Appreciation

3D Street Art

The painter Edgar Mueller uses dilation and perspective tricks to create absolutely mind-blowing three-dimensional pavement art.

http://www.metanamorph.com/

The website is a little clumsy, but there are some really cool projects here, including The Crevasse, The Waterfall, and Lava Burst. There are also several videos showing how the artist puts these perplexing pavement paintings together.

For an interesting application of this idea, check this out: a 3D pavement painting of a child playing in the middle of the street! The idea was to get the attention of speeding drivers. I bet it did just that!

By patrick honner, 14 yearsFebruary 2, 2012 ago

Appreciation Photography

Math Photo: Parabolic Fountains

Parabolas and fountains definitely seem to go together.

And check out these water parabolas at the Detroit Airport!

By patrick honner, 14 yearsJanuary 21, 2012 ago

Application Appreciation

More Quantitative Confusion

I’m pretty sure printer ink is a huge scam to begin with, and stuff like this doesn’t help.

I went to purchase some ink and looking to minimize my time spent in office supplies stores, I thought I’d buy a two-pack. “We’re out of the two-pack,” the helpful employee said, “but this is the XL. It’s the same price as the two-pack, and it has 3 times as much ink as the single cartridge.”

So after my purchase, I felt compelled to perform a side-by-side comparison.