http://pedulum.com Sat, 16 Jan 2010 01:34:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en London studio Undercurrent Architects have completed a pavilion in Sydney, Australia, with a roof that resembles fallen leaves. Overlapping plates form the roof, supported by a twisting tubular steel structure that resembles branches. [via] http://pedulum.com/2010/01/this-project-has-been-called-leaf-house/ Lake Baikal (Russian: Baygal nuur, meaning “the rich lake”) is in southern Siberia in Russia. It is also known as the “Blue Eye of Siberia”. It contains more water than all of the North American Great Lakes combined. At 1,637 meters (5,370 ft), Lake Baikal is the deepest lake in the world, ... http://pedulum.com/2010/01/blue-eye-of-siberia/ A golden monkey eats pine-cones. Golden monkeys are rare and obscure, and they're just beginning to be studied. They are highly endangered, so it's a race to study them before they disappear. Living in the mountains of Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan Provinces, Chinese golden monkeys are seeing their habitats disappear rapidly ... http://pedulum.com/2010/01/a-golden-monkey-eats-pine-cones/ ...whatever its name is, but it is the most beautiful little bird. more http://pedulum.com/2009/12/most-beautiful-little-bird/ In Hokkaido, Wakayama and Gunma Japan you can find roads that play musical compositions as you drive over them. The concept works by using grooves cut at very specific intervals in the road surface. The first known musical road, the Asphaltophone, was created in October 1995 in Gylling,  Denmark, by ... http://pedulum.com/2009/12/in-hokkaido-wakayama-and-gunma-japan/ The author of the unusual ideas was an American artist, known as "Moose". The first paintings he used the tunnel walls Broadway in San Francisco. more [1], [2] http://pedulum.com/2009/12/reverse-graffiti-do-the-walls-cleaner/ Rainbow, which does not depend on the weather. But it really exists, made from 5 thousand color plates. http://pedulum.com/2009/12/rainbow/ "An insect makes exquisite cutouts in a leaf. Inpired by these leaves that had been artistically eaten by insects, I began my creative work." -Mitsuru Koga more http://pedulum.com/2009/12/leaf-cutouts-mitsuru-koga/ Solar energy and 'going green' are getting a lot of attention these days. Many people are talking about thin film solar cells, also called solar film. This article will give you a rundown on the various technologies out there, without getting too deep into the chemistry and physics of how ... http://pedulum.com/2009/12/what-are-solar-film-cells/ Natural gas and electricity are the two most common providers of heat and light in today’s homes. These two commodities have been around so long it is difficult to imagine a world where they are replaced with an alternative. So far as we can see, on the scientific horizon at least, ... http://pedulum.com/2009/12/alternative-energy-sources-for-homes/