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Saturday, 4 October 2014

Ebola spreading rate compared to other diseases visualized

Ebola spreading rate compared to other diseases visualized


Many people are freaking out about ebola, but the fact is that there's no reason to panic because it spreads too slowly. Way slower than other infectious diseases. The graphic above shows it clearly: While a measles patient can infect a maximum of 18 people on average, an ebola patient can only infect two.


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How pieces of wood turn into a skateboard

How pieces of wood turn into a skateboard


Chapman Skateboards shows the whole step-by-step process in how they make their boards and it's such a cool process to see. You get to see how the wood pieces bond together into one piece, how the skateboard gets its shape and how it's cut out from the block. I can watch this kind of thing forever.


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The spaceships and alien worlds of Thomas Pringle

The spaceships and alien worlds of Thomas Pringle


Thomas Pringle is one of my favorite concept illustrators. Some of his stuff—like the landscape with a spaceship taking off above—border on abstract art. The unholy space-age son of Turner and analytical cubism Picasso, if you will. His work excites my eye because my brain has to fill the blanks.


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This super-cool bike could be Batman's new Batcycle

This super-cool bike could be Batman's new Batcycle


I don't know if there's going to be a Batcycle in the new Superman vs Batman movie, but this bike could work perfectly without any modification. It's the new Ronin 47 from Ronin Motor Works, based on the Buell 1125. It's a strikingly beautiful and unique machine. Only 47 will be made.


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Time-lapse: How to counterfeit a (giant) dollar with pencil and ink

Time-lapse: How to counterfeit a (giant) dollar with pencil and ink


32-year-old self-taught Italian artist Giorgio Arcuri likes to make photorealistic drawings. He told me in an email that he loves the tiny detail work and this giant 27.56 x 11.73-inch (70 x 29.8-centimeter) reproduction of a one dollar bill is a great example of that. Watch the time-lapse of how he created it.


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Microsoft turns Cortana into a Klingon-speaking Starfleet officer



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