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architecture

DiY Public Library Is a Low-Tech Beauty

A new library in Casanera, Colombia shows us what humankind might have built with sticks and stones if they'd never discovered bricks, steel, and electricity. The Villanueva Public Library was built on a modest budget, designed by a bunch of university students in Bogota. And instead of importing fancy, expensive materials, builders used local timber and stones from nearby rivers to lower transportation costs. Then, instead of hiring experienced construction workers, they trained local people to build it. More »

8:40 AM on Tue Apr 15 2008
By LISA KATAYAMA
5,195 views, 21 comments

Latest by 2-7offsuit: um... Does anyone else see that skate spot potential in the first pic? more »

filmmaking

Can You Make A Science Fiction Film In Two Days?

If you're in the U.K. and have always wanted to make a scifi movie in two days with a bunch of your pals, it's time to test your fast-movie fu. Scifi film geekfest Sci-Fi London is launching its "48 Hour Film Challenge" on April 5th at the Apollo West End. Entrants will be given a randomly-generated film title, some dialog and a prop. They have two days to turn those ingredients into a movie "no shorter than 3 minutes, and no longer than 5 minutes" by April 7th. Those conditions don't sound much worse than what B-movie directors of the 1950s and 60s dealt with. More »

10:46 AM on Tue Mar 4 2008
By Kevin Kelly
971 views, 19 comments

Latest by codydog: @Final: They sure look like it. Good to see the B- movie is still undead. more »

toys

An Overload Of Scifi Toys

Phillip Torrone of the awesome DIY magazine MAKE: covered Toy Fair in New York City with a massive onslaught of photographs. While we told you about some of the items we wanted, Phillip went through his 500+ photos and tagged everything scifi related for us with "io9." What a guy. You can check out all of his scifi photos in the gallery below, and be sure to check out his blog at MAKE:'s website. More »

6:51 PM on Fri Feb 22 2008
By Kevin Kelly
1,676 views, 1 comment

space porn

Make Your Own Mercury Porn

The Messenger Space Probe is flying past Mercury as you read this, taking pictures of the night side of the planet no human has yet seen. It'll be a while before we get images as cool as the 1997 NASA image on the left. But you can download realtime images from the probe's cameras, and combine them to make your own Mercury art right now. Click through for images and a tutorial. More »

2:30 PM on Mon Jan 14 2008
By charliejane
1,072 views, 3 comments

The Coolness of New "Heroes" Action Figures? Not So Much. The most recent issue of Toyfare magazine came out yesterday, and it has a spread on all the new Heroes action figures that'll be out later this year. Since it's looking less and less likely that you'll be seeing new episodes anytime soon, it might be time to pick up some of these and bust out that video camera. Unfortunately, the Sylar figure does not have brain-eating action, so you might want to add your own visual effects. Maybe even ones that make these figures look a bit better because... yow.

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space porn

A Lightshow Worth Freezing Your Ass Off Over

The super bright Comet McNaught loses its tail among the Southern Lights during a geomagnetic storm over New Zealand, in this photo from Minoru Yoneto. Comet-hunting requires a good telescope, a "Dobsonian reflector," and the willingness to freeze your ass off for hours. But then occasionally you get amazing photos like this one. There are tons more comet pics over at NightSkyHunter.com. [Night Sky Hunter]

6:30 AM on Fri Dec 28 2007
By charliejane
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