Mine Kafon; a bamboo tumbleweed that clears landmines:
The “Mine Kafon” is Massoud Hassani’s artificial tumbleweed, made from lightweight materials like bamboo. It is designed to be blown across uncleared minefields, detonating forgotten mines. It was Hassani’s grad design project for Design Academy Eindhoven. It continuously broadcasts its location, captured via GPS, plotting out safe, mine-free paths through the fields.
(via Make)
Cambodian Trees: Digitally Projected Deities and Sprits on the Streets of Cambodia: 
Cambodian Trees is a digital projection work by French artist Clement Briend who traveled to Cambodia to photograph these sculptural representations of deities and spirits from Cambodian culture overlaid on trees in several urban areas. Of the series Briend says:
It’s a beautiful surprise when the projected spirits awaken and reveal themselves at night as though they are made of the towering trees themselves. The photographic light installations echo the spirituality of the few sprouts of nature in the predominantly urban landscapes. It is a visual imagining of the divine figures that inhabit the world, as seen through an environmentally aware spiritual eye.
Though I’m generally not a fan of digital projection, I really enjoy Briend’s utilization of tree branches to lend volume to the photographs of sculptures, in essence giving them life. To see several more images from this series, head over to his website. All images courtesy the artist. (via empty kingdom)
Turneresque painting of Mumbai trains: 
Avi sez, “I came across this Turneresque painting of Mumbai Local Trains by Bhuwan Silhare. Not much info about the artist online.”
Bhuwan Silhare Mumbai Local Trains 2010
A Slashdot post from Samzenpus rounds up links to a series of projects to make self-filling water-bottles inspired by the hydrophilic nodules on the Namib Desert Beetle. After a successful prototype, MIT has launched a competition to improve on the design.
Water Bottle Fills Itself From the Air
The Brain in the Machine: I.B.M’s Compass : The New Yorker
http://m.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2012/11/ibm-brain-simulation-compass.html
(via Instapaper)
Miles Davis vs. LCD Soundsystem:
Miles Davis vs. LCD Soundsystem. Uploader Alessandro Grespan says, “No editing or other tricks, just 2 youtube videos played at the same time.”
The Visible Gummi: 
Artist Jason Freeny designed this anatomical Gummi Bear for Fame Master Toys. See many more examples of his cool sculptures on his DeviantArt page. (Photo by Sherri Damlo)
Photos of physicists’ blackboards: 
Alejandro Guijarro’s “Momentum” photography series depicts chalkboards at quantum mechanics research institutions. I’ve noticed several mathematical errors but I’m sure the physicists will catch them eventually. “Momentum” (via Imaginary Foundation)
The climate change generation gap: October 2012 was the 332nd month in a row with a global average temperature that is higher than the 20th-century average. Put it another way: If you are younger than 28, then you have never experienced a colder-than-average month. In your entire life. (Via Chris Tackett)