New Zealand-based Lego builder Grantmasters recently completed this microscale build of the Cheyenne, the marine dropship from Aliens. With minimal bricks, he was able to create a very detailed diorama that includes the power plant.
Saturday, August 29, 2015
Obama Administration To Open Wearable Tech R&D Center In Silicon Valley
The White House and the Department of Defense are working with the private sector to build flexible, wearable electronics.
The Obama administration and the Pentagon are giving the wearables industry a big push. On Friday, defense secretary Ash Carter will announce that the Department of Defense is investing $75 million in a "flexible hybrid electronics" innovation center in Silicon Valley; in addition to the Pentagon's contribution, the new institute will receive more than $90 million in funding from academia, corporate interests, and local governments for a total of about $171 million.
Apple Music Exec Ian Rogers Steps Down
The former Beats Music CEO was instrumental in developing Apple's Beats 1 radio station and nudging the company to take on Spotify.
Ian Rogers, a key music executive at Apple, has resigned from the company, the Financial Times reports. The former Beats Music CEO was instrumental in developing Apple Music's Beats 1 radio station and helping the company move into the Spotify-dominated streaming music market.
Paris Will Ban Cars for One Day
Most major cities now have their own versions of open streets events
5 Great Free Apps For Coping With Day-Long Airline Travel
Itineraries, maps, time-killers, and more.
The only thing worse than traveling is traveling all…day…long. Between the layovers, the delays, the endless lines, it's a wonder we don't see more modern-day meltdowns.
A Drone Hovering In Place Took These Perfect Timelapses of Earth's Surface
Most of us have grown jaded to the lovely high-res video that drones deliver these days, which is so ubiquitous that it’s being used to recruit pledges to Greek life
New Installation Invades Central London With 100,000 Balloons
Charles Pétillon's Heartbeat looks like a giant cumulonimbus cloud hovering above visitors' heads at London's Covent Garden.
Paris-based artist Charles Pétillon has a reputation for filling abandoned spaces with ethereal balloon formations. For his first installation in a public space and his largest undertaking to date, Heartbeat, he injects London's lively and historic Covent Garden with 100,000 hovering white balloons.
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