In the Quadratestadt of Mannheim, Germany, the streets aren’t named: instead, the blocks are. It’s an exception to a rule that most people don’t even think about — especially not mapping companies — via Youtube
Learn how to 3D Print a pattern directly onto Fabric for Cosplay — super easy and very fun — via Youtube
— via CommitStrip
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Blue (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Green (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Yellow (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Orange (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Red (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Spiral: Purple (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
— by Red Wolf
Why danger symbols can’t last forever — via Youtube
Chocolates del Mondo mural by Chocolate Einstein originally uploaded by Red Wolf
In this first episode of the Antikythera Mechanism project, Clickspring lays out the plan for how he intends to proceed with the reproduction — via Youtube
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Taronga Zoo is celebrating the breeding success of more than twenty Feathertail Gliders, one of the smallest mammals in the world.
Twelve different female adult Feathertail Glider’s fell pregnant at a similar time with the joeys, and the mothers now communally care for one another’s young — via ZooBorns
Here’s a clip from the movie Stormy Weather (1943) featuring Cab Calloway and his orchestra performing Jumpin Jive
. After a while they let the Nicholas Brothers jump in and lend their feet to the action — via Youtube
In the early days of bowling, respotting the pins was a physically demanding job. There were actually people behind the lanes resetting the pins and sending back the balls.
Today there are amazing robotic devices that do all the pin setting. The automatic pinsetter, first patented by Gottfried Schmidt, was introduced by the American Machine and Foundry Company (AMF) in 1946. This first pinsetter was a monster, weighing nearly 1.8 tons and standing 2.7m tall.
Modern pinsetters are but a fraction of a size of their predecessors and much more intelligent — via Youtube
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Blue (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Green (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Yellow (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Orange (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Red (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Negative: Purple (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
— by Red Wolf
You may be amazed at how it’s possible to ship a package and have it arrive anywhere in the world overnight (for a premium price), but you’ll be even more amazed when you see how it’s done. FedEx, UPS, and DHL have overnight shipping down to an art — via Youtube
Don’t feel bad. You don’t suck, the game makers do — via Youtube
Mini Me hat originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Parramatta Square construction originally uploaded by Red Wolf
This question vexed Darwin — and now we have a fascinating answer — via Youtube
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Positive: Blue (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Positive: Green (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Positive: Yellow (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Positive: Orange (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Positive: Red (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
- Geometric Pattern: Key Bridge Interlock Positive: Purple (Redbubble | Spoonflower)
— by Red Wolf
Church cats originally uploaded by Red Wolf
Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far between. And the ones that do make blue? They make it in some very strange and special ways compared to other colors. In this video, we’ll look at some very cool butterflies to help us learn how living things make blue, and why this beautiful hue is so rare in nature — via Youtube
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