Cilia Flow
Credit: Stocker Group, Civil and Environmental Engineering, MIT
Coral polyps sport tiny hair-like appendages called cilia, which they beat rhythmically in the water. Researcher used fluorescent beads to track the flow of water around coral polyps, finding mixing that is perpendicular to the water surface. This fluid motion may enhance photosynthesis and protect the coral from nasty microbes.
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Gregory Euclide - Otherworldly: Optical Delusions and Small Realities (2011) - Oil on canvas landscape, collected litter and other materials from Central Park, NYC
Artist’s statement:
“I painted a large traditional landscape that flows onto the floor and toward a fifth-floor window overlooking Central Park. The work consists of several dioramas built from materials that were collected on walks as well as several paper casts from boulders in Central Park.”
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There’s an island in Japan where wild cats wander freely through the streets, boatyards, porches, and houses of the city. I want to go to there.
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BEST FRIENDS WEAR EACH OTHER ON THEIR FEET.
What I want to know is where I can get some ardvark slippers, like honestly where do you find those buster.
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Michelle Morin. Winter Pelicans, 2012. Watercolor and gouache on paper, 9 x 19”.
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QR Codes Embedded into Sidewalk to provide tourist information.
Rio De Janeiro has embedded QR codes into their sidewalks to help tourists learn more about the city and more easily get to where they are going. The codes have been embedded into the city’s traditional mosaic sidewalks in the form of black and white tiles. When the tiles are scanned with a smartphone, a local map and information is provided to the user in English, Spanish, or Portuguese. Brazil plans to embed roughly 30 QR codes at beaches, vistas and various historic sites around the city, helping Rio’s two million foreign visitors each year get around.
