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This is where I go all philosophical about the pen being mightier than the sword, and how books can be more powerful than a stash of weapons. Artist Robert The carves guns out of books, alluring to the most powerful “weapons” ever created. Via: Formatmag, SpaceSinkhole
Fabien Glez has created with the force of typography, er… fonts. The characters have been created using a selection of fonts, and named accordingly, resulting in a Star Wars-typography mash up, with characters like Font Vader, C3typo, R2typo, SansTrooper and Boba Font. Via: MyModernMet
Pages on this daily calendar will start off showing you the day and date, but as the day progresses, the ink will slowly fade away, quite like the day. Fading ink seems to be well suited for calendars. Via: Shi Yuan, baekdal, bookofjoe
It’s time for some trivia. The tallest mountain on our Earth is Mount Everest, but it sure as hell isn’t the tallest in the solar system. That title currently rests with Olympus Mons, the tallest mountain on Mars that rises to a staggering 14 27 miles, making the Everest look like some insignificant pimple. Mars …
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Creating a little toy-you is less complicated than you’d expect. All you need is some money, because everything requires money, and two photographs (one face-on, one profile). The good people at Sculpteo will then create a “mini-you” with slightly skewed head to body ratio. A 2.7-inch version costs €60 ($80) and being 3.9-inches in height …
NASA engineer Matt Melis has created a video that shows the “Best of the Best” images from shuttle launches. The video is pretty comprehensive; you get to hear NASA engineers talk about details of the launch, and there’s the amazing photography and videos to keep you hooked. The video covers the launches for STS-114, STS-117, …
As is visible, Meter Clock takes its inpiration from analog VU meters. Created by AndyO, the clock is controlled by a PIC18F2550 microchip that handles the servo motors controlling the hour and minute hands. The build is clean and fascinating. Three buttons on top of the clock can be used for setting alarms and toggling …
Edgemar mall in Santa Monica, California, has a unique Christmas tree to show. The tree has been made out of 86 metal shopping carts balanced atop one another. One would expect a tree made from such unconventional materials to look weird and clumsy,well, it doesn’t. If the photographs here are any proof, the 33 feet …
I have no idea why someone would need a bulletproof clipboard, except that it could help you dodge the figurative bullet literally. Also, it would probably be handy for those assassin exams. Via: Ballistic, LikeCool