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This is pretty damn cool! An animation made 5,200 years ago in ancient Iran that was discovered recently. It’s now the earliest known example of animation. When spun like a zoetrope, the goblet on which the images are drawn show a goat jumping to reach leaves on a tree.
[via BoingBoing]
The speed, maneuverability and versatility of these things is unlike anything else I’ve seen real life robots do. They’re really impressive! I wonder what else we’ll see coming from modular robot design?
[via Make]
Two fun looking food construction ideas I came across yesterday:
Pixel Cookies. Or biscuits in the old tongue. A playdough extruder is used to create pixels out of biscuit dough, which can be arranged into pixel art!
Edible Googly Eyes. With FSM attached! Edible Googly eyes are constructed from vitamin casings and large sprinkles.
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