New York-based artist JR Schmidt designed this 3D topographical model of New York City based on a pixel-by-pixel rendering of Google Map's satellite imagery.
Hat tip goes to This Isn't Happiness.
Artsy Fart of the Day is a feature series dedicated to showcasing a colorful range of visual arts in digital and traditional mediums.
NASA & ESA recently announced that an American astronaut onboard the International Space Station has successfully operated a LEGO-built rover at the European Space Operations Centre in Darmstadt, Germany, using an experimental version of planet-to-planet Internet called Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol. NASA's experts say once DTN is ready for deployment, it could be used to control robots on Mars from an orbiting spacecraft or even from Earth using satellites as relay stations.
A 17-year-old wunderkind puts most other stop-motion LEGO videos to shame with his take on Foster The People's "Houdini."
[thanks, pj!]
LEGO + Wine = WINO?
Order your interlocking, stackable life-enhancers today. Make a fort out of your empties. Fort Kickass.
[foodbeast]
Yahoo brings us The Wire, LEGO-style. Look out for "brick" puns.
Just in time for Euro 2012 -- it kicks off today -- a stop-motion Lego retrospective lets us relive the championship's finest moments.
