Art
October 23, 2012

Walking Under a Massive 340-Ton Boulder

Positioned atop the center of a 456-foot long concrete trench, on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's campus, sits a 340-ton boulder that visitors can walk under. It is securely bolted to two shelves that line the walls they are affixed to, but it's still a thrill to walk below such a massive piece of earth. The installation is said to have the capacity to withstand the tests of time.

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Design
October 22, 2012

LG’s Terrifying Elevator Prank

LG has just released an amusing video that shows what happens when unsuspecting elevator passengers believe that the floor has dropped out on them. As incredibly cruel as this may be, it's also quite genius. To show just how realistic or “lifelike” their new high-definition computer monitors can look, they installed nine of them, in a grid-like form, on top of the elevator's floor.

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Art
October 20, 2012

Anatomically Correct Glass Sculptures

California-based artist Gary Farlow of Farlow's Scientific Glassblowing, Inc. combines art and science through the production of his anatomically correct glass sculptures. From the vascular system to brain and lung models, Farlow and his team of ten construct borosilicate glass structures representing the inner workings of the human body.

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Photography
October 17, 2012

Mind-Boggling In-Camera Panoramic Distortions of Time

Normally, we record a moment in time with a photograph or a video, revealing specific spaces in time, but these abstract photographs by multifaceted artist Jay Mark Johnson takes a different approach. Using a slit camera, the photographer manages to capture both motion and time into each of his warped panoramic shots. Somehow, the technology is also able to separate the subject(s) from the background.

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My Modern Met

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