futuramb:

Here’s an interesting early arrival in the coming boom of 3D printing.

The Dubai-based company Precise Concepts is offering a service called This Is Me, which sells 3D scanned and 3D printed copies of yourself.

A 6-inch, full color statue costs about $300 – $400 USD, which they scan and print off-site. The statues are made of a plastic resin with full-color print, relatively realistic phototexturing.

(via Noah Raford » 3D Printing in the Mall: A Sign of Things to Come)

3D printing in the Mall of the Emirates

laughingsquid:

LEGO Minifig Babies

Eeek! Lego mini figs reproduce!

emergentfutures:

Computer modeled using swarms of soldier crabs

Computer scientists at Kobe University in Japan have built a computer that draws inspiration from the swarming behavior of soldier crabs.

The computer is based on theories from the early 1980s that examined the possibility of building a computer out of billiard balls. Proposed by Edward Fredkin and Tommaso Toffoli, the mechanical computer was based on Newtonian dynamics and relied on the motion of billiard balls in an idealized, friction-free environment instead of electronic signals like a conventional computer.

Full Story: ArsTechnica

View from the Red Arrow Diner in Manchester NH this afternoon.

laughingsquid:

Coffee Flakes, Corn & Flax Cereal Coated with Italian Coffee

A complete breakfast…

laughingsquid:

The Man Who Prints Houses, Film About the Creator of a 3D Construction Printer

nprfreshair:

Lego Carl and Peter. My mind is blown.

Carl Kasell & Peter Sagal (by davekaleta)

Wait Wait Don’t Tell Me Carl Kassell & Peter Sagal LEGO figures.

smarterplanet:

Plenty More Fish In The Sea? | Information is Beautiful

A visualization of the state of Atlantic fish stocks.

Commissioned by The Pew Charitable Trusts as part of European Fish Week

Popularly eaten fish include: bluefin tuna, brill, cod, haddock, hake, halibut, herring, mackerel, pollock, salmon, sea trout, striped bass, sturgeon, turbot, whiting.

npr:

Andy Carvin and Clay Shirky spent an hour on WBUR’s “On Point” program Tuesday morning discussing Twitter’s impact on media and the world. In one of several insightful exchanges, Carvin explained how Twitter helps him cover the Arab spring uprisings

laughingsquid:

Coffee Crash