Who would have thought there was such a thing as a radiator design competition. Cool. I really dig this one by Vivian Muller of France. Very brain-like. Made of thermosensitive PVC it even changes colors as it heats up. Make sure to hit the link below for a ton of other cool designs.
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3D photography has been around a heck of a lot longer that most people might think. Three dimensional stereoscopic images were produced using dual lens cameras not long after the invention of the camera itself. As with every other aspect of photography, computers are rapidly changing things.

A new technique called photometric stereo can product a three dimensional image (as shown above) using only a single camera viewpoint. The trick is that three (or more) distinct light sources provide different shading, or modeling, of the subject. The multiple light sources flash almost instantly and the multiple images are captured digitally. Software can then reference the position of the light sources against the shadows on the face of an individual and create a perfect 3D image.

Pretty cool stuff. I also recently saw a similar 3D result created by projecting a grid off lines on a subject’s face. Software again analyzed the distortion of the grid and rendered a perfect 3D photo.

Aside from the cool factor there are a lot of practical applications where the 3D photos come in handy, such as passports and higher level security.

Read more:
Discover.com
Stereoscopic Photography at Amazon

John Stossel does a short, but amusing bit on graphic design on 20/20. “If you don’t know who Paul Rand is, you’re screwed.”

Call it modern origami. Interesting paper art. Very architectural. Now let’s see someone do this and create a Frank Gehry.

So how do you squeeze more cars into less space? Build a robot. Automotion Parking is set to open a second automated robotic parking garage in Chinatown next month. The parking system requires no human supervision and moves cars on a series of lifts. Drivers simply park on a pallet, put the emergency break on and leave. When retreaving a car the system even turns it around on a giant lazy susan so the driver can drive straigh out of the garage as opposed to backing out into traffic.
Full Article - Yahoo / Automotion Parking Systems