Yann Arthus-Bertrand, the French photographer behind film projects like “6 Billion Others,” recently released his latest project called Home that captures the beauty of our planet in a free film stressing the gravity of environmental issues.  Arthus-Bertrand pioneered modern aerial photography and this latest project showcases an incredible selection of inspiring images from his ambitious project.

Perhaps the most interesting aspect of this project is that it’s completely not-for-profit and copyright-free, enabling the movie to freely circulate around the web.  The high production values and original musical score were enabled by numerous sponsorships under the organization of the Good Planet Foundation.  In [...]

The guys over at ColourLovers have taken colors images of Earth, the moon, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter & Mars and broken them down into color palettes. A peaceful simplification of our universe.
Color + Design Blog / Color From Outer Space by COLOURlovers

As I declined the plastic bag to take my purchase in at Duane Read last night I explained to the girl behind the checkout, “A small step to help save the world.” She didn’t understand me. Of course, it could have been the accent or it could be too late in her shift. But I also realized as I finished speaking that I had used the wrong word at the end of my sentence.
When it comes to environmental issues, the word we use for the place we live isn’t ‘world’. Instead we often use ‘planet’. We talk to each other [...]

Two German artificial intelligence researchers have developed a hack for the Wii Fit that allows them to surf Google Earth terrain. While the Wii Fit has already demonstrated another capability in the internet-assisted health care realm, the hack gives it a fun new use by taking advantage of the boards 4 ‘wobbling’ sensors, converting them into steering and throttle, allowing the user to cruise over the satellite mapped ground like famed Marvel comic hero Silver Surfer.

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