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code_swarm has several cool open source repository visualizations. An interesting way to show the history and participants.

Video displaying the new BMW concept car covered in cloth. I personally think it’s great. Most likely it’s considerably more energy efficient to produce, and I think it’s definitely more attractive. Perhaps some day we’ll see this.

Airduino Scungy Anemometer I’ve been a large fan (no pun intended) of this blog for a while. Although here Keith shows the true ingenuity and usefulness of knowing how to create and construct things like this. A great thorough explanation of ingenuity and reused components to keep oneself cool.

Scott Johnston has a project to take google earth data and run it though his CNC mill to produce a physical model of the geographic terrain. Brilliant idea, and very interesting.

I thought this a great little movie trying to explain what invisible magnetic fields might actually look like.

Worlds coolest wedding cake

Nerd cake. Delicious and awesome.

Bad Astronomy Blog/Best. Image. Ever. Here’s an image of the lander taken from the orbiter. This is so awesome . The coordination is so great that we can take a picture of one probe with another one. Chaulk up another great success for NASA. Now to wait for the science.

Scientific American: You Say “Ga,” I say “Ba,” but Everyone Hears “Da”. This is just a very creepy auditory illusion. It turns out that when you watch someone saying GA, and the sound is over dubbed with BA, you really hear them saying DA. Got it? Check out the link and follow the directions above the YouTube video and hear for yourself.

Phun - 2D physics sandbox. A research product, watch the youtube video. It’s fun to play with. It’s interface is simple, but can get very complicated depending on where you go with it.

Phoenix descent video. Bad Astronomy is on the scene with the phoenix descent video. Phoenix is the next Martian lander which is equipped with devices to look for water and do basic soil element detection. More at NASA Phoenix