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• Aesthetically Pleasing Photos Of LA’s Liquor Stores
• The Moon’s Chaotic Origin
• Bird Migration Map That Updates In Real Time
• The Schmid Peoplemover
• Homemade Coin-Operated Haunted House

Aesthetically Pleasing Photos Of LA’s Liquor Stores Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:15 PM PDT Beer, Soda, Lotto is a photo series by Ben Hassett that showcases liquor stores in Los Angeles. The images in the collection look like paintings with their saturated colors, good compositions, and heavy textures. The way Hassett presents the stores highlights their decay and beauty as if these establishments were long abandoned. More photos from Beer, Soda, Lotto can be seen here!  Image credit: Ben Hassett

The Moon’s Chaotic Origin Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:14 PM PDT Our Moon has experts tied up in conflicting theories! Scientists believed that our Moon was created 4.5 billion years ago. Just like how different materials clumped together to form planets, experts believe the Moon had the same origin. However, two recent studies have shed new light on the natural satellite's origins. One study claims that multiple collisions birthed the orbiting rock, while another claims the Moon is younger than scientists had previously believed. Learn more about the two theories here!  Image credit: Aron Visuals/Unsplash

Bird Migration Map That Updates In Real Time Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:13 PM PDT Forget weather forecasts, looking up bird migration forecasts is much more entertaining!  BirdCast is a forecast that provides a three-day outlook of how many birds will be flying overhead across the US — and where. The tool, which was developed by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology and a handful of other universities, presents real time information. BirdCast can help migrating birds by guiding cities on when to turn off the lights to stop bird deaths due to disorientation caused by city lights.  Image credit: Van Doren and Horton/BirdCast

The Schmid Peoplemover Posted: 05 Oct 2021 09:13 PM PDT The Schmid Peoplemover is an elevator/tram that takes you up, across, and down without stopping to change directions. Only three of them were ever put into service, and one has been closed since 2009 "due to economic reasons." Tom Scott went to another, at the Berlin-Rummelsburg Betriebsbahnhof train station. Its design is intriguing. Tom also talked to its inventor, Emil Schmid, who explains that the peoplemover was built elsewhere and installed over the railway in only three hours! This device is cheaper and takes up less room than bridges with stairs, but it does have some drawbacks. One might assume that the closed Schmid Peoplemover was taken out of service to save money on power and maintenance. The ones that still run really make a difference for people in wheelchairs.

Homemade Coin-Operated Haunted House Posted: 05 Oct 2021 03:00 PM PDT When the clock strikes midnight, weird things begin to happen in this house. The stuff on the walls begin to move, the furniture starts to dance, and monsters pop in from every corner! Kieron Rose went all out constructing his haunted house automaton. He submitted this video to the Facebook group Grayson's Art Club. This has taken me nearly a year to build, all completely from scratch. Everything inside the room is 3d printed (apart from the ceiling light) and much of the mechanism is 3D printed too. It has 3 computers, 3 smoke machines (also 3D printed), 27 servos, 60 LEDs and 3000 lines of code. It's based on a 1940's haunted house working model by Bolland but mine is a lot more complicated and a third of the size. I'm seriously impressed with the work that went into this. -via Everlasting Blort

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