3D Chess Board by Ji Lee…
Optical Illusion of the Day: An aerial photo of an expanding-contracting toll road creates a real-life-Inception-esque illusion.
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The last swimming elephant in the Andaman Islands, India
Swimming elephants like 60-year-old Rajan used to be a regular sight in the Andaman Islands, south of India, but this five ton Asian elephant is now the last of his kind.
(via Telegraph)
Hangzavar / Cacophony
Thrifty-appearing wall-mounted sound installation features five cassette walkmans, simple speakers, and is designed to play one tape together at different intervals, together.
From Everyday Listening:
Recycling of old machines is good. But we all have iPods now, so what do we do with our old Sony walkmans? Chain them together using tape to create a great looking sound installation!
Hangzavar / Cacophony is a creation of Hungarian collective Nomad, consisting of Pásztor Bence, Pongor Soma and Tarcali Dávid. Check out their website for more information on their work.
To experience what it sounds like, Everyday Listening has a video of the piece, which you can see here
Apple Sold More iPads Than HP Sold PC
That’s more than 20 million personal computing devices. HP’s PC sales for the fourth quarter were 14.7 million
(via AllThingsD)
YouTube - One Hour Per Second (by 1hourpersecond)
What’s so new about the new Vimeo? In short: pretty much everything. We made zillions of improvements that cover the front end, the back end, and the parts in between to create a Vimeo that is bigger, faster, smarter, and more fun…
20 seminal events from the Internet in 2011 and weaved them into a single artwork. Your challenge? Name all 20. (via Syzygy 20things 2011)
Check out YouTube’s gorgeous new One Hour Per Second site.