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Visual DNA Project

Science meets art in this compelling project where artist Daniel A. Becker creates gene code as graphic sequences.

Click on the link here to see letters turn into beautiful organic tapestries, as seen below.

First, you see the corresponding DNA linked to the graphics...

Then the letters turn into graphics that then creates this mosaic. In this case, this pattern was created by the DNA of the White Shark

White Fir

Elephant

Technorati Tags: DNA, Science, Technology, Art, Installation, Gene, A, C, G, T, graphic design

The High Line Project Slide Show

I really can't wait for the opening of the High Line Project, currently under construction in Chelsea. So futuristic, yet so warm, it's a one of a kind urban renewal project that is sure to be copied many times over in cities around the world (not to mention, a replica in Las Vegas?). Click on the photos below for a link to the official site and for a full slide show with much larger images.

designed by Field Operations (landscape architects) and Diller Scofidio + Renfro (architects) slide show by Friends of the High Line

Technorati Tags: friends of the high line, urban renewal, urban design, park design, elevated tracks, chelsea, new york, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Field Operations

The Largest Human-Made Art on Earth

Check out more pictures and the "making of" this amazing landscape art created by Jim Denevan on the links below.

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(Via Dark Roasted Blend.)

Al Gore Photo Essay - TIME

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hearted by 88michael

tags: al gore messy office

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(Via We Heart It.)

Nature changes along with us

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(Via FFFFOUND! / EVERYONE.)

Global Distribution of Water

via link

Model T got 25 miles a gallon, Average car today: 20 miles a gallon

Henry Ford's first mass produced American car in 1912 got 25 miles per gallon. A century later, the average American car gets 20 miles per gallon.

[ listen to streamcast WNYC's Leonard Lopate Show: The History of Cars in America ]

Joshua Tree National Park

Here's some pics from my hike to Joshua Tree National Park this weekend. The landscape is so alien yet so inviting. It's one of the few places on earth that I feel completely surrendering myself to the bigness of the sky and earth.









Here's an article and archive of an NPR segment by Elizabeth Shogren that reports on the disappearing Joshua Trees. I really hope they don't go extinct soon.

Outlook Bleak for Joshua Trees

Heard this story when I was about to go hiking at Joshua Tree National Park next week... more reason to go now.

[from NPR All Things Considered] Listen here

Reducing liquid weight in trash

In the old roll of film I recently developed, I found this seemingly mundane photo I shot in Tokyo.

I was having coffee with my sister at a Starbucks that day. As we were about to leave and throw my ice coffee cup away, she pointed out that I should pour the remaining liquid into the a separate trash can first (shown above). It made immediate sense to me. By taking the liquid out, the trash weighs less, it's easier to take out, it emits less carbon to haul the trash to the landfills. I already pour liquid out from containers before throwing out bottles at home as many of you might as well. So why isn't it more common in commercial environments? All the sodas swishing around in tightly sealed garbage bags probably gets broken by the time it gets compacted on the back of garbage trucks but that water weight gets carried to the dump, wasting fuel. It seems like a good idea that we can quickly implement in this country as well.