I Am Still Alive

silica aerogel holds 15 guinness world records for material properties, including best insulator and lowest-density solid

(not that I usually notice, but its nice that the rights to this image are explicitly released)

Tomography: ‘Tomo’ is derived for the Greek word for a slice. Hence, tomography is any form of imaging where three-dimensional objects can be visualised slice by slice. X-ray computed tomography, otherwise known as CT scanning, is the most commonly used form of tomography.

Lowering of the last element (YE-1) of the CMS detector into its underground experimental cavern.

as per an earlier conversation

We use the latest 3D modelling software, linked to a custom-built database and we develop all our products within the capacity of this micro-manufacturing system. This particular approach is what defines the style of our furniture.

Erik Spiekermann

The scroll, handset in Caslon by Alan Kitching and handprinted letterpress on handlaid paper, cannot be reproduced in sufficient quality in this medium and at this size to do it any justice at all.

I would like a 3D printer.

Just as we need arbitrary designations to govern the path of a knife, or palate, around and through the body of the cow, so we need neighborhoods to negotiate the dense tissue of the city…

It intervenes when a photo is being taken, without the photographer being able to detect anything. The manipulation is only visible on the photo afterwards.

...Hence visual information can be smuggled unnoticed into the images of others.

The world’s only bottle-conditioned Malt Liquor, brewed with red, white and blue gourmet corns (released in time for Independence Day!). Each 40-ounce bottle comes with a hand-stamped brown paper bag.

the original woodblocks were carved by craftsmen almost 400 years ago. most of the blocks are made of easy-to-carve ‘honoki’ wood, which has a fine, soft grain and rarely warps or cracks.