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Water, Air, and Earth

Credit:
ADAM NIEMAN / SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
“Conceptual computer artwork of the total volume of water on Earth (left) and of air in the Earth’s atmosphere (right) shown as spheres (blue and pink).”
“Left: All the water in the world (1.4087 billion cubic kilometres of it) including sea water, ice, lakes, rivers, ground water, clouds, etc.
Right: All the air in the atmosphere (5140 trillion tonnes of it) gathered into a ball at sea-level density. Shown on the same scale as the Earth.”
via: boingboing, Telegraph, D. Phiffer
What web would look like in 20 years?
Do you remember the Borg civilization from Star Trek? This interesting talk reminded me of them… Creepy? Inspiring? Pure fantasy? What do you think?
A Map of Olympic Medals
Use the slider to view past Olympics, or click on a country to display a list of its medal winners – here.
via: Strange Maps
Today’s Picture
Big Enough?
Trompe l’oeil Ring, by Edouard Larmaraud (France) has been created for a jewelery competition, whose subject was “a little bit of humour in jewellery“. It’s a teeny tiny diamond with a magnifying glass…
Who Has the Money?
Ken Robinson – about creativity and education
“Creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. He champions a radical rethink of our school systems, to cultivate creativity and acknowledge multiple types of intelligence.”
“Why don’t we get the best out of people? Sir Ken Robinson argues that it’s because we’ve been educated to become good workers, rather than creative thinkers. Students with restless minds and bodies — far from being cultivated for their energy and curiosity — are ignored or even stigmatized, with terrible consequences.“
A great talk! (and very amusing as well) :)
Thanks to Vic for sharing.
What is your political orientation?
The World’s Best Places to Live 2008
Mercer Consulting’s annual roundup of the global cities with the best quality of life is here, and Zurich once again comes out on top.
via: Presurfer




