Representational painting requires great skill and practice. The best examples aptly capture light, breathing life into the work

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iPad Fingerpainting: Museum Worthy?

Filmmaker Cristóbal Vila produced this short animation, called Nature By Numbers , which shows examples of how mathematical relationships such as the Fibonacci sequence , golden ratio , and the Delaunay triangulation can be found in the natural world.

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Nature by Numbers: linking math to nature

It sounded like a dream: a health club for nerds, only instead of treadmills and weight sets, members paid $125/month to work with CNC routers, laser cutters, and other high-end gadgets. The first of three TechShops opened in Menlo Park, California in 2006 but two more, one in Beaverton OR and the other in Durham, NC followed

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One of the great things about being here at Kennedy Space Center for the launch of STS-130 is getting to meet some of the other space enthusiasts who are also here for the launch.

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Lego Solar Dynamics Observatory kit

How Paint By Numbers Started Most people could only dream of painting like Van Gogh – he became one of my favourite artists after reading “Dear Theo” – and I wish I had learnt to paint from a paint by numbers kit. I might have learnt to paint a lot sooner

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Make a Van Gogh Paint by Numbers Artwork