Normally, falling asleep at the wheel would be a dangerous thing, but this kid makes it look so cute in this power wheel! [via]
Land infographics
June 27, 2009 @ 7:57 pm
Photo: NASA/JSC
When I first saw this photo on The Big Picture I seriously thought it was a set of pie charts on a spreadsheet. It turns out that it’s actually a bunch of roads and circular fields in Egypt.
360-degree Nikon rig with 48 D700 cameras
June 4, 2009 @ 1:53 pm
At this year’s MTV Movie Awards, Nikon set up 48 D700 dSLR cameras in a circular rig that fire off at the same time and create a 360-degree animation of the object in the center. Here’s a video of internet celebrity iJustine taking advantage of the rig.
Colorful artwork by Andy Gilmore
March 19, 2009 @ 2:46 am
I could probably look at Andy Gilmore’s drawings and illustrations all day. [via]
He’s got some of the craziest eyes for color and patterns of anybody I’ve ever come across.
His Flickr account is a good place to get a look at most of his design work. I recommend starting with his grids and then moving on to his many designs.
“Hoop” design wins bike rack contest in NYC
November 14, 2008 @ 2:37 pm
Ian Mahaffy and Maarten De Greeve’s circular bicycle rack design has won the CityRacks Design Competition. The “Hoop”, as it is called, is a simple design that looks like a bicycle wheel with a single cross-bar reminiscent of a spoke on a wheel.
The winning design beat out 10 other finalists whose designs were installed at Astor Place to give each one a real-life testing bed to see how they would hold up to typical NYC people and mischief.
There’s been some concern however about how the new bike racks, 5000 of which are supposed to be installed over the next 3 years, will be attached to the ground. In some photos, the rack is simply seen resting on the sidewalk, presumably connected by a bolt of some sort through the bottom of the wheel. While some other images show the wheel slightly elevated by a platform which it then sits on.
According to City Room, the Transportation Department hasn’t even considered how they would bolt down the rings, which kind of puzzles me because one would think that they would consider this before choosing a winner in a contest.
Anyway, in my opinion, this rack doesn’t really do anything new except give the “old” bike racks a facelift. In terms of alleviating bicycle parking congestion, this rack does absolutely nothing to help it. It still parks two bicycles side-by-side and it still takes up just as much space on the sidewalk as the bike racks now. It’s just nice because it’s a circle and there are two circles on a bike. Pfft.
Making donuts with your bicycle
May 12, 2008 @ 1:35 pm
This is the craziest thing you’ll see today!
Here’s a dude drifting and making donuts with his bicycle!
Also, here’s some tips on how to drift with your bike.
Thanks Simon!
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