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Source: Jeremy Meyer Typewriter Assemblage Sculpture

Random pictures - da Vinci

 

Source: Digitized Manuscripts:  Leonardo da Vinci, Notebook ("Codex Arundel') 

"A collection of papers written in Italian by Leonardo da Vinci (b. 1452, d. 1519), in his characteristic left-handed mirror-writing (reading from right to left), including diagrams, drawings and brief texts, covering a broad range of topics in science and art, as well as personal notes..."

Random pictures - Japanese woodblocks

 

 

 

 

 

Source: Ukoyi-e Japanese Woodblock Print Search  And here's an article on the database: Enter a Digital Archive of 213,000+ Beautiful Japanese Woodblock Prints

Random pictures - science

 

 

 

Source The Winners of the 2017 Vizzies (formerly The International Science and Engineering Visualization Challenge)

Head to the link for the full, un-cropped visualizations and more...

Random pictures - mystery manuscript

 

 

Source: The Voynich Manuscript

"Named for Polish book dealer Wilfrid Voynich, who acquired it in 1912, the Voynich manuscript is a mystery that has remained unsolved for centuries. 

The manuscript is a 6x9-inch codex of bound calfskin vellum, which has been carbon-dated to the early decades of the 15th century, and is believed to have come from northern Italy. It holds approximately 240 pages, some which fold out, though it is believed that some pages are missing.

The content of the manuscript is truly baffling, though. It is written in a completely unknown script, and illuminated throughout with illustrations of seemingly fantastical plants. Estimates of how many individual characters compose the script vary from 15 to 40. 

Many amateur and professional cryptographers, including Allied codebreakers from both World Wars, have spent years trying to decipher the text, with little success.."

Visit the link for the story and more pictures!

Random pictures - miracles

 

Source: The Book of Miracles: 16th-century apocalyptic visions – in pictures

Random pictures - books

 

 

Source: Brian Dettmer Art made from books....

Random picture - migrant refugees

Source: L'émouvant hommage d'un sculpteur aux migrants naufragés (with video)

"Le radeau de Lampedusa. C'est le nom de la sculpture de Jason deCaires Taylor, dédiée à la crise des migrants en Europe, installée le 3 février dans un musée qui a la particularité d'être immergé au large des îles Canaries. Premier musée du genre en Europe, Museo Atlantico doit ouvrir fin février pour faire visiter..."

"The raft of Lampedusa. This is the name of the sculpture by Jason deCaires Taylor dedicated to the crisis of migrants in Europe, installed on February 3 in a museum that has the distinction of being submerged off the Canary Islands. The first museum of its kind in Europe, the Museo Atlantico will open for visitors late February."

Random pictures - art

 

 

Source: Inside The Army’s Spectacular Hidden Treasure Room

Random pictures - art/history

 

 

Source: Vatican Library Digitization Project

Random pictures - anime plus

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Crimean Attorney-General Natalia Poklonskaya has gone viral... "... Poklonskaya’s fans from all over the world call her “Prosecutie” and even invented a name for themselves – “Nataliaites.” (source)

Crimean AG becomes anime sensation

Know Your Meme - Natalia Poklonskaya (gallery)

Crimea's attorney-general captures hearts of Japanese fans

Crimean Attorney-General Natalia Poklonskaya wins heart of Japanese anime fans, goes viral

The government in Kiev issued a warrant for her arrest, with predictable results:

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Not exactly sure what this says about people/culture...

Random picture - travel

Source: 13 Gorgeous Travel Posters From 1930s Japan

Random picture - WWII poster

Source: The Enemy: Windows on War

 "This gruesome scene plays on human phobias about rats, eating dead bodies to the bone. Both specimens here, Hitler to the top and the diminutive Goebbels below, have vampire-like blood dripping from their jaws. The fires of destruction rage in the background, and ruined buildings are the detritus of Allied action.  A poor unfortunate German soldier gnawed to death must have died in his boots, bottom left, and his rifle is thrown down, bottom right. The discarded German helmet and the words imply these are Germans suffering at the hands of their own leader. Designed on the one hand to capture the death and destruction of Hitler’s policy, this poster plays on deep-seated feelings of revulsion and vengeance."

Another one comes in...

Just received my eiMIM Y pens (Kickstarter project by Will Hodges). A pen body, back, and cap made from 7075 aluminum, with a Grade 5 (Ti6Al4V) titanium clip. 

The Y pen spec: 5.2" (13.0 cm) long closed 5.5" long when open, 0.437" (1.11cm) diameter, 30 grams with Fisher Space Pen (fine point, black ink) refill...

Great craftsmanship!

 

 

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Random picture - cellular art

Source: What If You Could See Your Cellular Network?

Visualization of cellular networks, New York City above...

Random picture - robot art

Source: eDavid the robot painter excels in numerous styles

Random picture - Liu Bolin

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Source: The Big Picture: Walls Video of this shoot here - How does Liu Bolin Make Himself Invisible?

Random picture - teardown manual

Source: "Things Come Apart" reveals the inner workings of everyday consumer tech. Book featuring "... images of the inner workings of 50 everyday items from bicycles and chainsaws to modern day computers and phones, with each component painstakingly laid out with geometric precision..." Above, a disassembled Swiss army knife.

Random picture - "transportation culture"

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Source: The Beetle Sphere: An Actual 1953 VW Beetle Formed into a Perfect Sphere by Ichwan Noor The artist's explanation...