure 22 x 39 inches, with the standard in a run of 150, the variant in a run of 50. The standard will sell for $325, the variant for $450 ad the foil edition will cost you $575 — via Retro To Go
shubbabang — via thefrogman
Red Guzmania Bromeliad originally uploaded by Red Wolf
This spider is a male Maratus speciosus (Coastal peacock spider) and this is its way to appeal to a potential female mate (the brown spider at the end). It is approximately 4 mm in length and inhabits coastal dunes near Perth in Western Australia. There are many equally colourful spiders in Australia that do something similar, have a look at the other videos on my channel. However the asymmetric and staccato legwork of this one is unique, and so are the clown face and orange hairs on its back. Hard to believe but there is no footage of this species yet in any wildlife documentary and although it has been known since 1874, it was not until I photographed and filmed it recently that the world took notice — via Youtube
The limited edition Cruz electric bicycle by Vintage Electric is the second design from the company and available in strictly limited numbers (50 to be precise), this is a wonderful vintage-style bike out of California, able to zip along at 58kph at full speed and in race mode
.
Of course, you can do some more sedate riding too, with a charge of the battery able to take you around 48km in total. Good for a fairly local commute you would guess, but make sure you remember to charge, which takes around two hours.
Also present is a regenerative braking system, Shimano Alfine
hydraulic disk brakes and bags of vintage style no matter what colour you go for. You get to choose from three colour options, all priced at US$4,995 — via Retro To Go
On 11 April, Tiana
, a Brazilian Tapir, gave birth to a healthy male calf, atLinton Zoo — via ZooBorns
Irish designer Martin Gallagher, has created Cascade, a chest of drawers that features hand-sculpted elements inspired by the sea — via CONTEMPORIST
The Lockheed Lounge by Australian designer Marc Newson has retained its title as the world’s most expensive design object, after selling for more than £2 million.
Newson’s riveted aluminium and fiberglass chaise longue fetched £2,434,500 during a sale at auction house Phillips in London last night.
This surpasses the £1.4 million raised by a prototype of the design when sold by the same auctioneers in 2010, when it first became the most expensive object sold by a living designer.
We are proud to have set, yet again, the auction record for Marc Newson, one of the most influential designers of the last quarter century,
said Alexander Payne, worldwide head of design at Phillips — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Newman was rescued after its burrow was damaged by a bulldozer, injuring the little Echidna. Keepers have nursed the baby back to health and it is now thriving under their care — via Youtube
Imagine a glass window that’s tough like armor, a camera lens that doesn’t get scratched in a sand storm, or a smart phone that doesn’t break when dropped. Except it’s not glass, it’s a special ceramic called spinel {spin-ELL} that the US Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) has been researching over the last 10 years.
Spinel is actually a mineral, it’s magnesium aluminate,
says Dr Jas Sanghera, who leads the research. The advantage is it’s so much tougher, stronger, harder than glass. It provides better protection in more hostile environments — so it can withstand sand and rain erosion.
As a more durable material, a thinner layer of spinel can give better performance than glass. For weight-sensitive platforms-UAVs [unmanned autonomous vehicles], head-mounted face shields—it’s a game-changing technology.
NRL invented a new way of making transparent spinel, using a hot press, called sintering. It’s a low-temperature process, and the size of the pieces is limited only by the size of the press. Ultimately, we’re going to hand it over to industry,
says Sanghera, so it has to be a scalable process.
In the lab, they made pieces eight inches in diameter. Then we licensed the technology to a company who was able then to scale that up to much larger plates, about 30-inches wide.
The sintering method also allows NRL to make optics in a number of shapes, conformal with the surface of an airplane or UAV wing,
depending on the shape of the press — via redwolf.newsvine.com
Stephanie Metz creates one of her needle-felted teddy bear skull sculptures — in time-lapse. Taken from industrial origins, needle felting is the process of compressing and tangling wool fibres into three-dimensional forms through repetitive hand work with barbed needles.
Sculptor Stephanie Metz has been blazing a trail with this unusual medium since she stumbled upon the technique in 2002. Unburdened by any formal training in textiles or preconceptions about craft-based techniques, she turned her traditional sculpture education and curiosity to the unique and unexplored material. Thanks to subject matter and execution, her sculptural use of felted wool makes a marked departure from the more familiar craft-focused, utilitarian, decorative traditions associated with the medium. Stephanie’s iconic teddy bear skulls reveal unnatural history
: believable specimens of the fossil record of man-made creatures — via Youtube
The Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Avery Coonley House in Riverside, Illinois is back on the market. But the price ensures that only affluent fans of the iconic architect will be seriously considering this place as their next home.
This prairie-style property was built between 1908 and 1912 and is said to be one of the largest houses designed by Wright, coming in at around 560m² and sat in one acre of land (down from the 10 acres that originally surrounded it).
It has been totally restored in the last 15 years, with many of the key design features saved and maintained, including the low hanging ceilings, art glass windows, mural and long, flat rooflines.
However, as we mentioned earlier, it doesn’t come cheap. You’ll need around $2,100,000 to own this slice of architectural history — via WowHaus
Who doesn’t love a retro ceramic to brighten up their kitchen? These Swedish bird pots, available from Pedlars, have got both colour and charm a plenty.
There’s no designer credited, but these birds have got masses of retro appeal and are reminiscent of some of Hannah Turner’s popular designs. Available in two colours — green and yellow — these ceramic birds have spotted bodies and stripy tails.
The birds are useful as well. Take off their head to reveal room to stash away sugar or salt or the like — the pots are also bigger than you think at 10cm high.
They’re priced at £39.50 each — via Retro To Go
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