Years old, I think, but inspirational.

Building with the plentiful to make the rare.

(Vimeo’s being annoying with its privacy settings, but I’ll post this anyways.)

https://vimeo.com/237604550

Refik Anadol’s http Infinity Room.

The latest from Boston Dynamics:

It begs bad jokes, but his purpose is worthy. More information from Melissa Breyer on Treehugger.

This is an odd video. I’m not even sure it’s funny.

Not something you see every day.

https://youtu.be/6pBT8n-SNWk

This is fun, and a reminder.

(h/t zenbassoon on The Daily Kos)

Sorry, not embeddable.

www.facebook.com/Cats.Are.Amazing/videos/759282670801415/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED

Just amazing what some critters will do.

Courtesy Melissa Breyer on Treehugger.com comes this:

Melissa summarizes:

With 700 species of these marvelous crabs across the planet, California is lucky to call a dozen or so their own. Dwelling in tide pools and kelp forests, the crabs have one tragic flaw. They’re delicious. But on the lucky flip side, they’ve learned the careful art of camouflage by way of attaching bits of finery to specialized Velcro-like hooks on their bodies.

We’ve seen this before, but it’s still a bit amazing.

Stomp it, kid, stomp it.

The balls were good, no? But this one just made me laugh.

A great clown.

Great skill!

A light going over of a restoration … of power.

Found here.

Actually from 2009, but I was fascinated – how to assemble a Boeing 737.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=SE71NJl-naY%3Fautoplay%3D1

Certainly one of the more puzzling artist pieces in my experience, although Jonathon Keats claims (NewScientist, “Dreams and Nightmares“, 21 January 2017) that this is one of the most celebrated pieces of “machine art”.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0MqsWqBX4wQ

I admit I was captivated.

I’d like to know the nature of the evolutionary tradeoff, if known.

John Edmark:

His website is here. And here is Blooms 2. Maybe think of it as animated math.

Part promo, part artsy. The product might give me seizures.

Very interesting. No preview, unfortunately.

https://videos-f.jwpsrv.com/content/conversions/nZ44Y8ot/videos/fHLu8cvK-27972850.mp4?token=0_587bae8a_0xff69e4e909de838e3061c3e6d138e8c471f9c09e