public marks

PUBLIC MARKS from jlesage with tags science & design

December 2006

Gene Pool

by 2 others
a science game: "a virtual Darwinian aquarium .. you initiate a primordial soup, and .. check up on what Virtual Mother Nature is up to - about every 15 min. (or every few days)"

November 2006

HHMI's BioInteractive

by 1 other
excellent science site with explanations and many visuals; interesting site design

Sharpening 101

by 1 other
an explantion of what sharpening in Photoshop does and the theory behind it, plus workarounds

Cabinet Magazine Online -

a quarterly journal of art, design, culture; partly playful, some art, some scholarly essays; good mix of specific reviews and overviews

The Eye Page

an exploration of eye structures in nature

Seeing Is Believing?

another page of visual illusions with explanations

illusions.html

a page of links to visual illusions and their explanations; kids love these

if people were gone from the earth

the timeline of how the earth would recover if people were gone, a graphic

howstuffismade.org

visual encyclopedia that documents manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products.--summative photo essays produced by students guided by faculty

October 2006

September 2006

Medical Animation and Medical Illustration

Beautiful online animation of the Life of a Cell. I want to return to the site to learn what I just saw means.