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Nick Veasey shows outsized X-ray images that reveal the otherworldly inner workings of familiar objects — from the geometry of a wildflower to the anatomy of a Boeing 747.

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Nasa has released pictures of a prototype space suit, parts of which American astronauts could one day wear on the first manned mission to Mars.

The design uses luminescent wire to form a light on the front of the suit that can be personalised to help astronauts identify other individuals on their team.

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JVLT 014 motorbike is neither only a motorcycle nor just a piece of furniture. It’s the result from the collaboration between Joe Velluto studio and a custom workshop, that synergetically let two different worlds meet and weave together.

All the pieces of the motorcycle are reinvented and corrupted with new elements coming from the house world. The front light is inspired by the old classic table lamps, the tank is thought as liquid container and is made by glass and cork, the seat is composed by slumped wood and felt, the abacus, in the end, is the counting archetype and takes place of the odometer.

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British designer Thomas Heatherwick has revealed plans to create a cavernous public park in Abu Dhabi beneath a fragmented canopy resembling the cracked surface of the Arabian desert.

Occupying a 125,000 square-metre site, Thomas Heatherwick's Al Fayah Park will provide play areas, picnic areas, vegetable gardens and cafes, interspersed with a variety of plants and flowers native to the Gulf.

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A shark-deterrent wetsuit by Hamish Jolly.

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Lix - the smallest 3d printing pen in the world.

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This two-dimensional Pyro Board visualises the standing wave patterns of sound within the box thanks to the pressure variations created by the sound waves that affect the flow rate of flammable gas from the holes in the board.

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Ferrofluid is a magnetic, hydrophobic liquid that forms colorful curves and channels when deposited onto a magnet and injected with watercolor paints.

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121212 Terrarium by Pamela Love. The top is made from 12 six inch triangle bevels hand soldered, creating a unique view from every angle. When placed in direct sun it shoots rainbows and refractions around the room. The bases have a two inch depth, silicone sealed and felt tips to protect the piece and your surfaces.

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inFORM is a Dynamic Shape Display built by designers from MIT Media Lab's Tangible Media Group that can render 3D content physically, so users can interact with digital information in a tangible way. inFORM can also interact with the physical world around it, for example moving objects on the table's surface. 

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The white walker: Longest horse trek crosses icy lake. Photo by Matthieu Paly.

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Core Glow photoluminescent pebbles provide an interesting, almost ethereal feature to outdoor design. When the eco-friendly pebbles are exposed to light sources, (solar or otherwise) the special light capturing pigment within them becomes chemically excited and will ‘glow’ once that light source is removed. The luminescent material is a multi-activated, highly efficient powder cultivated from the earth, that enables light-storing with a long afterglow.

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Apollo 17 splashes down, 1972.

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David Brown Speedback GT.

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Omega Seamaster De Ville 1963.

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Hand knotted rug by Henzel Studio. Photography by Calle Henzel.

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grapheme is the permanent video installation by Berlin based artist Robert Seidel located at the entry of the newly renovated south wing of the Museum Wiesbaden's collection of the Old Masters.

The organic projection sculpture frees the film from the dogmatic limitations of rectangular silver screens and monitors. These delicate, laser-cut tissues float in the architectural space, light spills over them, and they come to life before the viewers’ eyes.

Mirrors reflect the projected film image back onto viewers and allow them to become part of the work in the form of their own reflected image. In the multiple layers of the work, observers’ personal memories, their own reflection, that of the museum environment, the installation and the daylight become bound together into a situational work of art.

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