Sadly, this Zombie Apocalypse survival map only shows resources in the US. The rest of us will have to fend for ourselves. On the other hand, we will have fewer well-informed competitors getting to the weapons first.
via Neatorama
Industria Mechanika has some very nice Master Images of the upcoming Chompbot Model. It looks like a fun project. No release date yet, but they do have a form you can fill out to get notified.
Mikko Kunninen’s art is awesome and yet somehow depressing in its presentation of a highly technologized existence that is completely devoid of plants and animals. That said, they are spaceships in space, so perhaps I am overthinking things.
Bryant Koshu has some very thrilling images on his portfolio on CGHub. Go look at them and appreciate them as I do.
Via Concept Ships
What can an SF fan like myself do but gaze in wonder at these beautiful posters by Steve Thomas. Travel Posters for the Solar System, with a beautiful vintage feel. Prints sell for as little as $12, which is also awesome.
via GFR
The kid looks so much like Rick Moranis it’s creepy. Kudos to their families for the excellent outfits.
via Reddit and Great White Snark.
NASA’s Dawn spacecraft has taken some photographs of the asteroid Vesta. It is a 500 kilometer wide asteroid that has been kind enough not to stop by and wipe us all out (it is orbiting well beyond Mars).
Dawn will also take advantage of a window into Vesta’s interior, notes Christopher Russell, lead scientist of the mission and a geophysicist at the University of California, Los Angeles. Pictures taken by the Hubble Space Telescope in 1996 revealed an impact crater 13 kilometres deep, gouged into the asteroid at its south pole. Dawn will peer into that hole to discern any geological diversity exposed by the impact. Three types of meteorite found on Earth — eucrites, howardites and diogenites — are thought to be chips of Vesta, blasted away by the collision. Linking these convenient specimens to particular internal layers of Vesta is a key driver of the Dawn mission, notes Binzel.
I love that we have a spacecraft taking pictures of asteroids way out in space.
via Nature News Blog
Shademeister on Deviant Art has some really fascinating drawings with a dark SF look to them.
via We Waste Time
