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This is the most detailed 3D model we have of the influenza virus. Built by Visual Science, a Moscow-based scientific design studio that creates hyper-accurate 3D replicas of microscopic objects, the model aims to boost understanding of the bug. Source: This is the most detailed model we have of the flu virus | WIRED UK

All the world may be a stage, but this stage is its own virtual world. In Pixel, from French choreographer Mourad Merzouki, snow bounces off digital umbrellas, mountains rise from the floor, the walls move and solid surfaces melt and shift like liquid. Source: ‘Air sketchers’ create 3D effects with 2D projections | WIRED UK

Here’s how to build your own movie projector — popcorn not included Source: How to build a shoebox movie projector for your iPhone

Here are some top tips for getting the most out of your smartphone’s battery Source: How to extend your smartphone battery’s life

Korean artist JeeYoung Lee transforms her Seoul studio into scenes more suited to a fairy tale. Source: JeeYoung Lee’s real-world dreamscapes

This is a photograph of Damien Hirst standing in front of a wall of butterflies — at least, it was before Dan Tapper got his hands on it. The British-born, Toronto-based artist creates algorithms that transform images into abstract art. Source: Artist transforms algorithms into abstract art | WIRED UK

Over the past 18 months, Lucy Johnston has been scouring the globe for progressive artists. After investigating 400, she noticed a trend that she calls digital-artisan — combining the classical skills of a crafts worker with tools once reserved for the automotive and aerospace industries. Source: These digital artisans combine classical craft with 21st centuryContinueContinue reading “These digital artisans combine classical craft with 21st century techniques | WIRED UK”

You can’t improve on nature, so why not copy it? The Sepios is an aquatic robot developed at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zürich that imitates a cuttlefish’s movements. Source: The Sepios aquatic robot helps divers and the military

Gerben Stouten, a biochemist at Delft Technical University, has found a microorganism that turns waste into water — and makes bioplastic in the process. “We try to find organisms in nature that can do a special trick,” says Stouten, 30. Source: A Dutch chemist uses bacteria to turn trash into magic

This jagged building is the Musée des Confluences, built on a man-made peninsula in Lyon, France, at the point where the Rhône and Saône rivers converge. “The ground water is very high,” says Wolf Prix, principal architect of Austrian firm COOP HIMMELB(L)AU. “We had to drill about 500 piles into solid ground so it would beContinueContinue reading “A look inside the Musée des Confluences in Lyon, France | WIRED UK”