$100 flatpack solar hot water heater, made in Scotland, now being tested in Africa
https://www.bbc.com/news/av/stories-60617154
Bike helmet geometry
https://wavecel.com
https://www.core77.com/posts/113174/Demonstrating-a-Safer-Bike-Helmet-Heres-What-Happens-to-Your-Brain-in-a-Crash
Herbert W. Franke - 95 year old computer artist, scientist, philosopher
https://art-meets-science.info
Geomorphological Landscapes
https://www.instagram.com/geomorphological_landscapes/
hat tip kk.org/cooltools
1:44 Turquoise-Amethyst Portal at the Joshua Tree Retreat Center
https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=10161579444149428&set=pcb.10161579444289428
Symmetry and simplicity spontaneously emerge from the algorithmic nature of evolution
https://www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.1073/pnas.2113883119
hat tip https://www.salon.com/2022/03/20/the-weird-reason-symmetry-abounds-in-nature-may-have-to-do-with-our-genes-striving-for-efficiency/
NYTimes article: https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/24/science/symmetry-biology-evolution.html
New form of ice - there are 20 so far and theoretically around 300 different forms of ice possible
https://www.zmescience.com/space/physicists-find-a-new-type-of-exotic-ice-that-likely-exists-deep-in-earths-mantle-or-even-water-rich-alien-planets/
https://phys.org/news/2022-03-ice.html
Paper: https://journals.aps.org/prb/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevB.105.104109
Ice XI: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Ice_XI_View_along_c_axis.png
hat tip Warren Ellis and Robert McElaney
Editorial Comment: I don’t believe they’ve found Vonnegut’s Ice Nine yet though.
BBC on spirals
https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20220318-the-ancient-enigma-that-still-resonates-today
Is Geometry a Language That Only Humans Know?
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/22/science/geometry-math-brain-primates.html
Chainmail fabric goes from flexible to rigid
https://www.core77.com/posts/114266/Smart-Chain-Mail-Fabric
Paper: Structured fabrics with tunable mechanical properties
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-021-03698-7
Editorial Comment: octahedral magic!
Yusuke Oono’s 360ยบ pop-up books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9DrzsNPPVo
https://www.amazon.com/sk=Yusuke+Oono&i=stripbooks&language=en_US&crid=2V961XY7457V0&linkCode=sl2&linkId=5dd15e47c7942442831ad8ba79155cbf&sprefix=yusuke+oono%2Cstripbooks%2C57&tag=theawes-20&ref=as_li_ss_tl
https://www.core77.com/posts/114559/Architect-Uses-CAD-and-Laser-Cutter-to-Create-360-Degree-Pop-Up-Books
24 beautiful blue Islamic buildings for Ramadan
https://twitter.com/BaytAlFann/status/1514531588301803523
hat tip Leela Corman (http://www.leelacorman.com)
