futuristech-info:

NASA creates new rehydration drink that could become the next Gatorade

#IT’S WHAT PLANTS CRAVE

It’s the future, taste it!

Aldous Huxley’s contribution to the COSMIC ANTHROPOLOGICAL TOOLKIT (by m1k3y)

“Not only is the material universe larger and stranger than we used to give it any credit for, but the mental universe is also larger and stranger than we give it credit for. We carry about inside skulls an extraordinary world, a visionary world, a mystical world…”

(Source: https://player.vimeo.com/)

In the late ‘80s, artist Beverly Doolittle and her husband Jay decided they wanted a house on their 10 beautiful, naked acres in Joshua Tree and they tracked down super-organic architect Kendrick Bangs Kellogg, who immediately fell in love with the site. Beverly tells the Desert Sun "He was jumping all over the rocks like a mountain goat. He had been looking for rocks to build on.“ The couple gave him free rein and in 1988 work began on this concrete, steel, glass, and copper house, placed perfectly naturally on the rocky site and looking from the top kind of like a ribcage.

The house was finished in 1993 but interior designer John Vugrin spent several years making "tweaks.” The Doolittles didn’t move in until the early aughts, but now they want to downsize and have already left for Utah. They’re selling this gem—perfect for the fashionable Bond villain—for $3 million.

BRB

The Middle Class Is Steadily Eroding. Just Ask the Business World.

mitchwagner:

Businesses for the middle class are hurting, while those serving the wealthy are doing fine.

> In Manhattan, the upscale clothing retailer Barneys will replace the bankrupt discounter Loehmann’s, whose Chelsea store closes in a few weeks. Across the country, Olive Garden and Red Lobster restaurants are struggling, while fine-dining chains like Capital Grille are thriving. And at General Electric, the increase in demand for high-end dishwashers and refrigerators dwarfs sales growth of mass-market models.

> As politicians and pundits in Washington continue to spar over whether economic inequality is in fact deepening, in corporate America there really is no debate at all. The post-recession reality is that the customer base for businesses that appeal to the middle class is shrinking as the top tier pulls even further away.

thelandofwtf:

Professor with mechanical spider
http://thelandofwtf.tumblr.com

blech:

sparkyrobot:

fuckyeahconceptcarz:

1961 Ford Gyron

Is this car just balanced on two wheels? Is it called a “Gyron” because it is gyro-stabilized? YES!!

from Wiki-you-know-who: ”The Ford Gyron was a futuristic two-wheeled gyrocar first shown to the world in 1961 at the Detroit Motor Show as a concept car designed by Syd Mead. One wheel was at the front and the other at the rear like a motorcycle and the car was stabilized by gyroscopes. The two occupants of the vehicle were seated side by side and, when the vehicle was stationary, two small legs appeared from the sides to support it. The vehicle was created for research and marketing purposes, with no intention to put it into production.

Syd Mead + crazy idea = reblog (despite my usual dislike of cars)

Yes, Mr Musk will be by soon in his zeppelin to collect them thanks. Just write the number you feel is correct on the cheques as they flutter down.

sci-universe:

This artist’s conception illustrates a storm of comets around a star called Eta Corvi. Evidence for this barrage comes from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, whose infrared detectors picked up indications that one or more comets was torn to shreds after colliding with a rocky body.