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STREET ART BY JULIEN MALLAND AKA ‘SETH’

The French artist Julien Malland aka “Seth” or Globepainter (facebook) as he calls himself, is on a mission to cover the world with his colourful street art. Originality in Globepainter’s street art is that his work incorporates local symbols and subjects from the surroundings.

With Gone, Broken Fingaz (Paris-FR 08/06/2012)

209 st (Phnom Penh, Cambodia 01/04/2012)

With Charquipunk (Paris-FR, 01/04/2012)

With Lima and Jok, ONOFF (Paris-FR, 28/07/2010)

Chongqing Boy (Chongqing, China, 28/07/2010)

Glorious Fast Food Boy (Hong Kong, China, 28/07/2010)

Mumbai, India 13/03/2010

I have this terrible need to point out that Raven refers to one of several species within the Crow or Corvus genus. That said, the joke might still carry some weight if we're referring to the American crow and the Common raven. More definitive information forthcoming.

What does it feel like to fly over planet Earth?

A time lapse taken from the front of the International Space Station as it orbits our planet at night. Beginning over the Pacific Ocean and continuing over North and South America before entering daylight near Antarctica. Visible cities, countries and landmarks include (in order) Vancouver Island, Victoria, Vancouver, Seattle, Portland, San Francisco, Los Angeles. Phoenix. Multiple cities in Texas, New Mexico and Mexico. Mexico City, the Gulf of Mexico, the Yucatan Peninsula, El Salvador, Lightning in the Pacific Ocean, Guatemala, Panama, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, Lake Titicaca, and the Amazon. Also visible is the Earth’s ionosphere (thin yellow line), a satellite and the stars of our galaxy.

Oh, this? Just some teenage girls from Africa who invented a urine-powered generator. (via io9)

Robert T. Gonzales

How's this for an innovative startup: four African girls — the eldest of which is just fifteen years old — have worked together to invent a generator that's powered by urine. The group presented their creation at this year's Maker Faire Africa, and it's so freaking brilliant it makes me want travel back in time and punch 15-year-old me right in the solar plexus.

The Next Web lays out how it works:

Urine is put into an electrolytic cell, which cracks the urea into nitrogen, water, and hydrogen.

The hydrogen goes into a water filter for purification, which then gets pushed into the gas cylinder.

The gas cylinder pushes hydrogen into a cylinder of liquid borax, which is used to remove the moisture from the hydrogen gas.

This purified hydrogen gas is pushed into the generator.

1 Liter of urine gives you 6 hours of electricity.

Here's hoping these girls can get the funding they need to take this idea to new heights. Even if they don't, we've got a feeling they're going places.

Read more over at The Next Web and the Maker Faire Africa website.