Exploring the Infinite
While playing with Google Maps, software engineer, Jesse Vig, noticed that a lot of buildings look like letters when viewed from above. That's how he came to create GeoGreetings, a cool way to create greeting cards online using images of buildings found with Google Maps. Every time you click on a letter, it opens it up in a map so
I've been making some changes to the FOSSwiki and wanted to let you know about them. For those of you who haven't yet visited, FOSSwiki is a listing of Freeware and Open Source software in wiki form. It has well over a few hundred titles thus far and is always growing as new content is added weekly. I've had some
Science News The concept of infinity intrigued Escher and he wanted to capture the notion in an image somehow. Then in 1957, he read an article containing a diagram of a hyperbolic plane written by H.S.M. Coxeter, a mathematician at the University of Toronto. This was the inspiration that caused Escher to create the Circle Limit prints which in turn
Omigosh! That hamster is the cutest EVAR!
HowManyOfMe.com There are:253people with my namein the U.S.A. How many have your name? Yup, there are 253 Stacy Reed's in the US. There happens to be another one right here in Flint, Michigan. She owes some serious back taxes to the city. I know this because I once got pulled over and was detained by a police officer who thought
via Union of Concerned Scientists From the site: “In recent years, scientists who work for and advise the federal government have seen their work manipulated, suppressed, distorted, while agencies have systematically limited public and policy maker access to critical scientific information. To document this abuse, the Union of Concerned Scientists has created the A to Z Guide to Political Interference
Researchers are hoping to discover why certain types of fractal images can actually sooth the viewer. The Register-Guard wrote this interesting article about the different types of studies being done across multiple professions in an attempt to understand how the brain processes fractal imagery.
My husband and I went to the Flint Institute of Arts last week and saw a really cool sculpture hanging on the wall by artist, Larry Kagan. It appeared to be just a bunch of chaotic twisted metal pieces welded together, but it was casting a shadow on the wall in the shape of a perfect box! We came home
The Korean Free Hugs movement:
Eric Bigas has posted a collection of 18 cool fractal animations online for those who are interested. Mesmerizing and fun, these animations show only a portion of the depths of infinity. More Animated Fractals: The Ultimate Fractal Video Project Jock Cooper's Fractal Animations www.fractalmovies.com “If the doors of perception were cleansed, everything would appear to man as it truly is,
Hey, check out these instructions on how to create cool 3D paper snowflake decorations hosted over at WikiHow.
These fractal origami models were folded and photographed by Michał Kosmulski. Above, an image of the Sierpinski Tetrahedron. You can see many more examples of balls, polyhedra, intersecting planes and the like at the Modular Origami homepage.
I'm sure you'll recognize the Escher reference. I loves it! (I'm officially on vacation. I'll post when I can.)
French artist, Miguel Chevalier is known internationally as one of the pioneers of virtual and digital art. Currently, he has an interesting fractal installation which can be experienced at Wood Street Galleries in Pittsburgh, PA. Motion detectors allow the viewer to interact with the growth of the fractal “plants” which simulate nature. There are 8 varieties, ranging from flowering vegetation