Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Link Round-Up: November 18, 2014


"Calvin and Hobbes" by Kenneth Rocafort


The first concrete 3-D printed building in the world was completed in a Minneapolis, Minn. suburb in August, 2014. Engineer Andrey Rudenko “printed” out the authentic looking castle layer by layer using a machine he invented in his garage.  I can't wait for someone to use this to make some massive piece of public art.

I Love Typography reviews some great new font releases.

Inside NYC’s underground art museum – in the subway.

The Kantar Information is Beautiful Awards 2014 celebrate excellence and beauty in data visualizations, infographics and information art.  The Winners, The Short List, The Long List, All Entries.


Real Steampunk Computer Brought Back To Life: We discovered a 100 year old 19th century computer that does Fourier analysis with just gears spring and levers. It was locked in a glass case at the University of Illinois Department of Mathematics. We rebuilt a small part of the machine and then for two years thoroughly photographed and filmed every part part of the machine and its operation. The results of this labor of love are in the video series (short documentary), which is 22 minutes long and contains stunning footage of the machine in action — including detailed descriptions of how it operates. The photos are collected in a free book (pdf) . The computer was designed by Albert Michelson, who was famous for the Michelson-Morley experiment; he was also the first American to win a Nobel Prize in physics.

Yaya Han Discusses Cosplaying's Golden Age


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