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For thousands of years, weavers in Mexico have embraced natural alternatives like insects and plants to toxic, man-made dyes to make woven rugs, clothes, and other wool items. See more images and learn more about the lovely Oaxaca process here.

Fantastic shot of the Tomorrow Lab founders!  

#Robotjokes #TuringTest

“Women do have an advantage in the field stems from one of our disadvantages: that’s we’re often taken less seriously. Much of my access has come about after just showing up looking into something I was curious about.” - Laura Morton on why Female Photographers Matter Now More Than Ever.

18th-century technology is no joke! Read more about how horologist Nico Cox learned how to turn a love of watches into a career of rebuilding and engineering the life span of antiquated art and technology.

Check out the PHILIPS Cocreate Toolkit created in collaboration with Studio LVWP. It’s pretty hands-on!  

“The Season is Upon Us” by George Booth @The New Yorker.

Get your Greasy Spoon on! Steve Harwin refurbs old diners across the USA allowing them to have a new life in a new town.

Peep this: ZODIAC: A HEXAGONAL, MODULAR DISPLAY SYSTEM for your home or office created by Nichetto Studio.

This bombshell is Hedy Lamarr - the inventor of remote-controlled communications systems and the frequency-hopping theory which serves as the basis for modern communication technology such as Bluetooth and WiFi. Fun fact, she also owned the home that served as the Von Trapp house from the motion picture "The Sound of Music". 

200 years ago, the stethoscope was more like a kaleidoscope. The one we know and breathe deeply into now was invented in 1852. Before the first edition seen above (that utilized mediate auscultation, or indirect listening), doctors literally held their ear up to a patient’s chest to listen for heart and lung sounds. #wevecomealongwaybaby 

With differing names of “Fred & Ginger” or “The Drunk House”, Frank Gehry challenges local views in Prague.

Deno’s Wonder Wheel at Coney Island has been rolling for 95 years! “On June 7, 1983, Deno [Vourderis] purchased the Wonder Wheel for $250,000. The ride did not come with a “user’s manual,” but instead with a handwritten note on the back of a carton of cigarettes wishing Deno, “Good Luck!” At that moment the ride became known as “Deno’s Wonder Wheel.”

While Instagram is predominately photos of the beach and selfies, Graphic Designers are taking to the app to strut their stuff. Check out a few good ones to follow here. #nofilter

The Human Connectome Project (HCP) has collected new data revealing 180 new regions of the brain. The HCP represents the first large-scale attempt to collect and share data to address deeply fundamental questions about the brain. Look out zombies, you might have a new #foodtrend.

Check out these amazing images of NYC parks, including this camel hitched to a lawn mower in Sheep Meadow, Central Park, in 1869. 

Peace? A poster by Robert Brownjohn for the New York Peace Campaign in 1969 (MoMA).