stufftoblowyourmind:

I thought everyone might enjoy this close-up of image #4 from my gallery “Amazing Retro Space Station Designs.” Fantastic cutaway…

This North American Rockwell concept for a12-man space station was developed as part of a program to design and develop a space station to see action by 1975. The cutaway drawing shows crew quarters, command and control areas, a laboratory and a gym. Circular openings at the top and bottom of the station would serve as docking ports for shuttles.

ALSO: Note the movie theater! - Robert

kateoplis:

1988 Peugeot Oxia Concept

npr:

It might make the astronaut wearing it look like a real-life Buzz Lightyear, but a new prototype spacesuit that NASA just finished testing represents the first major overhaul in spacesuit technology since 1998.

(via New NASA Spacesuit Looks like Buzz Lightyear’s | Z-1 Prototype Photos)

Photo: NASA

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the-overlook-hotel:

One of dozens and dozens of concepts rendered by designer Saul Bass on the path to creating the iconic poster image for The Shining. Kubrick clearly favored this pointillist approach, which ended up being used in final design.

Hand-written notes are by Stanley Kubrick, and read: “Maze and figures place too much emphasis on maze. I don’t think we should use the maze in ads”.

Many of Saul Bass’s concept sketches can be viewed at the Stanley Kubrick Exhibition at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

(via bbook)

discoverynews:

Dazzling James Bond Houses That Define Elegance

Bond girls, hi-tech gadgets, fast cars, evil megalomaniacs and more vodka martinis than you can shake a stick at… but what else is in a Bond movie? The stunning architecture and locations, of course! You’ll be sorry you forgot about these awesome pads. I’ll take the round house from Diamonds Are Forever, thanks.

I’d need a serious wardrobe to go with a house like this, but y’know, I’m willing to rise to the occasion if anyone’s willing to let me live there.

nycdoitt:

What’s the potential for the City’s public payphones? Tonight we launched the city’s first payphone design challenge, Reinvent Payphones, at the New York Tech Meetup.

Participate in Reinvent Payphones and create virtual and/or physical prototypes that modernize existing payphone infrastructure for a safer, more sustainable, accessible, and informed city.

Join urban designers, technologists, and policy experts and submit your prototype by February 18th, 2013. Visit nyc.gov/reinventpayphones to learn more and register for updates.

Take part in telecommunications history!

(via poptech)

Ugg Boots: Love ‘em? Hate ‘em? Here’s how they work…

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How Wingsuit Flying Works

If you’ve ever dreamt of soaring through the air like a superhero, you’re not alone. Dreams of flying­ have captivated human imagination since prehistoric times. Even with the advent of aircraft and the increasing availability of air travel, the ancient question stays with us: What if we could simply spread our arms ­and fly like a bird?

Today, the dream is a reality. Resembling something between a flying squirrel and a snow angel, the wingsuit allows skydivers and BASE jumpers to leap out into the void, spread their arms and soar through the air.

Read on to discover how physics, design and decades of experimentation have allowed wingsuit flyers to own the skies.