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more about #lasvegas Torley: Colorful and gorgeous! Reminds me of some Second Life builds with the celshade effect. more » TheGreenMan: I work in Irvine.."hallucinatory sterility of suburban life" is pretty apt for the place. Well, except for the hallucinatory part..it's pretty real he... more » Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Very cool more » choptop: I love how you emphasized (He even did an installation for Sci-Fi Channel.), like it's the pinnacle of an artistic career. more » -
#conceptart
The Device Ripped His Molecules Apart and Swallowed The Haze That Remained
This glowing, massive tunnel is the gateway to a device that knows only one thing: Deconstructing life at the atomic level. Unfortunately it's so ancient that it has forgotten how to do the reconstruction. More » -
#colonizingmars
Six Earth Cities That Will Provide Blueprints for Martian Settlers
If humans land on Mars by 2037 as NASA hopes, they'll need cities modeled on ones that already exist in extreme climates on Earth. Here are six high-tech (and a few low-tech) cities that would have a passing shot at survival in the Martian climate. Of course there are the obvious choices, like research stations in Antarctica. But there are other possibilities, like the instant city model developed at Black Rock City, home to arts festival Burning Man, which you can see here nestled in a Martian crater. And there are others potential Martian city models that might surprise you, like ones in Nunavut, Canada and in ancient Native American pueblos. More » -
#dystopia
Welcome to the Crumbling Future of the Vegas Strip
Las Vegas' Project CityCenter, the largest private development in the Unites States, was to be 8 acres of shops, casinos, hotels, condos, and theaters. But now it looks like big portions of the project may remain in a state of half-built rubble piles for years to come, due to the current credit crisis in the United States. So what did this shining dream of real estate moguls look like before it turned all Resident Evil: Extinction? More »
