Looking in towards our galaxy from 3 Billion light years away. Each point of light is a galaxy cluster. There are more than 10 Quadrillion (10^16) stars in this volume of space.
Source: Digital Universe Atlas
Hmmm, looks kind of like a visual representation of the web.
This high-schooler was at Noisebridge hackerspace working with the MakerBot 3d printer. We talked about the space and 3d printing. How long until we see plug & play 3D printers for average consumers? Easy-Print-Ovens for little makers. I can’t wait! Until then go make your own! There was a middle schooler here printing parts for his just the other day, so what’s your excuse?
You’ve such a nice, childish. (but devilish) look about you
I know I’ve shared this around before but now it’s up for TED’s Ads Worth Spreading award, and I think it’s damn worthy of taking the prize. Some great work went into this beautiful video by Jason Silva for the Human Project. Give it a look and cast your vote!
Curiosity is one reason to seek truth, and it may not be the only one, but it has a special and admirable purity. If your motive is curiosity, you will assign priority to questions according to how the questions, themselves, tickle your personal aesthetic sense. A trickier challenge, with a greater probability of failure, may be worth more effort than a simpler one, just because it is more fun.
we’re moving from a world where the web is an open and exciting platform where anyone can make anything to a world of elegant consumption shaped by just a few big players.
Lots of goals for this new year, but just one resolution: become a better person everyday than the day before. Happy 2012! :)
Genesis
Motion graphics by Andreas Wannerstedt.