pyramids
Computers
Handmade Vertex Pyramid Cases Entomb Your PC
8:20AM Sean Fallon | Pyramid-shaped PC cases are nothing new, but these handmade Vertex-cases are a little snazzier than most—and will ensure that your PC successfully completes the transition to the afterlife. More »
Design
Pyramid Bookshelf Makes a Monument Out of Your Library
5:40AM Adam Frucci | There’s nothing quite like a huge bookshelf to make your home more impressive. And this gigantic, modular pyramid bookshelf is totally badass. More »
Computers
The Great Pyramid PC Would Make Tutankhamun Jealous
4:01AM Mark Wilson | When I die, I want my remains buried in this pyramid PC mod. More »
Design
City-In-a-Pyramid Could House a Million Dubaians, Power Itself
11:40AM John Herrman | A particularly optimistic design firm in Dubai called Timelinks has proposed designs for the Ziggurat, a complete city to be layered inside of a massive pyramid that could serve as home for a million people at a time. Timelinks is currently seeking patents for a variety of technologies that would make such a building possible, including a three axis public transportation system that would run residents up, through and across the pyramid. They’ve also claimed that with a hybrid wind, solar and steam power the Ziggurat would be able to meet its own power needs, and that there would be enough room to allow for some minor agriculture in designated “green spaces.” More »
Science
Scientists Do Micro-Origami, Make Tiny Drug-Delivery Package
12:15AM Gizmodo US Edition | Researchers at USC’s Information Sciences Institute produced this amazing pyramid, around 30 microns across, which may one day be used to deliver precise micro- or nano-doses of medication. The structures, dubbed “voxels” are made of silicon, cut into flats and then folded up and sealed to enclose tiny volumes of space inside. The team hasn’t stopped at pyramids either— they’ve tried flat envelopes, cubes and partial dodecahedra, but these don’t close together the way the pyramid does. More »
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