A paper toy with odd mathamatical properties? read on…
[inspired by Paper Forest]
Category: Cool
A Mad Dash At The Gate
Finally! I don’t know how many times I’ve been boarding the plane and have wondered why they a) Don’t use both doors at the same time too load the passengers on, and b) why don’t they board passengers with window seats and no carry on luggage first? Looks as if the airline people have realized that the extra time it takes for people to crawl over the legs of the other passengers that cram themselves into their seats first is costing them money. Remember, the less time a plane sits on the ground the more money it makes them.
[via Boing Boing]
Glide Multi Format Panoramic Camera
This camera is for you only if your very serious about photography. The GILDE 66-17 MST Super 3D is simply amazing. It shoots on 120/220 film (kept in a removable magazine for easy ISO swapping mid roll) in formats from the traditional square 6×6 to the mega panoramic 6×23. It will even accept a variety of stereo lens boards. And if that isn’t enough, it will also do tilt shifting to correct perspective distortions. This is some serious camera hardware! A base camera will set you back about 4,000 Euros, fully loaded runs around 20,000 Euros. To me, if I had the money, it would be a perfectly fantastic camera. It’s got all the bells and chrome you could want in a medium format camera.
Rocket Boots!
This is crazy insane stuff. A guy who calls himself ‘Bird Man’ has a pair of jet powered boots that he wears when he goes parachuting. Apparently he likes flying without an airplane.
Jet Boots
For more information on this guy, you can go hit his web site.
Historic Archives from Google Video
Google video has joined with the National Archives and Records Administration to provide online access to old films about everything from the history of NASA to footage of World War II.
Students and researchers whether in San Francisco or Bangladesh can watch remarkable video such as World War II newsreels and the story of Apollo 11 – the historic first landing on the Moon. The pilot program undertaken by the National Archives and Google features 101 films from the audiovisual collections preserved at the Archives.
[via BotHack]
An Isometric New York by Eboy
Nothing like a little isometric fun on a Saturday morning. Pixle artist Eboy has another masterpiece that you can oogle online or even buy if you want. I love these things, the level of detail is superb and you can look at it again and again and still find little hidden details that you missed the last time. Eboy even has a book
[via Boingboing]