US Army tests balsa wood Humvee

From Army Times:

The Army said Tuesday it will begin testing a composite, nonmetal Humvee utility vehicle that is 900 pounds lighter than its conventional counterpart so it can carry…

kazz7:

http://www.darrenaronofsky.com/fountain_com_files/fountain_tree_gal.jpg

graphic novel was bettter, but i still ❤ this movie

(despite Rachel Weisz crying the whole freaking time, ffs!)

claytoncubitt:

~~Unknown~~ Mary Ellen Mark, ‘Twin Brothers Tulsi and Basant’ Great Famous Circus, Calcutta, India, 1989 (thanks, MC)

We are a technological society. When we trifle, in our sly, Gothic, grave-robbing fashion, with archaic and eclipsed technologies, we are secretly preparing ourselves for the death of our own tech. Steampunk is popular now because people are unconsciously realizing that the way that we live has already died. We are sleepwalking. We are ruled by rapacious, dogmatic, heavily-armed fossil-moguls who rob us and force us to live like corpses. Steampunk is a pretty way of coping with this truth.

GOGBOT 2008 Steampunk – Art Media Music Technology festival in Enschede

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craig:

livejamie:

After three days of storms and rain, we found these three floating in a pool filter, clinging to each other to survive. All of them were exhausted from the effort and were reluctant to part ways after being rescued.