Design
September 8, 2017

Star Wars-Themed Fitness Equipment Delivers the Power of the “Force” to Your Workout

There’s a new “force” coming to your gym. Fitness brand Onnit is releasing a line of home workout equipment inspired by the iconic Star Wars films. From hand weights to yoga mats, now you can infuse some intergalactic attitude into your fitness routine. Characters from both the Rebels and Empire offer their likeness to strength-training activities. One of the most striking parts of the collection is the set of three kettlebells.

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Photography
September 6, 2017

Gustav Klimt’s Famous Paintings Get Recreated with Live Models

Using live models, elaborate props, and lots of gold, Austrian photographer Inge Prader paid homage to her compatriot, Gustav Klimt, with incredible photographic recreations of his famous paintings. The marvelous tableaus incorporate all the rich Art Nouveau symbolism we come to expect with Klimt, but the addition of model makes the work fresh. Some of Klimt's most iconic work, like Death and Life and the epic, 112-foot-long Beethoven Frieze have been recreated in all their sumptuous detail.

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Technology
September 3, 2017

Meet Margaret Hamilton, the Woman Who Helped NASA Land on the Moon

With how much software pervades our lives these days, it may be difficult to remember that the field is relatively new. While programming languages first appeared in the 1950s, it was really the following decade when NASA, and one pioneering female software engineer, led the way to programming as we know it. Margaret Hamilton was a 24-year-old working mother with a degree in mathematics when she began working as a programmer for MIT in 1960.

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