Intellectually Promiscuous

Curious findings from everywhere.

Electrolightz - “Centerpiece” 

This is a pretty addictive tune. It’s part of an awesome (and free!) mixtape they’ve got.

2010 Visual Illusion of the Year Contest Winner - Impossible motion: magnet-like slopes (via TheIllusioncontest)

A tour of BumpTop: A 3D Multi-Touch Desktop

jayparkinsonmd:

LIFE Magazine: Excellent Old School Science Models.

jayparkinsonmd:

LIFE Magazine: Excellent Old School Science Models.

iloveoldmagazines:

Cincinnati
1977 Vol. 10, No. 9

iloveoldmagazines:

Cincinnati

1977 Vol. 10, No. 9

Jason Forrest’s War Photographer is one of the coolest songs + videos out there. Just rediscovered it the other day while my iPod was on shuffle.

Ever seen a parking meter that takes MasterCard? Talk about a connected city! Looks way more intuitive than NYC’s (strangely named) Muni-Meters too. Found in Downtown LA.

Ever seen a parking meter that takes MasterCard? Talk about a connected city! Looks way more intuitive than NYC’s (strangely named) Muni-Meters too. Found in Downtown LA.

How would you caption this photo of Wolfgang Puck?

How would you caption this photo of Wolfgang Puck?

Rare 8mm movie of the Concorde landing in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1976.

The flight was British Airway’s first charter flight on the Concorde and carried the British Prime Minister and his top officials to an economic summit organized on the island by Gerald Ford.

An insightful thought from Citibank

An insightful thought from Citibank

ilovecharts:

via jessica-dianne

ilovecharts:

via jessica-dianne

How To Shoot A Car Commercial: One Tenth the Size, But 10X Cooler. Watch the commercial above, then read on about how they made it.

Dean Kamen’s unbelievable TEDMED talk

Car for sale

How the BBC made penguins fly