Years
They say you can learn a lot about the rings in a tree trunk. In the video above a record player plays slices of wood. Year ring data is translated into music.
This music — which sounds like a moody piano soundtrack for a existentialist movie about a rainy day — is made by slicing a tree in cross-section, placing it on a turntable, and using a tone-arm with a PlayStation Eye Camera in the head. Output is processed through Ableton Live. It’s called Years, and it was created by Bartholomäus Traubeck.
Truth and consequences: FRONTLINE’s brilliant documentary on Fukushima
BoingBoing author Maggie Koerth-Baker reviews the Frontline documentary Nuclear Aftershocks.
The Bicycle and the West
The site is a thorough archive of bicycle history in the U.S. The timeline reveals fascinating events, including some that occurred between 1880 to 1910. A pull-down feature lets you find specific events.
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