This is an ant. Magnified 400x!!

Full Gigapan

I love the Gigapan. People make such amazing pictures with it, but they’re usualy of huge panoramas, or regular things. I’ve never seen one of something so small before! You can check out more of Molly Gibson’s magnified Gigapans here.

This ant is from Madagascar, and is named Eutetramorium mocquerysi. The species is notable for having wingless queens that are indistinguishable from workers.
This image is composed of 400 pictures, and it’s magnified 400x using a scanning electron microscope.

What if all the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park said “Hey”?

LAÏKA

LAÏKA (LONG VERSION) from Guillaume Blanchet on Vimeo.

This is the long version of the stop motion animation titled ‘Laïka’ by Guillaume Blanchet. Created using matches & match boxes; this video was produced to celebrate the 10th birthday of a famous bar in Montreal (The Laïka).

You can check out teh shorter 3 minute version here along with a 3 question interview.

It just makes scents

This is an awesome Time Capsule styled candle. I dont have much info on how it was made, even Google translate cant really help me understand the source page . From what i can work out, it was made with an aluminum mold, and thats about it!

99 Bottles of LEDs on the Wall…

An illuminated bottle wall. There is a LED controllable light behind each bottle that is controlled from an onboard computer.

Bottle wall (no sound) from Alex Beim on Vimeo.

My Milk Toof

I really like these little photo comics by Inhae.

One day a Milk Toof knocked on my door and said “Hello”.

Lots of little series of pictures, cute. Go look!

RSS Icon Pillows

You can add this to the list of geeky pillows i want, along with the Adobe ones that were around a while ago.
I’ll have to make a big post up about all the house accessories I’d like to have some time.

For now though, if you want one of these yourself, they’re available from Craftsquatch on Etsy for $15.00.

This cozy pillow is made with the softest fleece and filled with the fluffiest polyester filling to make it perfectly squeezable yet firm.

It is a 100% hand crafted, 12″x12″ square pillow is based on the icon for the Really Simple Syndication web feed many of us use in our day to day interneting.

Whether on your bed or near your computer, it is perfect for snuggling after a productive day, or to pound your fists into after a not so great one.

3650 days left to save the world

Check out this short video by ubik, featuring the song ‘Treeology’ by Shady Bard.
Spotify link

I love the mix between live action and animation used to create it.

A short film for mtv worldwide to help raise awareness of the effects of global warming. A combination of live action and animation. A globe in a classroom was shot on 16mm which was then tracked and populated with cg toy-like clouds, cars, planes, and cities.

3650 from Ubik on Vimeo.

Do You Remember When You Were a Kid and You Thought You Could Do ANYTHING?

This is a great short inspiational film for the site grasshopper.com.
I love stuff like this, great music to go with it too from Carly Comando.

Grasshopper empowers entrepreneurs to succeed with an Advanced Number that helps their small business sound more professional.

You may remember Carly Comando’s music from the 2006 video ‘Noah takes a photo of himself every day for 6 years.’ Seen below.

Hi, a real human interface

You mean that you didn’t already know that inside every computer was a real person just waiting for you to make your next move?
This short video from Multitouch Barcelona imagines a real human interface, and puts what you didn’t think you already knew into visual reality.

Hi from Multitouch Barcelona on Vimeo.