Sand Flea Jumping Robot

Jumping robots, floating cinemas, musical jelly molds and more in our look at the web this week

It began with synchronized nano-copters and now it is jumping robots, the human race’s time may be coming to an end at the hand of our mechanized brethren. Funded by the US Army and developed by Boston Dynamics, the Sand Flea is a compact, four-wheeled robot that does more than just cruise the streets. With a thirty foot vertical, this little bot can jump not …

Wind Map

Jumping robots, floating cinemas, musical jelly molds and more in our look at the web this week

A hypnotizing new digital project shows a map of the United States as defined by continental wind patterns. Impressively detailed, the wind map allows you to see air speeds in precise areas, the flowing patterns striping in white lines against a graphite background.

Archipelago Cinema

Jumping robots, floating cinemas, musical jelly molds and more in our look at the web this week

Curated by Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Tilda Swinton, the new festival, “Film on the Rocks Yao Noi”, was nearly upstaged by its own floating venue, Archipelago Cinema. The awe-inspiring raft was designed by German architect Ole Scheeren, who used recycled materials to build the modular concept, which mimics the floating lobster farms used by Thai fisherman.