Moonlander from Surly Bikes On the subject of bikes I can’t justify buying, here’s the Moonlander. Would suit someone who needs to cross a marsh on the way to work each morning. Oxford people might be interested to know they have one on display in Bike Zone on St Michaels Street, so you can see for yourself the wonder that is their ‘space black’ frame paint.

Moonlander from Surly Bikes

On the subject of bikes I can’t justify buying, here’s the Moonlander. Would suit someone who needs to cross a marsh on the way to work each morning.

Oxford people might be interested to know they have one on display in Bike Zone on St Michaels Street, so you can see for yourself the wonder that is their ‘space black’ frame paint.

This is instantly recognisable as the logo for Nasa, despite its being discarded in 1992 in favour of the previous ‘meatball’ logo preferred by some Nasa insiders. The ‘worm’ logo, and the graphic system it was part of, spoke to the idea of Nasa as high-tech, forward-looking, and united in purpose. It failed because Nasa, the actual real-world organization, is not any of those things. As an incoherent mish-mash of design elements, the ‘meatball’ expresses the reality of Nasa very well. Sadly. Display | The NASA Design Program

This is instantly recognisable as the logo for Nasa, despite its being discarded in 1992 in favour of the previous ‘meatball’ logo preferred by some Nasa insiders.

The ‘worm’ logo, and the graphic system it was part of, spoke to the idea of Nasa as high-tech, forward-looking, and united in purpose. It failed because Nasa, the actual real-world organization, is not any of those things. As an incoherent mish-mash of design elements, the ‘meatball’ expresses the reality of Nasa very well. Sadly.

Display | The NASA Design Program

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meredithmo:

If you only watch one cat video today, I beg of you: make it this one.

Kinda reminds me of Marvin the Paranoid Android but, you know… a cat. And French.

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Today’s breakfast-time viewing.

Updated to add: Disclaimer: This is an American cat who likes to pretend he is in a French film. Francophones will find it easier to read the subtitles than make out what he is saying.

(Source: jezebel.com)

Today’s breakfast-time viewing: Professor Donald Sadoway on the invention of liquid-metal batteries and the usefulness of professors.

The idea is beautifully simple—they are taking the problem of batteries’ habit of overheating and turning it in to an asset by designing the battery to run at molten-metal temperatures. I imagine the devil is in the details, such as how to square a half-shipping container-full of molten antimony with health & safety at work regulations.

TED Talks 2012: Donald Sadoway | MIT Video

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trompinaround:

Usually robot advancements just remind me how close they are to becoming self aware and taking over the world.  This one on the other hand, looks like the most fun ever!

Holy fuck. Also, Boston Dynamics are the same dudes behind BigDog. What are they feeding those guys over there?

lxleckford:

Everything is a Remix Part 4 (by Kirby Ferguson)

Last part of this documentary by New York film-maker Kirby Ferguson on the nature of creativity and its interaction with modern intellectual-property law and the ownership of ideas by big corporations.

If you have not been following this series, you can start with part 1.

For more info on this episode such as a transcript and links to sources, see its page on the EverythingisaRemix.info web site.