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Catching Elephant is a theme by Andy Taylor
TSP art is a type of line art based on the Traveling Salesman Problem. An image is first discretized into black points on a white background. The points are then treated as “cities” in the TSP problem. An approximate solution to the TSP problem is calculated and drawn. The result is striking approximation to the original image. Remarkably, the path never crosses itself. Read more here.
Happy 11/11/11! Check out this great Numberphile video on the number 11, book barcodes, how CDs can play even with a hole in them, and the world of error correction code.
Wooden binary adding machine that uses marbles.
Gijs Van Vaerenbergh, a collaboration between young Belgian architects Pieterjan Gijs and Arnout Van Vaerenbergh, have built a see-through church in the Belgian region of Haspengouw. The church is a part of the Z-OUT project of Z33, house for contemporary art based in Hasselt, Belgium.
The church is 10 meters high and is made of 100 layers and 2000 columns of steel. Depending on the perspective of the viewer, the church is either perceived as a massive building or seems to dissolve – partly or entirely – in the landscape. On the other hand, looking at the landscape from within the church, the surrounding countryside is redefined by abstract lines.
The design of the church is based on the architecture of the multitude of churches in the region, but through the use of horizontal plates, the concept of the traditional church is transformed into a transparent object of art.
That is so cool!
right angles
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In the Game of Set, the objective is to find a set of 3 cards according to certain rules. Put simply, for each property [shape, color, number, shading] each of the three cards is either all the same or all different. Presented here is the worst-case scenario deal - 20 cards with no valid sets.
One of my favorite card games!](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltfr75A4wW1qcj2hco1_500.png)
In the Game of Set, the objective is to find a set of 3 cards according to certain rules. Put simply, for each property [shape, color, number, shading] each of the three cards is either all the same or all different. Presented here is the worst-case scenario deal - 20 cards with no valid sets.
One of my favorite card games!
My original drawing of the Golden Ratio next to the Intervalic Golden Ratio. The left side represents an octave: 13 pitches with the first note repeating i.e. c to c.
Math meets music!
Platonic Solids by Ninth Wave Designs on Flickr.
